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    They Both Die at the End: TikTok made me buy it!

    By Adam Silvera

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    A love story with a difference - an unforgettable tale of life, loss and making each day count in the INTERNATIONAL NO. 1 BESTSELLING book of TIKTOK fame, clocking over 100 million views and counting! Don't miss The First to Die at the End, the prequel to They Both Die at the End.

    On September 5th, a little after midnight, Death-Cast calls Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio to give them some bad news: they're going to die today. Mateo and Rufus are total strangers, but, for different reasons, they're both looking to make a new friend on their End Day. The good news: there's an app for that. It's called the Last Friend, and through it, Rufus and Mateo are about to meet up for one last great adventure - to live a lifetime in a single day. 

    Another beautiful, heartbreaking and life-affirming book from the brilliant Adam Silvera, author of More Happy Than Not, History Is All You Left Me, What If It's Us, Here's To Us and the Infinity Cycle series.

    PRAISE FOR ADAM SILVERA:

    'There isn't a teenager alive who won't find their heart described perfectly on these pages.' Patrick Ness, author of The Knife of Never Letting Go

    'Adam Silvera is a master at capturing the infinite small heartbreaks of love and loss and grief.' Nicola Yoon, author of Everything, Everything 

    'A phenomenal talent.' Juno Dawson, author of Clean and Wonderland

    'Bold and haunting.' Lauren Oliver, author of Delirium
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster UK
    Release dateSep 7, 2017
    ISBN9781471166211
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    They Both Die at the End: TikTok made me buy it!
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    Adam Silvera

    Adam Silvera is the #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of They Both Die at the End, The First to Die at the End, More Happy Than Not, History Is All You Left Me, the Infinity Cycle, and—with Becky Albertalli—What If It’s Us and Here’s to Us. He worked in the publishing industry as a children’s bookseller, community manager at a content development company, and book reviewer of children’s and young adult novels. He was born and raised in New York and now lives in Los Angeles. He is tall for no reason. Visit him online at adamsilvera.com.

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    • 4/5
      Loved the premise. Emotional read.
    • 3/5
      Shy and cautious Mateo and rough-around-the-edges Rufus are very different teenage boys, but they have one thing in common. They each got a phone call this morning between midnight and 1am from DeathCast, a service that lets people know that they are going to die today. Fate (in this case, an app algorithm) brings the two of them together, and they spend their last day on earth pushing each other to do the things they never thought they could. This is their last chance.I was really expecting to love this book, because everyone else seems to, but I did not enjoy it at all. The general concept - two boys know they are going to die today and become friends (and maybe more) - is a great idea, but the framework built to support it is a nonsensical Swiss cheese world. My problems are endless: - On a character level, Mateo doesn't want to tell his best friend Lidia that he is going to die because her fiance died last year and she didn't get to say goodbye to him. So Mateo won't let her say goodbye to him either? - More generally, If everyone who gets called is going to die before midnight, how do timezones work? If you get the call on the west coast of the US and then fly west across the international date line, do you drop dead immediately?- Police officers spend a significant amount of time trying to prevent Deckers from killing themselves by doing crazy stunts ... why?? If they're going to die anyway why not let them die on their own terms?- A minor character decides to commit suicide, despite knowing that she did not get a call this morning (what??) but then changes her mind when she sees the main characters laughing and having fun.- It's mentioned that the government briefly considered lowering the drinking age to 18yo for Deckers, but decided against it because they might get alcohol poisoning or get in a car accident. What???- All of the Deckers, from main characters to unnamed, spend tons of time trying not to die. To the point where they refuse to get on an elevator because they might die (don't get me started on how you're actually much more likely to die taking the stairs).- And the biggest problem - the whole concept of the book is that knowing you are going to die would change your behavior. That seems like a good idea when it's just the main characters, but how could that possibly work when every single person knows they're going to die and thus changes their behavior? For example, if a person was going to die in a car crash on their way to work (a very common death), and they found out they were going to die, they probably would not go to work that day, which means they would not be on the highway at morning rush hour and would not get in a car accident.None of this makes any sense. It was very hard for me to focus on Rufus and Mateo's relationship and character growth when everything around them is so stupid. What kept me going through most of the book was the hope that the boys would rise up and expose their half-baked dystopia, but no such luck.I did like that the book was told from dozens of points of view, some of them very minor characters. However, there were 3 completely unrelated minor characters named Delilah, Deirdre, and Dahlia and I had to go back and re-read almost half the book to figure out if they were the same person or not.Everyone else seems to love this book, and I'm just very confused.
    • 4/5
      I loved and hated this book. In an alternate present day, people receive a call just after midnight letting them know it is their "end day." Teenage boys Mateo and Rufus, two strangers, each receive the call within hours of one another. Both boys are parent-less (Mateo's mother dead, his father in a coma; Rufus's entire family killed in a tragic car accident). Seeking solace in a friend, they find one another on the Last Friend App.The next 24 hours are filled with adventure, friendship, love, loss, and impending doom. As a reader you are continually reminded that no one has ever eluded Death-Cast's prediction for death. The boys will die but we don't know when or how.As the clock ticks down, the reader can't help hoping for a happy ending, a miracle that will save them both. But the title of this book is The Both Die At The End. There are no spoilers, the ending is announced before you open the book. But it's what happens between the pages that matters most.
    • 4/5
      A touching story of friendship, life, love, and fate. Obviously, a tearjerker as the title implies.
    • 5/5
      I can't tell you how much this book made me cry and think about mortality but mainly crying
    • 4/5
      I heavily enjoyed reading this book, I basically cannot put it down if it's a physical copy book but instead I'm reading it on my phone.
      I like the contrast of characters between Mateo and Rufus. Apart from that, I also love how additional characters' stories are also added in the story.
      I liked Delilah's story a lot.
      The ending really got me shocked because it was foreshadowed from the beginning of the story.
      It's wholesome and bittersweet; heartfelt and heart wrenching.
      Kudos to Adam Silvera!
    • 5/5
      Man, that was emotionally devastating. Use to read it on the train to and from work, but decided to read the rest at home when I got closer to the end cuz I just knew it would make me cry my eyes out. Was right. Beautiful story about living life to it's fullest on very limited time and budget.
    • 4/5
      I must say, the title of the book peaked my curiosity.. Does it really happen? Why would I read this if I know the ending?
      Well, it's not the ending that makes the book, it's the adventure in between..
      The novel has a bit of a sci-fi spin on it, where there is a service that will call you up in the early morning after midnight to tell you are going to die today.
      How would you live your life? What would you do?
      Also really liked the format of the book, where each chapter is told in the eyes of a particular character, not necessarily the main characters either.
      My name is Steven, I did not get called by Death-Cast, I am not dying today.. :)
    • 5/5
      Cried in the end but fuckin loved it.....BEST. BOOK .EVER.
    • 4/5
      This book was beautiful. It teaches to enjoy every moment because it just might be your last. I hope to live out every day the way Mateo and Rufus live out their last one. Definitely recommend reading this book. It's the kind of story that stays with you for life.
    • 3/5
      I kind of liked the concept but then I also didn't. I think I need to stop reading YA, because I'm apparently too cynical or there's something else wrong with me. Or, the hype worked against the book (like always) and got my expectations too high. Whatever the reason, I didn't find the story as heart-breaking as everyone else, apparently. Several narrators helped in getting rid of the overacting narration prevalent in American audiobooks, but I still found it a bit unneccessary. I am able to follow different characters even with single-person narration.
    • 4/5
      A little different but I love the concept, excellent and made me cry a lot. like, a lot!
    • 4/5
      It took me some time to become invested in the characters and the intriguing concept of the book was what kept me going. Once I got into it, even with the ending being right in the title, it was just as heartbreaking as you'd imagine.
    • 4/5
      The end? Die? What the...!??! This was my first book by Adam Silvera so I did not know what to expect.
      Intriguing idea though...
    • 4/5
      I've had this one on my TBR pile, but was afraid that it would be too much of a downer, especially with that non-spoiler alert title!But I must say, I really appreciated the progression of this novel, especially the dystopian-adjacent nature of it as well as how the various lives get intertwined. Beautiful message about seizing the day.I listened to the audiobook and the three narrators were a pleasure.
    • 4/5
      What would you do if you knew this was the last day of your life? That's the question Silvera proposes in this contemporary tale with a twist - in some unexplained way, the exact day of everyone's death is known and each person receives a phone call notifying them they have less than 24 hours to live. Two very different teenage boys both get the call one day and, via an app set up for the purpose, meet up to spend their final day of life together. Clever plotting, compelling characters, and a sweet romance drive this easy read with some simplistic themes about living life to the fullest, not letting fear get in the way, opening yourself up to love, and, ultimately, finding your true self.
    • 4/5
      When I first heard of this book back in 2018, I thought 'they don't ACTUALLY die at the end... right?'. I WAS WRONG. This isn't a spoiler, trust me. THEY BOTH DIE AT THE END.

