strawberrytheauthor's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
I only wish we were able to learn how deathcast works. I feel like the way this was written where it tried to involve you in the creation of deathcast but still keep you separate didn’t work. It made me think that Adam Silvera doesn’t actually know how deathcast is supposed to work.
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Car accident, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Chronic illness, Cursing, Blood, Domestic abuse, and Grief
Moderate: Alcohol, Homophobia, Infidelity, and Sexual content
quinniantheduck's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Chronic illness, Grief, Terminal illness, Death, and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Homophobia, Gun violence, and Violence
Minor: Sexual content
kingangie's review
- 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
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Medical content
Moderate: Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, and Blood
Minor: Gun violence and Sexual content
teslis's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
I do think Silvera’s language is quite easy which is something I liked last time, but now it just felt flat (?). I think the characters speech and actions feels unreal, but I do really like the plot and the thing with one of them dying.
I just had higher expectations and they weren’t meet.
I have both books from “the infinity son” which I’m planning to read but be will see.
Took me 9 hours and 48 minutes
Graphic: Medical content, Domestic abuse, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Homophobia, Death, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Abandonment, Blood, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Injury/Injury detail
navayiota's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Death, Death of parent, Violence, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Grief
Moderate: Sexual content, Car accident, Cursing, and Homophobia
chrisoverbye's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Death and Death of parent
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Cursing, and Domestic abuse
4riareads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Grief, Violence, Death, Chronic illness, Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Physical abuse
dirtyseagull's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Not really a spoiler, its in the title.
But here are some very minor spoilers if you wanna keep reading. You are getting a lot of the same here as you did in the first novel, just longer. There's backstory, more world-building, and a shit ton of callbacks to the first novel (and little easter eggs) which give context for who these characters were that were either mentioned or featured in the first story.
These mostly work in service of the novel but sometimes feel like they are just kinda cameos for the sake of cameos and they could have been cut down or cut out. The only other thing that really makes me think that this could have been better is that the story itself, while different and heart wrenching feels far less emotionally powerful to me.
Graphic: Murder, Drug use, Suicide, Death, Death of parent, Child death, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Child death, Blood, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Medical content, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence
withlivjones's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Valentino and Orion are great characters who both have strong narrative voices. Their relationship was so sweet, if a little insta-lovey, but the fact that this book was longer and slower paced than TBDATE meant this wasn’t as much of an issue. I wasn’t sure that the gag of everyone knowing how the book will end would land a second time, but the slight uncertainty over whether Death-Cast got everything right first time round added a good amount of tension into the plot.
One of my favourite things about the first book was how it showed the connections between so many people in New York, and this theme is continued really well in this book, with short chapters from various characters’ POVs who are all interconnected (including some familiar faces from TBDATE!). The world-building of the Death-Cast system is also expanded on, as it shows details of society starting to adapt to this life-changing technology, as well as POVs from inside the Death-Cast company. I thought that the secret to Death-Cast might be revealed in this book, and the fact that it wasn’t felt like a bit of a cop-out - but I suppose at least a few people would have been disappointed with every explanation Silvera could have given so maybe the mystery is better left unrevealed.
Overall, I really enjoyed a lot about this book
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Chronic illness
Moderate: Homophobia, Infidelity, and Death of parent
Minor: Sexual content
sage_alexandra's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Death, and Medical content
Minor: Sexual content and Terminal illness