Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

Lopussa molemmat kuolevat by Adam Silvera

85 reviews

corvidprince's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

2.5

Ugh. I have mixed feelings about this book. 

The story? The story was phenomenal. I could put the book down, I can see why it's so highly recommended... but I also can't. 

I am giving this a 2.5⭐ rating even though the story was good because there's unnecessary and disgusting ableism. This would have been 5⭐ if it wasn't for the ableism.

On two separate occasions I (a disabled person) found myself disgusted with this book. The first was a POV for one of the death-cast employees. This death-cast employee talks about not caring about deckers and dehumanizing them. The author introduced her as a cane user for the sole intention of making her appear bitter. 

The second occasion was so much worse. The author introduces another POV of a character with muscular dystrophy who [TW: terrorist attack] *blows up a building killing countless people with no remorse out of anger at his disability* This is horrendous, and unacceptable. I cannot rate a book 5⭐, no matter how good the story was, when the author needlessly portrays disabled people like me as *terrorists* because of our disability. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Terminal illness

gang violence

kelbalooz's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, and Terminal illness

jdoren3's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring reflective sad slow-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? Yes

3.5

we weren’t cheated out of anything in this book and nothing was expected aside from

what we knew the end result would be

. overall i’m happy i got through but would not read again because it took way too much complaining from the characters and too long of a slow start to actually get to the points that i appreciated. the gay parts were cutie tho i’ll give the book that 😌

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, and Violence

Minor: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

neptunereign's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Medical content

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

sarahshaiman's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence, Terminal illness, and Car accident

Minor: Suicide

nothingrhymeswithrachel's review against another edition

emotional hopeful slow-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

This book definitely has a case of “over-hyped syndrome” which is too bad. It feels like a boring episode of Black Mirror. I definitely liked it, so I rated it based on what I would have if it hadn’t been so hyped up. I didn’t cry like I expected to, and I’m also kinda mad that

we didn’t get to see how Rufus dies. I’m assuming he gets hit by a car but if you’re going to title a book They Both Die at the End, they should BOTH be dead by the last sentence in my opinion, lol.

Lydia held this story together, Amy made me want to smash my head into a wall. Also, Rufus reminds me of Julian from Cemetery Boys (and yes I know this came out first but I read Cemetery Boys first and it’s better imo). That’s all of my opinions, everything else was pretty blah tbh. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Terminal illness

rcj0sta's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Car accident, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Gun violence

alys055's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective slow-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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Cursing, and Death

Minor: Alcohol, Death of parent, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, and Terminal illness

snowypineapples's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

I havent stopped thinking about this book since I finished reading it. The writing was in very "simple" language but it was incredibly impactful and hard to put down. I definitely recommend it to anyone who is looking for a mlm story or someone who enjoys the "right person wrong time" trope

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Biphobia, Blood, Chronic illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness