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Begge dør til slutt by Adam Silvera

15 reviews

tiff1799's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

aino_maria23's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Violence and Medical content

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, and Alcohol

arlorees's review against another edition

dark emotional funny inspiring tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I sort of understand the idea behind putting in snippets of other people's stories, but I honestly just wanted to get back to Matteo and Rufus everytime we moved away from them. I couldn't care less about Delilah and Victor and that random actor. 

I also wasn't a huge fan of the way the main characters spoke/thought in a *youthy* way - it felt a lot like "hello fellow kids". 

But by the end this didn't seem to matter so much. A great story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Cancer and Chronic illness

hookerkitty's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I absolutely loved the humor in this book (esp the dark flavored variety). It was sewn in well to help break up the emotional stuff (and was very much appreciated). Here’s an example that made me cackle:

This brunette girl, mad pretty, is bawling when a guy advances on her with some tired-ass pickup line (“Maybe you’ll live to see another day with some Vitamin Me in your system.”)

As a person with a monster truck of anxiety, I very much related to Matteo. Most of the passages I highlighted to save are from his POV. I enjoyed watching him as the story progressed. 

The only complaint I can think of is my disappointment that Final Destination was not mentioned ONCE during this entire book, when it had been set up so perfectly so many times. But as I was writing this I had the panicky thought that kids today might not even know what that movie is, which is horrifying 

I know there’s a prequel that came after this, and just discovered there’s a book 2 coming out next year. I obviously don’t know what happens in those so I don’t know if this gets answered, but I want another book to come out where you find out there’s some big nefarious conspiracy to how Death-Cast got started, and how people deal with finding it out/having to get it shut down/something like that. Buuut that’s my love of ominous horror/thrillers bleeding into this world lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Gun violence, and Blood

Minor: Cancer, Child death, Suicide, Vomit, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, and Abandonment

martereadsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Cancer, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment

viireads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Cursing, and Police brutality

Minor: Car accident

pinkupengu's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Ableism, Toxic relationship, and Classism

tankajahari's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Cancer, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

packedjam's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

They Both Die at the End is a masterclass in world building and detail work, and the format really, really works. definitely not a lighthearted book by any means (shocking, i know, for a book with this title), but there’s a lot of joy and life packed into these pages. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Mental illness, Racism, Suicide, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, and Lesbophobia

saraellenme's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

This is one of the best books I’ve read in a long time. I experienced every emotion while reading it. I was hesitant to read it given the title, but I can’t recommend this one enough.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Cancer, Terminal illness, Police brutality, and Murder