Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Al final mueren los dos by Adam Silvera

406 reviews

hookerkitty's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

I absolutely loved the humor in this book (esp the dark flavored variety). It was sewn in well to help break up the emotional stuff (and was very much appreciated). Here’s an example that made me cackle:

This brunette girl, mad pretty, is bawling when a guy advances on her with some tired-ass pickup line (“Maybe you’ll live to see another day with some Vitamin Me in your system.”)

As a person with a monster truck of anxiety, I very much related to Matteo. Most of the passages I highlighted to save are from his POV. I enjoyed watching him as the story progressed. 

The only complaint I can think of is my disappointment that Final Destination was not mentioned ONCE during this entire book, when it had been set up so perfectly so many times. But as I was writing this I had the panicky thought that kids today might not even know what that movie is, which is horrifying 

I know there’s a prequel that came after this, and just discovered there’s a book 2 coming out next year. I obviously don’t know what happens in those so I don’t know if this gets answered, but I want another book to come out where you find out there’s some big nefarious conspiracy to how Death-Cast got started, and how people deal with finding it out/having to get it shut down/something like that. Buuut that’s my love of ominous horror/thrillers bleeding into this world lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, Violence, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death of parent

Moderate: Gun violence, Animal death, and Blood

Minor: Abandonment, Suicide, Pregnancy, Child death, Cancer, Lesbophobia, and Vomit

earth_to_mars's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Car accident, Gun violence, and Violence

Minor: Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts

paige_is_me's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring 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

4.75

HOLY SHIT IM ACTUALLY CRYING!!!!!! IM SO SAD NOW!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Death of parent, Cursing, Blood, Grief, and Violence

Moderate: Car accident and Gun violence

glund_01's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Car accident, Gun violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

supershy_cutiepie_stay's review against another edition

dark emotional funny inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

this was such a beautiful story and so heartbreaking... I wish they didn't die at the end but I know it needed to happen... Mateo will forever be my sunshine <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Car accident, Medical trauma, Hate crime, and Medical content

Moderate: Animal death and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

suicidal thoughts and suicide attempt for minor character, parent in a coma

lisashelves's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, and Death

sbox's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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

3.25

I think this one just wasn’t for me. Maybe listening to it on audiobook was distracting, as there are three different narrators. I also didn’t love the chapters where we jumped around to other characters. This issue could have also been that I read this because someone recommended it after I asked for romance novel recs, and I think romance isn’t the driving force here. Overall it was sweet and sad. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death

Moderate: Violence and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Gun violence, Murder, and Suicide

d00rframe's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional lighthearted 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? It's complicated

5.0

I've honestly never given a book five stars. this book made me sob and honestly, once I get home from school I'm gonna sob again. this book changed by view on death. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death of parent, Gore, Physical abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Stalking, Medical content, Suicide, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Car accident, Child death, Medical trauma, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Drug use, and Alcohol

Minor: Torture, Homophobia, Animal death, Mass/school shootings, Hate crime, and Sexual content

melissafrench's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.5

I was blown away by this book. At first I struggled a bit with suspension of disbelief  when it came to accepting the premise of  infallible death date prediction. Since everything else about the book’s setting was so true to reality it felt extra implausible to imagine that kind of certainty. But once I stopped trying to argue with the premise, the characters and the journey of their last day was so compelling I couldn’t put it down.

I highly recommend listening to the audiobook. The performances are masterful and really bring the characters to life. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, and Suicidal thoughts

astrotulip's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense

• 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Grief, Death, Death of parent, and Car accident

Moderate: Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts