Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Al final mueren los dos by Adam Silvera

27 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

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Abandonment, Dysphoria, Body horror, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Violence, and Cursing

Minor: Gun violence, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicide

lilith_hmr's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.25

Honestly, this was an unfortunately sad read (it was obvious but still). It took some time for me to actually get into the book. It was a bit dragged in the beginning but slowly got interesting and started picking up some pace. The concept and premise of the book were intriguing and I was hooked -The friendships, the writing, the description, the love that blossomed, the philosophy, thoughts oh Good Lord. Everything was amazingly written. The little chapters of side characters being intertwined into Mateo and Rufus' Last Day were beautiful, sort of like a movie where you could see the characters (though not so important) being affected directly or indirectly by them. 

Even though it was evident they both would die at the end (the whole point of the title) I still hoped against everything they both would live. There weren't any plot twists per se but the build-up, and the storyline was 'close-the-book-for-a-while-and-breathe' worthy. Overall a good book to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Abandonment, Suicide, and Death of parent

Minor: Deadnaming and Panic attacks/disorders

a_sleepy_berry's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? Yes

4.5

The writing style took a while to grow on me but I still really enjoyed it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Medical content, Death, Medical trauma, Violence, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Car accident, Grief, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Animal death, Abandonment, Blood, and Body horror

rubadubindabathtub's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Me with only about thirty pages left: “Oh maybe this book won’t make me cry.”

Me not even ten or so pages later: *balling my eyes out for the rest of the book*

READ THIS BOOK. DO IT. Of course if constant mentions of death is triggering for you, then don’t read it.  I keep thinking about the book and just want to cry 😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Animal death and Death of parent

Minor: Suicide, Abandonment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

ruthiedr89's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Abandonment, Death, Grief, and Car accident

Moderate: Violence and Medical content

Minor: Biphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Gun violence, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, and Mental illness

maddiiie's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, Self harm, Child death, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

smalljoys's review against another edition

dark 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

3.0

 
I would have preferred the main characters to stay as friends. I didn't find the romance to be convincing and it felt a bit empty and cliche. I also don't understand what happened to Delilah. I'm assuming she died(?) and I guess that sets up the reader for the next book in the series. I was sad about Mateo and Rufus(?) dying. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Car accident, Child death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abandonment

miss__manga__'s review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring 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

4.0

A really interesting book. I love the concept, but I do think it could have used a bit more editing to polish it. I have the collector’s edition, where it’s clear that Rufus’ parts were added in after the first draft and unfortunately this shows. Also, ate being so good and yet so anxious - I feel like this was done really heavily, we weren’t really given any reason for it so it felt kind of forced.

I would have liked to have closure for other characters such as Delilah. I really liked how you couldn’t tell how they died until it happened - there were lots of possibilities which kept you guessing. I also enjoyed how everyone was so interconnected even if they didn’t realize it.

Character 6.5
Engagement 8
Plot 8
Writing 6.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Medical content, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Car accident

Minor: Cursing, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Terminal illness, and Abandonment

martereadsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Death, Violence, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Car accident, Gun violence, Abandonment, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Mass/school shootings, Cancer, and Murder