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A review by chroniclesofabookmum
They Both Die At The End by Adam Silvera
2.0
“Life isn’t meant to be lived alone. Neither are End Days.”
I picked this book up quite a while ago as part of the bookstagram hype. Obviously, it took me around a year to actually read this so by that time I had completely forgot what it was about. I should have just left it there and not read further.
I really did not enjoy this book at all. I was so disappointed by it. As I went on goodreads and set this up as my "currently reading" book I became excited as I saw the average rating was above 4 stars. Surely this was going to be a good book? Surely I was going to love it? Unfortunately not.
I really liked the idea of the book, I enjoyed the idea that you get a phone call within 24 hours of your death so that you can spend your time saying goodbye to people and doing what you want.
However, I did not enjoy the characters in the slightest. I couldn't relate to either of them and I do not believe that they were likeable. I did not like the romantic interest and I really do feel like it was forced and added in for the sake of it. In fact I didn't realise what was happening until it had been mentioned a few times. Its almost as if the romance took over the plot and the initial plot was forgotten about it.
I thought this book would make me cry. Unfortunately it did not, I just did not feel an emotional connection to it. I am so sad that I didn't like this book, I found myself skim reading it just to see whether it got any better. I think I need to stop reading books by authors like this because they are definitely not aimed at my reading style.
I picked this book up quite a while ago as part of the bookstagram hype. Obviously, it took me around a year to actually read this so by that time I had completely forgot what it was about. I should have just left it there and not read further.
I really did not enjoy this book at all. I was so disappointed by it. As I went on goodreads and set this up as my "currently reading" book I became excited as I saw the average rating was above 4 stars. Surely this was going to be a good book? Surely I was going to love it? Unfortunately not.
I really liked the idea of the book, I enjoyed the idea that you get a phone call within 24 hours of your death so that you can spend your time saying goodbye to people and doing what you want.
However, I did not enjoy the characters in the slightest. I couldn't relate to either of them and I do not believe that they were likeable. I did not like the romantic interest and I really do feel like it was forced and added in for the sake of it. In fact I didn't realise what was happening until it had been mentioned a few times. Its almost as if the romance took over the plot and the initial plot was forgotten about it.
I thought this book would make me cry. Unfortunately it did not, I just did not feel an emotional connection to it. I am so sad that I didn't like this book, I found myself skim reading it just to see whether it got any better. I think I need to stop reading books by authors like this because they are definitely not aimed at my reading style.