A review by skyes_bookofbooks
The First to Die at the End by Adam Silvera

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-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

5.0

As I’m writing this it is 10:30pm on a school night and I have been sobbing my guts out for the past hour. This book was so happy. So amazing. And then the last 100 pages out of an over 500 paged book completely destroyed me. Orion and Valentino will forever live in my heart.

It gives me some comfort knowing that Valentino’s heart will forever be with Orion, but I wish their souls could stay together forever too. They deserved more time. AND SCARLETT DESERVED TO SEE HER BROTHER. I will never forgive the author for keeping them apart. Paz deserved better, Frankie deserved hell. I really hope Gloria ended up living a beautiful life and I really hope Paz is happy and Rolando is okay. I think Gloria needs that time for herself, whether she gets with Rolando or not that’s her business, I just really want her to be happy. And seeing Mateo and Rufus as little kids made me so happy, but also made me cry. Bittersweet. And thank you Dalma for bringing Mateo and Rufus together..

This book put me through it. I cried for so long after reading They Both Die at the End and it seems as though I’ve just been given the same fate. I love this series with everything in me.