Reviews with content warning for Abandonment - They Both Die at the End

No. It was a big 'No' from me. Sorry but I tried enjoying this book, but I just couldn't.
By the title self you know what's going to happen yet there's still a little hope that it's all not true.
This is the most I have taken to read a book, and I was looking forward to it.
The world building at some point was just confusing and I had to reread the same paragraph over and over to understand what I was reading.
The characters were lovable, I loved their friendship but that's it. They should've been only friends. I feel like Adam forced a MLM relationship between the main characters when it needn't. The main characters were better off as 'platonic soulmates', because that's what they were.
The first two part were boring, I couldn't get past it, I felt that I was reading the same thing over again but just different POV. Some say the chapters were short but form me they felt infinite.
The last two parts became a little bit more interesting because something was finally happening.
I'm someone that cries for nothing and to say this book didn't make me cry like I would've wanted too is a bit disappointing. Yes, I shed a few tears but that was it.
Also, to make it throughout the book I had to go and read the last chapter to get motivation. That's how bad it was for me.

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saturn26's review against another edition

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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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comfyreads's review against another edition

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Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

if you were interested in the plot of this book but like me, were not too impressed then try ‘the midnight library’ by Matt Haig. i’m sure there are much better written substitutes but that book at least kept me very interested , cared about its characters & talked about death/“really living” in a much more introspective & engaging way.

i feel like i have a lot to say about why this book let me down. i was expecting to fall in love with the characters & then be heartbroken by their deaths because of the true love they had gained for each other but i just didnt. this book relied heavily on the fact that it was an interesting plot idea & didnt put nearly enough attention into fleshing out the characters. i felt like i only knew them on a very surface level by the end of it which meant i simply didn’t care that much about them. obviously the end was sad but their “love” was so forced & not at all believable. there was so little depth explored to their feelings for each other which only appeared in the last 30ish pages of the book alongside them having little to no chemistry ??? there were random plots about other people which could’ve been interesting if they became relevant in a creative way but they just,,,, didnt ? there was too much “trying to speak like a teenager” language which i couldn’t take seriously. i get that they’re 18, but they also seemingly had really interesting lives and you would not be able to tell that by the way they think. i usually love first person thoughts because they give a deeper insight but everything about this book was so surface level. i can maybe see why people liked it if they read it all at once or didn’t need much convincing to care about these characters but this just didn’t do it for me, sorry!

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julesjrnl's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

the first half of the book was very slow and hard to get through, it wasn’t interesting until the two main characters actually meet.

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beth03_smith's review against another edition

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adventurous dark inspiring sad fast-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? No

5.0

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justannaagain's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

I’m not sure if I can add anything new to the conversation about this book. I highly recommend it (like most I know who have read it). It confidently defies YA tropes favoring a messier darker but ultimately more honest story. It doesn’t shy away from the difficult themes suggested in its title and doesn’t slap a happy ending band aid on the wounds of its characters. This is both heartbreaking and effective.

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