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The First to Die at the End by Adam Silvera

77 reviews

robinks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense 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

Ahhhh I loved this heartwarming and also devastating prequel! In what I have come to expect from Silvera, no detail or relationship is unimportant, and I LOVED finding all the small references to They Both Die at the End. Also, this prequel was such a beautiful love letter to NYC and all its hidden and ever-changing treasures. The voice actors were also INCREDIBLE at bringing the characters to life. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Terminal illness, Violence, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Gun violence, Grief, Homophobia, Misogyny, Cursing, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Sexual content, Car accident, Infidelity, and Medical content

jsant's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

5.0

An impressive prequel to "they both die in the end". Read that one first. This book was engaging from the start, thought-provoking and interesting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Blood

Moderate: Homophobia, Death of parent, and Sexual content

jeanie_xox's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Grief, and Gun violence

Minor: Sexual content

dirtyseagull's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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? It's complicated

4.25

So here's the thing about this book, its a great follow up to the first in the "Series" as it were, because even though its a prequel its main focus for most the story is the world building and establishing what kind of New York these characters are living in and subsequently, dying in. 

Not really a spoiler, its in the title. 

But here are some very minor spoilers if you wanna keep reading. You are getting a lot of the same here as you did in the first novel, just longer. There's backstory, more world-building, and a shit ton of callbacks to the first novel (and little easter eggs) which give context for who these characters were that were either mentioned or featured in the first story. 

These mostly work in service of the novel but sometimes feel like they are just kinda cameos for the sake of cameos and they could have been cut down or cut out. The only other thing that really makes me think that this could have been better is that the story itself, while different and heart wrenching feels far less emotionally powerful to me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Drug use, Suicide, Death, Death of parent, Child death, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Child death, Blood, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Medical content, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

withlivjones's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

They Both Die At The End was such a good book that I initially was very sceptical about the prequel living up to it - I had high expectations, and The First To Die At The End definitely met them!

Valentino and Orion are great characters who both have strong narrative voices. Their relationship was so sweet, if a little insta-lovey, but the fact that this book was longer and slower paced than TBDATE meant this wasn’t as much of an issue. I wasn’t sure that the gag of everyone knowing how the book will end would land a second time, but the slight uncertainty over whether Death-Cast got everything right first time round added a good amount of tension into the plot. 

One of my favourite things about the first book was how it showed the connections between so many people in New York, and this theme is continued really well in this book, with short chapters from various characters’ POVs who are all interconnected (including some familiar faces from TBDATE!). The world-building of the Death-Cast system is also expanded on, as it shows details of society starting to adapt to this life-changing technology, as well as POVs from inside the Death-Cast company. I thought that the secret to Death-Cast might be revealed in this book, and the fact that it wasn’t felt like a bit of a cop-out - but I suppose at least a few people would have been disappointed with every explanation Silvera could have given so maybe the mystery is better left unrevealed. 

Overall, I really enjoyed a lot about this book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Homophobia, Infidelity, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual content

sage_alexandra's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Death, and Medical content

Minor: Sexual content and Terminal illness

ewarde's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.75

Not often I enjoy the prequel more than the original, but for this is rings true. I found the story of how DeathCast came to be intriguing, the interconnectivity of characters interesting

including the original characters making an appearance

and how when it all winds down to be your time to go you never know how it will happen. Sad. Beautiful. Tragic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, and Gun violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Chronic illness, and Grief

Minor: Sexual content and Medical content

kkuecker218's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Grief, Sexual content, Medical content, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Death of parent

ashsparrow's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.25

i didn’t cry over this like i did over they both die at the end but it still hurt me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Cursing, Death, Chronic illness, and Violence

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Death of parent, and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Sexual content

sierranorgan's review against another edition

emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

Listened to this on audio and I enjoyed it! I do think I would’ve enjoyed it more if I had read it instead of listened to it though. Sometimes they talked to fast and I lost track on what was happening haha 

But overall I did enjoy this one a lot! I got so invested in all the interconnections between characters and seeing how everything played out in the end! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death of parent, Grief, Physical abuse, Death, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Medical content, Gun violence, Homophobia, and Religious bigotry