      Even though I don't get why this book got THIS much hype (it was really really good, but I feel that there are other books which are this good too), I really enjoyed it. For the most part, I read this book in two days (ignore Goodreads on that lol)!

      I didn't cry, but it was sad and I could definitely relate to the characters and I felt that everything was... believable. When I found out that this was a one day love story, I was a bit sceptical ('how can you fall in love in one day???') but it genuinely was really realistic and SO CUTE!!! LGBTQ PRIDE ALL THE WAY!!!

      Definitely recommended :)
    • 4/5
      Even though I “knew” how the book would end, I still cried like a baby when it did. My heart is shattered
    • 4/5
      Packs an emotional punch.
    • 3/5
      It was an okay book, I did cry a bit at the end because I tend to get attached to the main characters, I don’t want to spoil this for anyone so I won’t. I recommend reading this though. I gave it a three because It hasn’t changed me or the way I thought. It did make me smile a lot :)
    • 4/5
      Wow, this book was beautifully tragic. I absolutely loved Mateo & Rufus! This book really gets you thinking about death!
    • 5/5
      I cried and laughed and kept crying, but the same way these characters got to live one last day, the author gave me a new life that barely lasted 310 pages. I was a little hesitant about reading this while having Covid-19, but at least I got to live a life outside my house for a little while.
    • 5/5
      Well I'm a mess right now lmao. This story is wonderfully wtitten, diverse in all ways and full love, friendship, and kindness. I never expected a book about death to make me feel so warm inside
    • 3/5
      The two first person narratives did not have distinct enough voices; I kept forgetting which kid was talking to me. Very distracting.
    • 5/5
      In this imagined future world, you not only know when you're going to die... you have 24 hour notice. Death-cast has called both Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio and despite their differences they unite as "Last Friends" for a day of goodbyes, adventure, and cosmic reveals. An interesting premise that, for this reader at least, never really takes off. Pondering one's mortality is never cheery; this book does little to leaven the anxiety.
    • 4/5
      Well, this book left me a sobbing mess. From the start I wanted to know if Mateo and Rufus really did die at the end and if so, how. The concept of the book was clever, a bit sci-fi even though it was set in 2017, where people are contacted by Death-Cast to be informed that they only have one more day to live.I loved following Mateo and Rufus' journey through their End Day and how they found, and connected, with each other through the Last Friend app, and how they made the most of their last 24 hours on earth. Mateo was such a gentle, loving, socially awkward soul while Rufus was more tough and street-smart, but with a heart of gold. They complemented each other perfectly and, despite their different backgrounds and personalities, they became friends caring for and helping each other say goodbye to the loved ones they would leave behind. I also loved how supportive their other friends were - Amy, the Plutos and Lydia.I did have a couple of small complaints about "They Both Die at the End". There were too many narrators, many being secondary characters whom I thought were unnecessary and, while Mateo probably had most of the spotlight, I would like to have heard more from Rufus' point of view. Secondly, I didn't think the romance was necessary. It felt rushed and unbelievable. I think the two boys should have just stayed good friends.However, the writing was beautiful, heart-breaking and real. I was totally caught up in Mateo and Rufus' End Day and it makes you realise that none of us know when our last day will be, so we should live each day as though it is the last, without regret.A touching read.

