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They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera

31 reviews

packedjam's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

They Both Die at the End is a masterclass in world building and detail work, and the format really, really works. definitely not a lighthearted book by any means (shocking, i know, for a book with this title), but there’s a lot of joy and life packed into these pages. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Violence, and Car accident

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

Minor: Racism, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Terminal illness

ri_'s review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Great book with some fantastic plot twists!! Amazing tiny little parts that are recognised and mean something towards the end!! A great read and very enticing only took me 2 days as I was so eager!!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide, Death, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Animal death, Bullying, Blood, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Panic attacks/disorders

abbycrotts's review against another edition

okay so i actually didnt finish the book i just read like a fourth and then read the summary for my book club but thats because i just DIDNT LIKE IT!!!!! even though the ending was pretty crazy. i can enjoy that. it just made me feel stupid. like my lexile score was actively decreasing the more i kept reading

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Suicide

Moderate: Addiction, Chronic illness, Cursing, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, and Medical content

Minor: Addiction, Bullying, Car accident, Child death, Chronic illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content

robin_reads's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I wanted a sad book that would break and shatter my heart. Safe to say I found it. This is a wonderful book and I honestly don’t know if knowing that they both die at the end makes it better or worse. It was very nice to get to know Mateo and Rufus. 

After 2n read
I don't remember crying this much when I read it for the first time. Maybe it's so much sadder now because I have already lost Mateo and Rufus once before and because I know what's going to happen. Whatever the reason: I cried a lot. A lot lot. So much. It hurt more than the first time around. 

all for a cup of tea, honestly.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Car accident, Grief, and Gun violence

Moderate: Bullying, Blood, Medical content, and Gun violence

Minor: Suicide and Animal death

gagne's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Death of parent, Child death, and Death

Minor: Car accident, Gun violence, and Bullying

a bomb goes off in a public space, parent in a coma

saturn26's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Homophobia, Hate crime, Medical content, Terminal illness, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Bullying, Chronic illness, and Gun violence

johannafrth's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Gun violence, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Blood, Bullying, and Pregnancy

ugh_itsjane635's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Car accident, Child death, and Violence

Minor: Bullying, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

allegrafreya's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

theres no way its not gonna be predictable, from the title u alr know they're gonna die and frm the reviews u alr know theyre gonna fall for each other but like ITS JUST EVERYTHING THEY DO AND SAY IN BETWEEN I WAS NOT. PREPARED. (anticipated it yes but my heart just hurts!) 

it was rly static n slow paced at first it kinda bothered me but thats what made the story so real like? the awkwardness n the tension n the anticipation ? i felt alll of that n the characters are so realistic n funny i luv them sm.

ALSO! all of the characters are connected in one way or another n they have the pov of diff characters and each pov starts the exact same way vv intersting n well thought out.

writing is normal contemporary author writing but what made it super lovable is that u can so clearly see the difference between the characters just through the writing in every pov chapter. it really is one of those books you won’t stop thinking about for days :(

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Bullying, and Blood

kavickers1989's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Bullying, Death, and Panic attacks/disorders