They Both Die at the End
Ratings255
Average rating3.7
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Ratings255
Average rating3.7
In a near-future New York City where a service alerts people on the day they will die, teenagers Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio meet using the Last Friend app and are faced with the challenge of living a lifetime on their End Day.
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1 primary book2 released booksDeath-Cast is a 2-book series with 1 primary work first released in 2017 with contributions by Adam Silvera.
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2 1/2 stars. I wanted to like this more than I did. Premise was interesting, and I liked the small call outs from others' perspectives, but nothing really happens and I stopped listening to the audio and just skimmed the book because it was relatively boring and the YOLO message was so forced. The characters were not particularly compelling and felt more like paint-by-diversity personality notes than real people. The set-up had potential, the ending was well done, but a nothing of a middle made for a boring reading sandwich.
Ugh.
I am crying my whole heart out.
I liked the concept. I liked the characters.
What a great book to read and cry over.
What I perhaps liked most were the small chapters in between where random people had a chance to narrate and mentioned a certain scene we just saw with Mateo and/Rufus or are about to see.
I also liked the way each character had a direct influence on the other characters, since the gang with no name hit the car with the celebrity and that killed him.
I also have a gut feeling Victor is the one to hit Rufus, since he is speeding on his way to Delilah, but I guess we'll never know.
The two first person narratives did not have distinct enough voices; I kept forgetting which kid was talking to me. Very distracting.
Idk, I really like the concept of the book, but I feel it could've given a bit more. Also, I found it cheesey how Rufus way of talking is depicted.... for example, no one uses the word "mad cool" or phrases like that anymore. Also, Mateo being such a chicken got old quick. RIP tho.
