erebus53 's review for:

The Survivor Wants To Die At The End by Adam Silvera

3.5

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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This is the third book of the series (the second one being a prequel). This one revisits the fallout of the very first day of Deathcast and the trauma of two guys whose relationships with their fathers have caused some serious mess in their lives.
This story is a lot darker (is that possible) than the previous two. There is less meet cute, and more self-harm. Do not take content warnings lightly as it's quite graphic in places. The anguish does not reach the lows of A LIttle Life by Hanya Yanagihara but it's got some similar elements.

The flow of this one is kind of derailed as it feels like there are preachy little teachable moments peppered all through it. This is a novel stitched through with primers on psychosis and Borderline Personality Disorder. At times the medical model is a bit cringe inducing. This could be really important information for someone, but I'm not that someone.

There is some full-on cheese. Some impossibly supernatural coincidences but I don't hate it.. it's kinda fun and poetic. I love that Silvera has created an entire replacement fandom for his world, where a hugely popular book franchise about a group of young magicians was written by a trans women and has been adapted into an immensely popular screen franchise with dedicated amusement park experiences. And there is another series with werewolves and vampires that glitter.. yeah. Well it lightens the mood, and the geekiness is lovely.

I'm kind of gutted that things end on a cliffhanger, though it's teasing that there is yet more to come for these characters.