bookish_jae 's review for:

The First to Die at the End by Adam Silvera

4.0

challenging emotional hopeful 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: Yes

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“𝙄𝙩’𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙛𝙖𝙞𝙧 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙙𝙤 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚 𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙚𝙡𝙨𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜.”  

“𝙇𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙𝙣’𝙩 𝙗𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜.”

Of course I cried with this one, was that even in question? Before I started this one, I found myself thinking that this might be repetitive, but I’m happy to say I was wrong. This was a completely different take on the death-cast world, getting to see it from day one. I really enjoyed following Valentino and Orion around on the death-day adventures. I really love how they fit so much life into 24 hours. 

I was so happy that we got cameos from young Rufus and Mateo, their families and lives before their book - that was such a nice touch. Also, seeing how all the side characters lives were connecting was so interesting.