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Al final mueren los dos by Adam Silvera

13 reviews

ummsprout's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad

3.25


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klavin_lovell's review against another edition

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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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marigo1ds's review against another edition

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emotional reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.75

I couldn’t stand this book. The dialogue feels like an adult trying to write how they think a teenager speaks. It felt so cringey and lame. I felt embarrassed to be reading it. Specifically the line when Rufus says he only posts black and white photos since his family died made me laugh out loud. It feels very CW, very Riverdale to me. Just one of the many examples of the disingenuous emotion for me. Nothing about this book felt real. 

The idea is okay, and the representation is great, but the characters are annoying. I hated Mateo so much. He’s portrayed as this sweet, anxious guy, but he couldn’t be more of a selfish ass if he tried. 

The shifting perspectives is gimmicky and doesn’t support the already flat main characters well. Maybe I’m the wrong audience, but I can’t understand why it’s popular with people out of high school. Just because a book is gay does not make it good. Very over-rated. I wish we had more mlm latinx romances so that this being a flop wouldn’t suck as much. :/

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