They Both Die at the End

“Maybe it's better to have gotten it right and been happy for one day instead of living a lifetime of wrongs.”

[3.25] Imagine receiving a call after midnight telling you that you're going to die within the next 24 hours. No details about when or where or how you'll kick the bucket, only that you undoubtedly will before the clock strikes 12.

That's what those in this universe experience with Death-Cast, an organization in charge of informing people of their End Day. Mateo and Rufus—both recipients of the ill-fated call—find each other through an app called Last Friend and live their final moments together.

I won't deny the niggle of hope that the title wouldn't come to fruition, but the whole time it was like reading through the slits of my fingers, anxiously waiting for the inevitable guillotine to drop.

What I liked:
- The cover!!! The way their shadows form the Grim Reaper wielding its scythe, clever and glorious

- The friendship and bond between the MCs. Wholesome

4.2
Considero que este libro es más de personajes que de tramas, porque algunas escenas se me habían muy repetitivas. Lo mejor de este libro creo que es la tercera y cuarta parte.

Y la escritura de este libro, sí, es cliché, pero aún así he apuntado cómo que 30 frases ( sin exagerar).

Si te apetece sufrir, este es tu libro.

2.5-3
Sono molto combattuta. La premessa era magnifica, l'inizio e la fine mi hanno anche commossa. La struttura, con le vite di tutti gli altri personaggi sullo sfondo che si incrociano e/o influiscono sulla storia principale, inizialmente mi ha creato confusione ma poi l'ho apprezzata molto . Ma tutta la parte centrale? Non so, mi aspettavo più introspezione, più riflessione, più...qualcosa... Non sono neanche riuscita a relazionarmi con i personaggi, Rufus è così poco presente rispetto a Mateo e anche quest'ultimo non è così coinvolgente come mi aspettavo all'inizio, ed è quello in cui mi sarei potuta rivedere di più. 
Avrei tanto voluto che questo libro mi piacesse e per quanto il finale mi abbia comunque toccato il cuore, non posso negare di essere rimasta (almeno parzialmente) delusa.

Who knew a book about knowing you will die would be the greatest inspiration to start living.

Cool that freaking hurt, ow, really sweet and great but ow. Apparently Silvera just specializes in books that'll cause you pain? I do love books with a ton of little interwoven moments, though, and this was a brilliant example.

Wow. I have no words. This book absolutely broke me. ITS SO GOOD THOUGH! It's currently 12:30 am and I have school tomorrow but staying up to finish this book was so worth it. It's a sad, heartfelt, golden egg of a book. I'm so glad I finally read it after so much procrastination. Definitely a new favorite even though I cried so many times throughout the book. Especially the end.

mi ha colpito tanto. tanto tanto. lo consiglio a qualsiasi essere vivente.

I finished in about an afternoon. Wasn't an easy read, I must say. Mainly due to all the tears filling my eyes!

I tend to go at least somewhat into detail in my reviews, for the benefit of “future me” and GoodReads users, but this one... I can't. It's got flaws but here they so don't matter.

Please, read it. Your future you will thank you.

i'm not crying, there's just something in my eye

Una verdadera montaña rusa de emociones. Llegué a conectar con los personajes casi tanto como ellos se conectaron. Me gustó mucho y te tiene muy intrigado hasta el final, obviamente, porque todos queremos saber cómo van a morir aunque no querramos que pase, porque es inevitable. Lo que más me gustó además del desarrollo de la relación de Mateo y Rufus (que es muy linda y me pareció lo justo para ser una relación de menos de 24 horas) fue como se fueron entrelazando las historias de los personajes secundarios con las de Rufus y Mateo, me encantó la forma en la que se relacionaron los distintos personajes en diferentes puntos de la trama, y mostrándonos mientras tanto otras historias que nos recordaban que Rufus y Mateo, aunque eran los protagonistas de la historia, no eran los únicos afectados por esta realidad, y que todo es más complicado de lo que parece. Es un libro que te hace reflexionar, lo quieras o no, sobre la vida y la muerte, y quizás replantearte cómo estás viviendo tu vida y cómo la querés seguir viviendo.

Yeah, I fucking cried.

