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They Both Die at the End
by Adam Silvera
So the beginning of this book pulled at my heartstrings and the end had me ugly crying at my desk while I was trying to cut out things.
Everything in-between, was less impactful for me. The world was really intriguing but we see so little of it. I feel like I could have come to a similar emotional reaction to something roughly half this size.
Like I really spent the middle portion of this book contemplating how Death-Cast works. My initial idea was that it was some type of AI who consumed all the Medical, Social Media, Security, etc information and made those calls based on that. But the more I read the more sure, I became that this probably had to be more fantastical. Because the placebo effect of people believing they were going to die and therefore not fighting for their lives or living dangerously.
Honestly while I enjoyed the love story between Mateo and Rufus.
The actual words these characters spoke felt incredibly like they had been pulled from a generic book about grieving or coming to terms with your own death.
I think this premise could have been way more interesting and I also found myself kinda grossed out by the fact that Death-Cast is kinda written like a God, that is never, ever wrong. While somehow stated that Death-Cast doesn't know HOW someone will die, just the specific 24 hour time span that they will die.
The way Death-Cast exists honestly negates free-will and somehow this is never discussed in this book.
Honestly throughout the story, I continuingly thought the story that would have been more interesting if it had been about someone struggling with suicidal intent. Rather then watching them seem to be treated like pariahs.
I Also CANNOT be convinced that Peck does look identical to Brock from 13 Reasons Why.
Merged review:
So the beginning of this book pulled at my heartstrings and the end had me ugly crying at my desk while I was trying to cut out things.
Everything in-between, was less impactful for me. The world was really intriguing but we see so little of it. I feel like I could have come to a similar emotional reaction to something roughly half this size.
Like I really spent the middle portion of this book contemplating how Death-Cast works. My initial idea was that it was some type of AI who consumed all the Medical, Social Media, Security, etc information and made those calls based on that. But the more I read the more sure, I became that this probably had to be more fantastical. Because the placebo effect of people believing they were going to die and therefore not fighting for their lives or living dangerously.
Honestly while I enjoyed the love story between Mateo and Rufus.
The actual words these characters spoke felt incredibly like they had been pulled from a generic book about grieving or coming to terms with your own death.
I think this premise could have been way more interesting and I also found myself kinda grossed out by the fact that Death-Cast is kinda written like a God, that is never, ever wrong. While somehow stated that Death-Cast doesn't know HOW someone will die, just the specific 24 hour time span that they will die.
The way Death-Cast exists honestly negates free-will and somehow this is never discussed in this book.
Honestly throughout the story, I continuingly thought the story that would have been more interesting if it had been about someone struggling with suicidal intent. Rather then watching them seem to be treated like pariahs.
I Also CANNOT be convinced that Peck does look identical to Brock from 13 Reasons Why.
Everything in-between, was less impactful for me. The world was really intriguing but we see so little of it. I feel like I could have come to a similar emotional reaction to something roughly half this size.
Like I really spent the middle portion of this book contemplating how Death-Cast works. My initial idea was that it was some type of AI who consumed all the Medical, Social Media, Security, etc information and made those calls based on that. But the more I read the more sure, I became that this probably had to be more fantastical. Because the placebo effect of people believing they were going to die and therefore not fighting for their lives or living dangerously.
Honestly while I enjoyed the love story between Mateo and Rufus.
The actual words these characters spoke felt incredibly like they had been pulled from a generic book about grieving or coming to terms with your own death.
I think this premise could have been way more interesting and I also found myself kinda grossed out by the fact that Death-Cast is kinda written like a God, that is never, ever wrong. While somehow stated that Death-Cast doesn't know HOW someone will die, just the specific 24 hour time span that they will die.
The way Death-Cast exists honestly negates free-will and somehow this is never discussed in this book.
Honestly throughout the story, I continuingly thought the story that would have been more interesting if it had been about someone struggling with suicidal intent. Rather then watching them seem to be treated like pariahs.
I Also CANNOT be convinced that Peck does look identical to Brock from 13 Reasons Why.
Merged review:
So the beginning of this book pulled at my heartstrings and the end had me ugly crying at my desk while I was trying to cut out things.
Everything in-between, was less impactful for me. The world was really intriguing but we see so little of it. I feel like I could have come to a similar emotional reaction to something roughly half this size.
Like I really spent the middle portion of this book contemplating how Death-Cast works. My initial idea was that it was some type of AI who consumed all the Medical, Social Media, Security, etc information and made those calls based on that. But the more I read the more sure, I became that this probably had to be more fantastical. Because the placebo effect of people believing they were going to die and therefore not fighting for their lives or living dangerously.
Honestly while I enjoyed the love story between Mateo and Rufus.
The actual words these characters spoke felt incredibly like they had been pulled from a generic book about grieving or coming to terms with your own death.
I think this premise could have been way more interesting and I also found myself kinda grossed out by the fact that Death-Cast is kinda written like a God, that is never, ever wrong. While somehow stated that Death-Cast doesn't know HOW someone will die, just the specific 24 hour time span that they will die.
The way Death-Cast exists honestly negates free-will and somehow this is never discussed in this book.
Honestly throughout the story, I continuingly thought the story that would have been more interesting if it had been about someone struggling with suicidal intent. Rather then watching them seem to be treated like pariahs.
I Also CANNOT be convinced that Peck does look identical to Brock from 13 Reasons Why.