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13 Minutes by Sarah Pinborough
3.0
As the back cover says (or maybe it's just the edition I have) it definitely isn't for younger readers. If you plan to read this book, searching up trigger warnings would definitely be a good idea- I didn't and then read the ending in the middle of the night which I do not recommend.
And to be quite frank, I think that the book would have been better without that plot twist at the end. I found it felt quite rushed and left a lot of unanswered questions that would have had answers had the book been finished earlier, before the plot twist.
I also think that the sudden change to 1st person towards the end of the book, solely for Tasha, made the book feel a bit random and not thought through.
However, I did enjoy how it had extracts of speech from therapy sessions and such and news papers and other things.
And to be quite frank, I think that the book would have been better without that plot twist at the end. I found it felt quite rushed and left a lot of unanswered questions that would have had answers had the book been finished earlier, before the plot twist.
I also think that the sudden change to 1st person towards the end of the book, solely for Tasha, made the book feel a bit random and not thought through.
However, I did enjoy how it had extracts of speech from therapy sessions and such and news papers and other things.
They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
5.0
To be honest I don't really care that the romance aspect was so short. I don't know, I guess that's not why I chose to read it? I feel like it's not so much a romance book as one about friendship. Like, it wasn't just about Mateo and Rufus- it was about the Plutos and Lidia and maybe even Penny. I think, for me, it's more just a reminder to live your life as best you can because you never know when it's gonna end- bucket list complete or not. You have to keep on going because you can't know for sure that things are going to get worse- you have to believe in the chance that they'll get better. I think that's what Rufus and Mateo's friendship (yes friendship, not romance) taught me.