They Both Die at the End

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They Both Die at the End

Adam Silvera

Adam Silvera reminds us that there’s no life without death and no love without loss in this devastating yet uplifting story about two people whose lives change over the course of one unforgettable day.

On September 5, 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.

-Excerpt taken from Goodreads.

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My Opinion

“Love is a super power we all have. But it’s not always a super power I’d be able to control. Sometimes it’ll go crazy and I shouldn’t be scared if my power hits someone I’m not expecting it to.” 

(3.5 / 5) I didn’t quite know what to expect with this book, but I loved the premise so I knew I needed to give it a shot. Two young men are told they are going to die within the next 24 hours. It’s then up to them to decide what to do with their last day.

It’s an interesting concept, and it made me think. I was annoyed though that Silvera never said how it was known they were going to die. I would’ve liked that bit of knowledge. But overall it was a good read. It was hard to relate to the characters and I didn’t connect with them much. Their choices were odd to me and I felt their last hours were almost wasted at times.

Overall, I liked that the two characters were able to find each other and meaningful interactions before their deaths but I didn’t really feel much emotion reading it, even during their deaths.

Content Summary: Language is high, including 25 F words, there are a few crude sexual remarks, two young men kiss, the discussions of life, death (and how people die), possible afterlife and more may be intense for some.

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Detailed Content Review

Language 

F***- 25

H***- 23

S***- 54

A**- 22

B****- 6

D***- 38

Bas****- 2

Religious Cursing

J****-

Chr***-

G**- 5

L***-

Derogatory terms etc-

Dick 

Alcohol, Drugs, Smoking

A young man remembers being high. 

Someone offers marajuana to a young man. 

College students drink beer on the subway. 

Intimacy, Sex, Immodesty

*Low LGBTQ+ aspects included* 

A young man admits to masterbating because actual sex scares him. 

There is an app that connects the person who is dying with people wanting “the ultimate one night stand.” 

Someone tells a young man he has “the cure for death in my pants.”

A college student vaguely offers to have sex with a young man. 

A young woman is unmarried with a small child. 

“I’ve watched enough porn to be a sex god.” 

Two young men kiss. 

A woman dates women. 

A young man wonders if a young man wants to have sex. 

“I don’t talk out of my dick.”

A young man kisses a young man as he sits on his lap. They fall asleep on the same bed. 

Violence, Weapons, Crime, Blood

Two young men are having a fist fight. 

A young man’s parents previously died in a house fire by an arsonist. 

A young woman shoves her friend. Her parents were arrested for robbery and assault. 

A man plants a bomb. It goes off, throwing people aside. Bodies are lying on the ground. 

A young man plans to kill a young man.

A young man points a gun at a young man. A young man punches him then many tackle him and wrench away the gun. A young man shoots the gun until it’s empty. 

Potentially Intense Themes

A service calls and gives young men the news that they will die within 24 hrs. Their contemplation about life and death is thoughtful.

A young man’s sister and parents died in a river when their car went in. Minimal details are given. 

A man tells a young man about having to tell a mother that her 4yo daughter would die that day. 

A young man’s father leaves him them commits suicide. His mother abandoned him before that. 

A man has had a stroke and is in a coma. 

A woman stands at the top of a building, looking to jump off. 

A challenge has people kill themselves. The most unique wins prizes/money for their fam.

A young man dies when he car skids to a stop and he hits his head. 

**SPOILER** A fire starts. A young man finds a young man burned over a large part of his body. The young man dies. 

**SPOILER** A young man is vaguely hit by a car and dies.

**Any quotes from the book are taken from the advance copy and therefore may not be fully accurate or correctly compare to the final copy of the book.

**As an Amazon associate I earn from qualifying purchases.