Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

The First to Die at the End by Adam Silvera

57 reviews

annabella's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No

2.25

Found the concept of death cast really interesting and found it did lean into that more sci-fi investigative element but not enough as I was more interested in that than the relationships of the characters. Got really repetitive, really didn’t need a remind every other sentence in Orion’s/Valentino’s narratives that someone was going to die, by the mid-end point I was waiting for the book to be over. The romance moments for me didn’t feel tender enough. The ‘villain’ i think could have been written in more depth or something. Perhaps in another day or something I would have enjoyed this more!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Domestic abuse, Death, Medical content, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Racism, Physical abuse, Car accident, Vomit, Mass/school shootings, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Stalking, Gun violence, and Grief

Minor: Sexual content

mckiheather's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

3.5

It was a good book, no major plot twists or too much to track in that regard (makes sense, taking place over the course of a day); what made it good was the characters and how they were connected together even if they never met or didn’t really have a role in the Valentino/Orion main story. Having those chapters from all the different perspectives and voices was like putting a puzzle together, and tying in Rufus and Mateo from TBDATE was such a sweet detail.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Homophobia, and Violence

Minor: Car accident and Gun violence

captainoliimar's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Grief, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Mass/school shootings, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Car accident, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Chronic illness, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Homophobia, and Racism

Minor: Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Stalking, Misogyny, Outing, and War

celina_2604's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Medical trauma, Grief, Mass/school shootings, and Terminal illness

riereeds's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad tense 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

5.0

I loved this book. Just as heart wrenching as “They both die at the end”. You find yourself wishing that the title is wrong and that the death call is also wrong. But it isn’t it’s very right. And my heart is in pieces. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Misogyny, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Alcohol, and Chronic illness

haileydawn's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny reflective sad tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Chronic illness, Homophobia, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Death, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Murder, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

heatherwilla's review against another edition

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

4.75

I enjoyed this book much better than “they both die at the end”. This book was loving and emotional and sad. It flowed perfectly and didn’t feel forced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness and Death

Minor: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Car accident, Gun violence, Grief, and Homophobia

mauvesoul's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.5

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, Medical content, Death, Medical trauma, Gun violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Emotional abuse, Chronic illness, Homophobia, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Terminal illness

Minor: Cursing, Infidelity, and Car accident

judeb0x's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Chronic illness, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Homophobia

Minor: Sexual content and Murder

jillkaarlela's review against another edition

emotional 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? No

3.0

This was good, however it felt too forced and a little too similar to the first book. I think the first book was great, as it was heartbreaking, inspiring, and a beautiful love story. This was all of those things too, but it felt just too similar to the first book. The timeline was a little confusing, there were some references to pup culture during the 2012-2014 tie period but it was supposed to be set in 2010. Also, something similar to the first book, there were SO MANY side characters with their own chapters from their pov and it became difficult to keep up. There should have been less side character pov chapters. We do get cameos and more info/backstory about Rafael and Mateo from the original book. We also get more info about the beginning of “Death cast”, but it’s still pretty unclear about how or why it works. I would like to read how death cast works or more about how Joaquin Rosa came up with it. I’d say this was good, but it wasn’t really necessary or as groundbreaking as the first book. 

Age rating: 14+ (grief, very unnecessarily large amount of foul language, etc.)

Massive trigger warning for 9/11!!! There was so much mentioning of this in detail, so be warned about that! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, Child death, Chronic illness, and Cursing

Minor: Sexual content