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    • 5/5
      I kind of don't know what to say. Or rather, I know what I want to say, but I don't know how to articulate it.

      I'll start here: this is not my favourite Silvera book. While emotional, it doesn't pack the same punch that his others do. In fact, despite the entire premise of the book being, well, that they die, I found this book to be overall uplifting and joyous. I think it did exactly what it wanted to: it made me realize that maybe I'm not living, and maybe I shouldn't wait until I'm dying before I start.

      The characters in this book are great, and like all of Silvera's works, very diverse. They're voices we don't usually hear from in books that aren't just about diversity. They're people just being people, and living wild lives. I love that. I found Rufus's voice to be especially strong, although I probably relate the most to Mateo, or maybe even Delilah (what a great side character btw; following her story is a nice companion to Mateo and Rufus's story).

      My absolute favourite thing about this book is the idea of fate and how stories intertwine and connect without us ever realizing it. I mean, do you have any idea how many lives you influence every single day? Rufus and Mateo certainly don't, and I think a lot of the sadness from this book comes from that. These kids don't know how important their lives really are.

      So if you're a Silvera fan like I am, you know his last two books have great plot twists that kind of knock the breath out of you for a minute or two. So I spent this entire novel anticipating that, and (this is kind of spoiler-ville but not really, so you can check out now if you want to remain absolutely spoiler-free)... it never came. And I think this is what makes the book so strong. You read a book with a bold title like "They Both Die At the End" and you think to yourself "pssht, yeah right." But nope, what you read is what you get. And I think that's really important. We all die eventually, so we gotta make the journey worth it.

      I really liked how this book made me rethink if I would want to know when I die and I have to say... I don't think I do. But I do want to live as if I'm dying; I want to be a Mateo and a Rufus. I want to live.

      All in all, this isn't my favourite book, but it sure is a damn good one.

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    • 5/5
      Well, this was more of a rollercoaster than I expected it to be. Really great work of art. Loved every second of it.

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    • 5/5
      The date is September 5, 2017 and Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio are both going to die. Thanks to an app called Last Friend, they find each other and commit to spend their day in the best way possible—whatever that means.THEY BOTH DIE AT THE END should be an incredibly sad book about dying, but instead it’s a manual on how to live. Author Adam Silvera shows how we’re all part of a single tapestry, and intersections with others can have a significance you might never understand. Mateo and Rufus are both beautiful souls, and though they are each flawed, their imperfections help strengthen the other. The day that they spend together might seem unremarkable to someone who doesn’t know them; fortunately, we get to know them both really well through some great character development.In the midst of Mateo and Rufus’s story are the stories of many others. We just catch glimpses of some of them, and others receive a bit longer look. It’s understandable that none of them are as well put together as the two protagonists, but there are instances where the glimpses seem a bit too contrived and they distract rather than sharpen the focus on the two I really wanted to see. This book would be a wonderful addition to a high school classroom. The conversations and debates I imagine it generating among teens would be awesome. Adam Silvera has created a fascinating, modern coming-of-age story, and I look forward to sharing it with others so that I can talk about it.My thanks to the publisher and YA Books Central for a copy of the book in exchange for my honest review.
    • 4/5
      *sobs*
      What a way to observe your mortality. I don't think I can put more to words as a first reaction. I'm sad-happy and pensive. This was a good read. I'm glad I read it.

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