Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

Et ils meurent tous les deux à la fin by Adam Silvera

89 reviews

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

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

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: Cursing, Death, and Car accident

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

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

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

klavin_lovell's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

5.0

It's not rare for a book to make me cry but very few have made me so emotional that I had to put it down several times to calm down before continuing as this one did.
From the title you could assume this is a story about, and on its surface it is. But it's so much more than that.
This is a story about two boys learning that they are going to die and they have 24 hours to live their lives right. We have 368 pages to live their lives with them and honestly it felt like such an amazing life.
This is, on the surface, a story about death but at its core it's so much more. This is a story about friendship, about family, about courage, and happiness, about grief, about loss, about love. At its core this is a story about life. A story about living.
I couldn't recommend it enough.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Animal death, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, and Terminal illness

kaitielou's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, and Car accident

whyamikai'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

4.0

it’s a good story that develops in one day but you don’t realize it because there are so many things going on.

at the end you also get the feeling that these characters have known each other for a long time because of how much they’ve gone through together. their romance feels a little bit forced for me, like they had a different kind of relationship that the jumps to being romantic. there’s some hinting that they want it to happen but it wasn’t evident for me. 
as the title says you know they’re both going to die but it still feels unexpected and tragic, especially mateo’s death because we see how it impacts other people and even more with his characteristics. the reason i’m giving it 4 stars and not 5 is because i’m not too much into romance and also because the whole thing with peck and his gang felt useless, like it was creating expectations that then don’t lead to anything and maybe that’s the point but it still feels useless

overall a nice light reading with mlm  representation that doesn’t revolve around coming out or discrimination and an interesting prompt. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Moderate: Violence and Car accident

Minor: Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness

tremoore24's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, and Medical trauma

Minor: Death, Terminal illness, and Car accident

laurahuskinson's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Violence

Minor: Terminal illness and Death of parent

nelira's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Medical content and Death of parent