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They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera

23 reviews

rpoe's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

literary__mary's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

I really liked the premise for this book which is set in a society in which you know when you will die. The book covers the last day of two teenagers who become unexpected friends. Although they both undergo development over the course of the day, I feel like I didn’t know enough about them beforehand to feel that sad at the end, and I found many other areas in the book to be underdeveloped. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Mass/school shootings

sierrabowers's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring 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? No

3.5

I liked this book, but it wasn’t the best I’ve ever read. I think it definitely could have been better, and a lot of people say they sobbed. I was shocked at the way

Mateo died

. But I do like the authors note and his original draft notes. It reminds us that we don’t know when our last day is, and we should be living like it is, which is hard to do, but I definitely think it gives the reader something to think about. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Suicide, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mass/school shootings, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, and Child death

Minor: Animal death

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

burnt_amber89's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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? No

4.75

Loved, loved, loved this book ! The characters are adorable, I rooted for them all along. I loved how they all evolved in their own way, how their relationship developed, etc. The writing style is crystal clear and enjoyable. I loved the fact that the author lets us know (or think...) that they will both die at the end, but he manages to keep the suspense until the last minute. It kept me on my toes the whole time, wondering if and how things would unfold, hoping they would beat the prophecy. 
The book also touches on the philosophical aspects of our personal relationship with death, it made me wonder how I would react to such news, if such a technology is desirable in our society, and what its implications might be, etc... Really enjoyable experience, I would highly recommend ! 
The only thing I regret is that it is a little to predictable and sometimes a little forced - I'm not talking about the ending but the relationships between the different secondary characters and their respective roles in the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Infidelity, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Blood

charlotte_marchand's review against another edition

emotional inspiring lighthearted sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Gun violence

Moderate: Mass/school shootings

nothingrhymeswithrachel's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? Yes

3.75

This book definitely has a case of “over-hyped syndrome” which is too bad. It feels like a boring episode of Black Mirror. I definitely liked it, so I rated it based on what I would have if it hadn’t been so hyped up. I didn’t cry like I expected to, and I’m also kinda mad that

we didn’t get to see how Rufus dies. I’m assuming he gets hit by a car but if you’re going to title a book They Both Die at the End, they should BOTH be dead by the last sentence in my opinion, lol.

Lydia held this story together, Amy made me want to smash my head into a wall. Also, Rufus reminds me of Julian from Cemetery Boys (and yes I know this came out first but I read Cemetery Boys first and it’s better imo). That’s all of my opinions, everything else was pretty blah tbh. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Terminal illness

jessreadingg's review against another edition

reflective sad slow-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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Suicide attempt, Medical content, Mental illness, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

Moderate: Car accident and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Chronic illness

i don’t understand the hype this book got i had to proper push through to finish it. the plot was extremely slow paced and i kept on getting bored. everytime the pace would pick up it would slow right back down again although i love the use of the song “american pie” reminded me of black widow if you know you know ;)

also terribly sad how mateo died. i feel as if rufus didn’t get a clear ending. some may have liked the guessing of if victor potentially ran him over however i did not favour it<\spolier>

beccalv16's review against another edition

emotional 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? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mass/school shootings, and Violence

darkravenz's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence