They Both Die at the End

a fine book! 3.5* i think i would've enjoyed this more as a teen. its very coming of age.

i found it a bit pretentious at times and found the main characters both unlikeable at the start but they grow throughout the story which is nice.
by the end, i was getting teary eyed at many random parts so it definitely touched me.
it is kind of similar in vibe to ‘we are okay' which is on my favourite list of all time, so i wonder how much listening to this on audio affected my opinion of it. The narrators did well but rufus' sections voice for matteo was so whiny - it definitely stopped me from connecting so much.

like, you know it's coming but it just hit me hard when it happened. it happened and then it was over.
kind of felt meaningless towards the end but i suppose that's the ‘point' - it's over when it's over.