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The First to Die at the End by Adam Silvera

9 reviews

itsrae03's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Death, Death of parent, Chronic illness, and Grief

Minor: Blood, Car accident, Toxic relationship, Murder, Homophobia, and Alcohol

teawitchontravel's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense slow-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

5.0

This book is one of the saddest and at the same time most hopeful books I have ever read. It tackles the issue of dealing with knowing the death of a close person or even yourself will occur and how to live your life to the fullest, not only when you know it's about the end. It shows in a heartbreaking and beautiful way how important it is to take control of your own life, be the captain of your own ship if you will. For that it not only uses the two main characters but also the people surrounding them and learning the same lesson. They are included in the story with an amazing  thoughtfulness and their lifes are tied into each other which shows how close and similar we can be to someone without realizing. This book will forever remain in my heart and I am so thankful the author wrote this prequel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Homophobia, Grief, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Physical abuse, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, Death, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Medical content, Outing, Murder, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Infidelity and Alcohol

strawberrytheauthor's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny 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

Literally bawled my eyes out like a freaking baby! First time crying in my dorm while my roommate was there. This book with claw out your heart and replace it with its own. 

I only wish we were able to learn how deathcast works. I feel like the way this was written where it tried to involve you in the creation of deathcast but still keep you separate didn’t work. It made me think that Adam Silvera doesn’t actually know how deathcast is supposed to work. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Car accident, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Chronic illness, Cursing, Blood, Domestic abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Alcohol, Homophobia, Infidelity, and Sexual content

floatingfish144's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Death of parent, Medical content, and Alcohol

Moderate: Car accident

rissaandherbooks's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

I loved this just as much as the first!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Medical content, Domestic abuse, and Gore

Moderate: Death of parent, Homophobia, Gun violence, Abandonment, Alcohol, Infidelity, Blood, Cursing, Pregnancy, and Violence

Minor: Physical abuse, War, Infidelity, Murder, and Vomit

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

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

galixi's review

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

4.5

Amazingly written. Really makes you think about heaps of things and reflect about life in general. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcohol and Sexual content

Minor: Vomit

anton13's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

I’m baffled. Once again Adam has brought me to tears, broken my heart and then glued it back together with a beautiful ending. I definitely didn’t see it all coming. Especially everything with Paz. I don’t know what to say honestly. It’s all just wow. I think I like this one better than Tbdate honestly. This one feels less rushed. Both are still super good tho. I really enjoyed making connections between the books and seeing their relationship evolve. The characters are so lovable (well all except one person but you’ll see that when you read it). It makes me happy to see that even people that didn’t enjoy Tbdate are enjoying this one. Personally I’ve enjoyed both and I’m excited for the third book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Grief, Murder, Violence, Medical content, Child death, Gun violence, and Homophobia

Minor: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Car accident, Alcohol, and Sexual content