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A review by jessica42980
They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
5.0
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This review will be on my site on June 4, 2019.
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I absolutely loved this book for so many reasons: The concept is unique and *spoiler alert* we know what is going to happen in this novel from the title, but it is not about the end of Mateo and Rufus’ lives, it is the journey they go on for their final day.
Imagine you live in a world where there is Death-Cast and you finally get that phone call. What will you do? Will you stay at home attempting to avoid the end or will you live this day how you want as it actually is your last? They Both Die had me thinking about so many things as I Iistened to the audiobook. We never know when our time will end, and I decided that I would not want to live in a world that has Death-Cast. I always go to worst case scenario and would not be able to ‘enjoy’ my last day and truly live it. I would be constantly worried if a certain situation would be the cause of my death.
Mateo and Rufus are total opposites and you grow to like them both. Even though we know what their ending will be and we don’t want it to happen, we don’t know when or how in the day their lives will end or even if they will they die together or separately.
There was so much more I wanted to know about this world that Mateo and Rufus live in. I wanted to know the workings of Death-Cast and how it ‘knows’ who is going to die. Normally this would have bothered me extremely, but the point of the novel is Mateo and Rufus living their last day. There is a little information given about Death-Cast but I would love to read the story of how it came into being. I still have some questions I want to address: What if somehow Death-Cast cannot get in touch with you and it is your day to die then will you still die? Would you have still died if Death-Cast was not in existence or is your death because of Death-Cast? Is receiving the Death-Cast call a self-fulfilling prophecy? It was all this and more that had me thinking long after I was done with the novel.
There are three narrators for the audiobook: Robbie Daymond and also two of my favorites: Bahni Turpin and Michael Crouch. I will listen to just about anything those two narrate and the fact that they were both narrators in They Both Die was a big plus for me.
I was leery about reading this as I wondered how emotional I would become knowing that we are going to lose both Mateo and Rufus. I liked them and was rooting and hoping that somehow one or both would ‘beat the system’. Fortunately I did not cry, but They Both Die stayed with in my thoughts for a few days afterwards with the many thoughts it leaves you with.
They Both Die at the End is highly recommended.
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This review will be on my site on June 4, 2019.
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I absolutely loved this book for so many reasons: The concept is unique and *spoiler alert* we know what is going to happen in this novel from the title, but it is not about the end of Mateo and Rufus’ lives, it is the journey they go on for their final day.
Imagine you live in a world where there is Death-Cast and you finally get that phone call. What will you do? Will you stay at home attempting to avoid the end or will you live this day how you want as it actually is your last? They Both Die had me thinking about so many things as I Iistened to the audiobook. We never know when our time will end, and I decided that I would not want to live in a world that has Death-Cast. I always go to worst case scenario and would not be able to ‘enjoy’ my last day and truly live it. I would be constantly worried if a certain situation would be the cause of my death.
Mateo and Rufus are total opposites and you grow to like them both. Even though we know what their ending will be and we don’t want it to happen, we don’t know when or how in the day their lives will end or even if they will they die together or separately.
There was so much more I wanted to know about this world that Mateo and Rufus live in. I wanted to know the workings of Death-Cast and how it ‘knows’ who is going to die. Normally this would have bothered me extremely, but the point of the novel is Mateo and Rufus living their last day. There is a little information given about Death-Cast but I would love to read the story of how it came into being. I still have some questions I want to address: What if somehow Death-Cast cannot get in touch with you and it is your day to die then will you still die? Would you have still died if Death-Cast was not in existence or is your death because of Death-Cast? Is receiving the Death-Cast call a self-fulfilling prophecy? It was all this and more that had me thinking long after I was done with the novel.
There are three narrators for the audiobook: Robbie Daymond and also two of my favorites: Bahni Turpin and Michael Crouch. I will listen to just about anything those two narrate and the fact that they were both narrators in They Both Die was a big plus for me.
I was leery about reading this as I wondered how emotional I would become knowing that we are going to lose both Mateo and Rufus. I liked them and was rooting and hoping that somehow one or both would ‘beat the system’. Fortunately I did not cry, but They Both Die stayed with in my thoughts for a few days afterwards with the many thoughts it leaves you with.
They Both Die at the End is highly recommended.