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They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera

11 reviews

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

viireads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Police brutality, Bullying, Cancer, and Cursing

Minor: Car accident

pinkupengu's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Gun violence, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, and Violence

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Toxic relationship, Ableism, and Classism

tankajahari's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Cancer, and Grief

packedjam's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? Yes

3.75

They Both Die at the End is a masterclass in world building and detail work, and the format really, really works. definitely not a lighthearted book by any means (shocking, i know, for a book with this title), but there’s a lot of joy and life packed into these pages. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

Minor: Racism, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Terminal illness

saraellenme's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad fast-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

5.0

This is one of the best books I’ve read in a long time. I experienced every emotion while reading it. I was hesitant to read it given the title, but I can’t recommend this one enough.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Cancer, Terminal illness, Police brutality, and Murder

sharlapeggy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

The ending had me in pieces. Why wasn’t Mateo there to hold him BACK!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Gun violence

Minor: Cancer, Chronic illness, Dementia, Terminal illness, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Gun violence, Death, Cursing, Child death, Car accident, and Abandonment

crystallis's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Chronic illness, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Cancer, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts

ummsprout's review against another edition

dark emotional sad

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer, Gun violence, and Car accident

Minor: Animal death

klavin_lovell's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Animal death, Gun violence, Lesbophobia, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Minor: Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, and Terminal illness