They Both Die at the End - Adam Silvera

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Title: They Both Die at the End
Author: Adam Silvera
Genre: YA, LGBTQ+
Rating: 3/5
# pages: Audiobook ~9hrs
Date read: September, 2022

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.


Of course this is a sad book! With a title like that, how could it not be? And it did make me cry more than once. That said, I wouldn't call it a depressing book. It's a bit like Rogue One - you know they're going to die going into it, so you're prepared, and it's the road it takes to get there that's interesting.

It's a weird concept though - I mean, would I even want to know it was my death day, if I couldn't do anything to avoid it? Sure, it would allow me to say my goodbyes, but it would also make me so terribly anxious, just waiting for it to happen, that I'm not sure I could ever make myself leave the house! And with that in mind, I'm not entirely sure what Adam Silvera was trying to achieve with this book, and wouldn't unreservedly recommend it to others. It seemed kinda pointless in that way.

Very well written though, so I don't regret having read it.