They Both Die at the End
Ratings516
Average rating3.7
Das Buch ist perfekt! Ich musste dauernd lachen, die Witze sind natürlich und nicht aufgesetzt, und direkt danach musste ich wieder weinen. Bei mir dauert es normalerweise nicht lange, bis ich ein neues Lieblingsbuch habe, aber ich bin ziemlich sicher, dass ich sagen kann, dass das mein Lieblingbuch ist. Vielleicht sogar für immer. Absolut wunderbar❤️
Me ha gustado bastante pero que todo suceda en un día (ya sé que es esencial para el libro) me parece demasiado poco tiempo
Matteo and Rufus spend their last day on earth together, and encourage each other to get past their fears. They also fall in love. If they'd had a lifetime, perhaps they wouldn't have stayed together, but in that day and moment all they could do was celebrate their time together, and believe in who they could have been together. They deserved to revel in being young and in love, and connected to someone else so deeply. This made me think about the stuff I put off ... and I'm not a youngin' any more. Matteo failed to live his life out of fear he would die, and learned too late that you die no matter what, and so you need to live while you can. I liked the other POVs – some of the people were connected to Matteo and Rufus in ways they would never realize, and the way the author revealed those connections was moving. Did I sob? No. I saw the title, and believed it, so I was prepared. But I was moved, and I did cry a little, and I think I'll take the message to heart. Now, [b:More Happy Than Not 19542841 More Happy Than Not Adam Silvera https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1437759419s/19542841.jpg 27669922] made me ugly cry.
4.5 rounded up because man did this book hit me like a ton of bricks. The sort-of sci-fi premise is just the framework for a genuine, moving, human story with characters that I loved. I felt like it toed the line between sappy and sincere with enough authenticity that the “message” never felt preachy, and I also loved how LGBT representation was so casually included throughout the book multiple main AND side characters (is that a spoiler?) without feeling like it was just trying to tick boxes for diversity.
They Both Die at the End is just really good.
The first two thirds of this book really didn't grab me, but it picked up in the last 100 pages or so. It was this close to being rated 2/5, as I really didn't care about any of the characters for ages, but once it all pulled together I started enjoying it.
A good book overall, but there's too much death imho. Could have done without it. RTC.
“No matter how we choose to live, we both die at the end.”
The concept is intriguing and Silvera has a pleasant writing style but this book left me feeling mostly nothing.
Leaving aside the lack of explanation regarding Death-Cast with all its plot-holes and whatnot, I just felt unexpectedly detached from Mateo and Rufus (I really like these names though) as a duo spending their last day together. I was not absolutely sold on them as individuals either, but I was surely more invested in their perspectives before they met.
The “falling in love in a day” for me is nothing but a gimmick, I didn't buy it in The Sun is Also a Star and it didn't buy it here. I don't see how something that meaningful can develop in such a short time span. When Mateo said "I love you" I couldn't do anything but roll out my eyes. I couldn't suspend my disbelief so I couldn't care much about their brief relationship and I didn't get much out of the story. If the book had focused more on them as individuals and maybe the start of a friendship it would've been a much better experience for me.
My favorite parts of the book are actually the little snippets about a few other people getting or not getting the call.
Une belle histoire d'amitié et d'amour entre deux jeunes hommes qui apprennent qu'ils vont mourir avant la fin de la journée.
“When someone puts their journey out there for you to watch, you pay attention- even if you know they'll die at the end”
I have not read an Adam Silvera book before. Now I can say I have. Everyone says his books are tearjerkers and never what you expect. The same can be said about this book. I was expecting a story about two teens on their last day alive, but this book was so much more than that.
Going into this book, the title itself is a spoiler, but not really. You do not know if Adam is actually going to kill off both Rufus and Mateo or if they both someone beat DeathCast and somehow survive. The concept of this book is farfetched and ridiculous since there is no way to predict everyone's death with enough accuracy to call them at midnight on their last day. But Adam takes this concept further by looking at the repercussions of knowing you are going to die and how you will spend your last day.
This book is filled with so many discussions on what it means to truly live and be in the moment. Our cast of characters come from a variety of situations and have their own views on what it means to live and how they have dealt with loss. While this book definitely has a strong focus on death and how cruel it can be when someone dies too soon (granted you could say every death is too soon), there were so many other points about living life to the fullest so you do not regret anything.
I really loved a lot of the stylist choices made throughout this book. First off the book takes place on September 5th, 2017 which is also publication day which was a nice touch. I also loved that we always knew what time it was. It was like watching 24 and knowing that there was only “x” hours left before End Day was over. Finally, I really enjoyed all the extra characters we got to follow and how their chapters always started by telling us whether or not they had gotten the call that morning that they were going to die. All the characters were deeply intertwined and I loved seeing how all the characters connected at some point in the story.
This was a story about life, love, friendships, death, and finding who you truly are amid the chaos of the world whether you know it is your last day or not.
Thanks to the publisher for an early copy of this