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'THEY BOTH DIE AT THE END' ...and so did our expectations. Well, guess what? Adam Silvera got it
“Maybe it’s better to have gotten it right and been happy for one day instead of living a lifetime of wrongs.”
wrong with ‘They Both Die At The End’.
This
book
follows
the
story
of
two
teenage boys, Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio, and their lives after being told that they will die in the next 24 hours. Set
in
future
New
York
with
sci-fi
undertones, the novel features a system
called Death-cast that allows people to be notified on the day of their inevitable death. Mateo and Rufus are introduced to each other through the Last Friend app, after deciding to live their last day in the company of another person, and as the story progresses, we begin to see their relationship develop.
Though this story has a promising concept
and premise, the execution was a
disappointment, and it was simply a mediocre take on ‘live your life to the fullest’. We both were rooting for the story and wanted to feel the emotional connection so many other readers raved about.
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