The Survivor Wants to Die at the End
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4.5 • 25 Ratings
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Publisher Description
In this third book of the USA Today and #1 New York Times mega-bestselling They Both Die at the End series, two strangers—each with their own complicated relationship to Death-Cast—help each other learn to live.
Paz Dario stays up every night, waiting for the Death-Cast call that would mean he doesn’t have to keep faking his way through this lonely life. After a devastating day, Paz decides he’s done waiting around for Death-Cast. If they say he’s not dying, he’ll just have to prove them wrong. But right before Paz can die, a boy saves his life.
Alano Rosa is heir to the Death-Cast empire that encourages everyone to live their best lives, but he doesn’t feel in control of his own existence thanks to his father. And with a violent organization called the Death Guard threatening Alano, his End Day might be closer than he thinks. It’s time to live.
Fate brings Paz and Alano together, but it’s now up to the boys to survive the tragic trials ahead so no one dies at the end.
This book contains themes that some readers may find difficult.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
What does it mean to be suicidal in a world where you know the exact day you’ll die? Adam Silvera returns to the world of They Both Die at the End with this haunting, heart-wrenching third story that digs even deeper into love, grief, and fate. Alano is heir to the secrets and fortunes of the Death-Cast, the mysterious service that calls people up and lets them know that today is the last day of their lives. Pressured by the emotionally devastating responsibilities of his position and threatened by a rogue movement that wants Death-Cast destroyed, Alano is trapped in a life he never asked for. Meanwhile, Paz is a talented young actor who can’t get a role because of a notorious tragedy in his past. Branded by what happened and struggling with borderline personality disorder, Paz just wants to die, but the Death-Cast call never comes. When Alano meets Paz, it feels like fate…but what kind? This powerful novel is a tender and unflinching read.
Customer Reviews
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Man i knew this book was going to mentally mess with me and i still read it.
Not as good as the first two.
This one disappointed me. It felt like a slog to get through. Much of it felt too repetitive. I understand what Silvera was going for portraying someone with suicidal ideation but it felt overly long here. I found myself wishing for a fast forward button. The characters at times were one-dimensional, especially Alano’s father. The Harry Potter and Twilight nods felt like lazy writing. I suspect they were meant to be funny, but they didn’t land that way for me. So many scenes and chapters could have been left out to advance the story more and keep the reader more engaged. I think there is just too much going on here. The story really picked up in the final 25% but then ended rather abruptly, which disappointed me further. So many new plot points are set up in the last bit that much of the earlier sections felt moot, and then it just ends. By the time I got to the end, I felt like it is time to put this series to rest. The interesting premise of Death-Cast that made the first book so good has lost its appeal in this book. I see that Silvera is trying to weave interconnectedness among the characters and make a point about how Death-Cast has affected all their lives, but the point is made with such a heavy hand that I felt like I’d been hit over the head with it, as if Silvera doesn’t trust the reader to get the point. I used to highly recommend the first book and even the second, but this one is hard to recommend.