I'm kinda disappointed tbh,, it wasn't as interesting as I hoped it would be. The characters were very 2d to me and I couldn't connect to any of them. An interesting idea but not very well executed.

My first Adam silvera book and I loved it!

This book instantly became a favorite. The romance was so adorable! It was heartbreaking to see the beloved characters inevitably die, but the journey was so fun that it makes up for it.

alexa play my heart will go on

DNF @ 30%

I just couldn't relate to the characters or the dialogue. The concept is interesting but wasn't explained early enough in the book that it was frustrating. Just not for me.

changed from 4 to 2.5?? idk why i rated it 4?? i did not like it?? 

First of all, thanks to the author for always writing books that make me cry so much near the end. Every freaking time.This was really fluffy and cute at times, and then proceeded to rip my heart out in the last two chapters. I connected with Mateo's way of thinking a lot because damn social anxiety.Even knowing the ending did not soften the blow delivered at the end because it came out of nowhere, when everything was fine just a PAGE AGO!!! I might've read the last chapter through a haze of tears, and then the last line of the book delivered the finishing blow. Yes, thank you! I love having my heart stomped on like that! I was bawling so bad that I had to get my copy of [b:Carry On 32768522 Carry On (Simon Snow, #1) Rainbow Rowell https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1481729252l/32768522.SX50.jpg 43346673] out and read bits and pieces of it to calm down! THIS WAS NOT OK! How dare this book!P.S. Forgot to mention but I visited NASA's website while reading the book and put on the sounds of the planets as BGM which was a cool, new discovery :D (This consisted of radio emissions from spacecrafts being converted to sound waves). Here's a link to that: Space Sounds

Somewhat difficult to get through because of some personal traumatic experiences with death. A little less than three years ago, a very good friend of mine collapsed into my arms in a sudden seizure. He “lived” for a few more days in a coma, but unfortunately never woke up. We knew he wasn't feeling well, we thought it was just his cancer therapies draining his energy. But it turns out it was a blood clot forming in his brain, forming right as we sat there and watched YouTube videos, a movie, and played video games. Even to this day, I think about the “what ifs.” What if we payed better attention? What if we suggested he go to the doctor/hospital? What if he told us more about how he was really feeling? What if, what if, what if... More in the vein of this book, what if we knew that would be the day he would fall into a coma/die? Is that what we would have done? Is there one final thing he would have wanted to do? What would have been my final goodbye to him?

These are the types of questions Adam Silvera begs us to consider in his YA fiction book “They Both Die at the End.” Spoiler Mateo and Rufus are total strangers up until they get their Deathcast alert. They find each other on the Last Friend app to live out their final hours, and ultimately fall in love. While their one-day romance isn't necessarily the most believable, it's a cute story despite the unfortunate circumstances of their fate.

There are two things I like about this book. First, Silvera builds on this last day premise by including what I'll call “disparate stories” periodically. These are chapters from characters that are not directly involved in the main Mateo/Rufus storyline but play roles in the sidelines, and further develop the world. Secondly, while this book is no doubt about death in many ways, the moment Mateo and Rufus' death occurs is quick. One moment these characters we've grown to love are there, the next they're not. That's the sad reality of death sometimes. On that grim note, fin.

I don't know why Adam Silvera wanted me to go through this misery. I cried. It was such a great book. Man, I felt sad and happy so many times.
As Rufus would say it; This was mad chill, dude.

WHY DIDN'T THEY TELL US HOW RUFUS DIES

Well that hurt.
First off WOW. I did not expect this book to be even half as good as it actually was.
Thought it would just another sappy young adult story with a very predictable ending.
Mind you, the book was just that, but MORE.
An incredibly good premise, small chapters and switching between character's perspectives gave the story a strange momentum toward the climax which could be figured out just by the title of the book, but still managed to get me to the edge of my seat.
Tears were freely flowing for this one :')

This book's going to be in my thoughts for a while.

Fuck.

I CRIED.

Un nouveau livre très touchant où on s'accroche énormément aux personnages, même si j'avais tellement envie de les secouer au début. Captivant, arrivé à la moitié il devient impossible de lâcher le livre.