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3.82 AVERAGE
3.82 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Kiiinda expecting a little more considering the hype (I didn't even cry :0). It was enjoyable (I liked the concept), easy to read, made me ponder life and death, but it felt like it stayed on the surface where it could have ventured deeper.
"We never act", Mateo says. "Only react once we realise the clock is ticking."
"Not that I'll say that out loud be because yo, you can't go around telling people you wanna be a tree and expect them to take you seriously"
;)
"We never act", Mateo says. "Only react once we realise the clock is ticking."
"Not that I'll say that out loud be because yo, you can't go around telling people you wanna be a tree and expect them to take you seriously"
;)
I love rufus and mateo, but it took me a while to get through this book, and I was told it was sad but I didn’t shed a tear? still good though
I laughed, I cried a number of times, I sweat, I danced, I got a shot, I ate, and I had many epiphanies.
I felt like this book was written solely for me. Every small reference, every song choice, every little nuance of these characters that feel like home. Silvera simultaneously wrote them for the community as a whole, and for me specifically.
Bravo.
I felt like this book was written solely for me. Every small reference, every song choice, every little nuance of these characters that feel like home. Silvera simultaneously wrote them for the community as a whole, and for me specifically.
Bravo.
Cuando dejé este libro un año atrás nunca me imaginé que en un tiempo iba a convertirse en uno de mis libros favoritos. No, no lloré. Y es realmente raro, porque soy una persona DEMASIADO sensible. Tampoco lo catalogaría como un libro extremadamente triste, solo que...... me hizo pensar como ningún libro lo había hecho.
Hace un año tuve que dejarlo en la página 128 porque simplemente no podía seguir leyendo, todo iba muy lento para mi yo de ese entonces. Ahora que lo releí se que fue así porque era demasiado pronto para leerlo : Recién había dejado de leer Harry Potter (mis primeras lecturas), unos libros que transcurren muy rápido.
En este momento no dejo de pensar en la muerte, el tema principal del libro, y esa es la razón por la que le doy 4 estrellas ( 3,5 exactamente ): me hizo pensar demasiado, y yo amo pasar tiempo en mi mente. No pienso dejar todo lo que pienso sobre ello, porque sería MUY extenso, pero me gustaron mucho los personajes, y aunque lo de mateo y rufus se me haya hecho demaisado forzado, si logré encariñarme con ellos.
Eso sí, de vez en cuando es un libro muy pesado de leer, y lo de meter el punto de vista de personas totalmente desconocidas a la historia se me hace raro? no tiene relevancia.
Hace un año tuve que dejarlo en la página 128 porque simplemente no podía seguir leyendo, todo iba muy lento para mi yo de ese entonces. Ahora que lo releí se que fue así porque era demasiado pronto para leerlo : Recién había dejado de leer Harry Potter (mis primeras lecturas), unos libros que transcurren muy rápido.
En este momento no dejo de pensar en la muerte, el tema principal del libro, y esa es la razón por la que le doy 4 estrellas ( 3,5 exactamente ): me hizo pensar demasiado, y yo amo pasar tiempo en mi mente. No pienso dejar todo lo que pienso sobre ello, porque sería MUY extenso, pero me gustaron mucho los personajes, y aunque lo de mateo y rufus se me haya hecho demaisado forzado, si logré encariñarme con ellos.
Eso sí, de vez en cuando es un libro muy pesado de leer, y lo de meter el punto de vista de personas totalmente desconocidas a la historia se me hace raro? no tiene relevancia.
This book was definitely cute. It was a little predictable and didn’t sweep me off my feet, but I enjoyed it. I don’t usually do fantasy kind of reads but this wasn’t over the top so it was a good read for me.
Didn't get through the first 150 pages because the writing style just didn't do it for me, but so I can't judge the book in its entirety
adventurous
dark
inspiring
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:
Complicated
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Reading this book is spot-on with all I've been thinking about death lately. Imagine a world where they call you to tell you this is your last day. You won't know how you'll die, but you'll know how you'll live. Terrifying, right? Knowing that you'll die but not knowing how is terrifying, of course, but starting to live because you know you will die is the most terrifying thing that happens, actually. Mateo spends his life afraid, Rufus spends his life not liking himself. And when they have less than 24 hours left, that's when they actually start living.
This is how your life could be and yet you only have 24 hours left to live it.
It's not a perfect book by far, but even with all the cliches that surround "the day before we die", it manages to create a beautiful story, with different characters whose lives are so interwoven they don't even realise it.
Ultimately, it got me thinking - what am I waiting for?
This is how your life could be and yet you only have 24 hours left to live it.
It's not a perfect book by far, but even with all the cliches that surround "the day before we die", it manages to create a beautiful story, with different characters whose lives are so interwoven they don't even realise it.
Ultimately, it got me thinking - what am I waiting for?
emotional
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No