Reviews

The First to Die at the End by Adam Silvera

solarwice's review against another edition

3.0

a lot of this felt like the author trying to fill a word quota. the overuse of “aka” made me want to screech.

there are almost too many pov’s, although i did enjoy the overlap into a pretty solid ending. it just seemed to be too much at some points. the romance between the love interests felt really dry & kind of forced. i guess romance isn’t the main theme of the book but it still felt really lazily done.

not as good as the first book :(

klarasandlin's review against another edition

3.0

3,5 ⭐️ So, what did I think of this book? Honestly, I don’t really know. I read “They both die at the end” when it became popular on tiktok and it was actually the book that got me into reading again. As grateful as I am of that fact I can now with certainty say that it was extremely overrated. I believe that it got the fame that it did because people, just like me, hadn’t read a book in a long time. It was quite simple and the writing was really plain, however, this book was something different. A much longer story, but still played out during only 24 hours. I LOVED the parallels and the characters (especially Val). If you’re looking for a book to make the time go this would be it. I listened to this book and I am grateful that I did, cause I don’t think I would have finished it otherwise. The narrators did a great job portraying the characters and Anthony Kayvan will always be a favorite of mine. Read it/don’t read it? Wouldn’t really say it makes a difference. Would I with the knowledge of how it was advice myself to read it if i hadn’t already? Probably.

plnodwyer's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

sarah2019's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

laursmovingcastle's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

princesstripsy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

Would’ve been higher but there were a few coincidences I couldn’t look past.

The book would’ve been better without the additions of characters from the first book. Those POV chapters were my absolute least favorite chapters.

skytastic's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

amulstea's review against another edition

5.0

"I love being gay , but this shits hard sometimes."

This book being about 500+ pages still didn't stop my emotional trauma from kicking in faster.

Hauntingly beautiful and I'm soooooooo gald about the mateo and Rufus cameoooo
AHAHAHAHGAGA

Adam silvera though you break my soul you still heal it and then break it again.

Thank you for yet another banger.

lshorner's review against another edition

5.0

BOOK

jagic's review against another edition

I hope this will be good!