[0:01]What up reader fam. Today I'm going to be sharing my thoughts, opinions and feels on they both die at the end by Adam Silvera. This book takes place in a world where on the day you die, you're notified. A system called Death Cast reaches out and lets you know it's time to go. We follow the perspective of two different characters, we've got Matteo and Rufus and both have received the call of death. They meet each other through this app called the Last Friend app and they meet up on their last day and they spend the whole day together. I'm going to first share some of my non-spoilery thoughts. I ended up giving this book a 4 out of 5 stars. There are a few things that played into me knocking this book a star. Firstly, I feel like I just wanted more background on this world and how it worked. And how they got to this point of how they can figure out the day people are going to die. The idea behind Death Cast was just super mysterious and I wanted to know more. Had I been given more background on Death Cast and how it actually worked, I feel like I would have been able to immerse myself into the story a lot more than what I was able to do. Yes, I was able to suspend my disbelief but it would have been nice to have a little bit more detail on the inner workings of Death Cast. And another little critique that I have is that I felt at some points the story just kind of dragged. Especially early on in the story, I felt like there were scenes that just kind of dragged and could have been shortened a little bit, tightened up a little bit. That's not to say that I didn't enjoy this book, because I did. I think the thing that I love the most about the story is how it got me thinking about death. I know, morbid. It's obviously not the most fun thing to think about. But it had me thinking if I lived in a world like this and I knew the day that I was going to die, how my life would be affected by that? I also really loved the characters and the bond they created together throughout this story. Even though it's their last day, they're still discovering things about themselves and challenging themselves to grow. Also, this might be weird to say, but something that I really liked about this book was just this feeling of dread I had while reading it. It's one of those books that just constantly has your heart racing because at any point, the characters could drop dead. Overall, I really enjoyed this book. I did have some minor issues with it, but I was able to overlook that and really appreciate this book for what it was. It still had that classic Adam Silvera heart-wrenching element. I'm about to jump into a spoiler section, but before you non-spoiler folks get the heck out of here, I want to hear from you guys down below in the comments. If you are given the chance to know of the day you were going to die, would you want to know? Let me know down below in the comments. But now it's spoiler time. If you have not read this book, then get out. If you have read this book, then stick around and let's discuss.
[2:22]This book kicks off with a killer opening with the fact that Matteo is getting his call from Death Cast, being like, yo, it's time to die, boy. I had this glimmer of hope when the Death Cast operator was leading the call with the name Timothy and I was like, oh snap. Plot twist. Death Cast had a malfunction and they got the wrong name and Matteo's not going to die. Which of course we learn that's not the case. It was too good to be true, I knew it. But how awful is it that the operator said Timothy instead of Matteo and it got Matteo's hopes up? He's like, oh, they got the wrong number. I'm not going to die. And then the operator pulls the rug of hope out from underneath him and he just falls flat on his face. And they're just like, oops, I said the wrong name, my bad. Imagine thinking they'd contacted the wrong person, only to have them say, my bad, I said the wrong name. I'm already upset that I'm getting this call, but now you're going to pull this on me. Talk about cruel. At this point, I'm just imagining one of the Death Cast operators having to call themselves. Hey, this is Jesse. I'm sorry I missed your call. I'll try to get back to you as soon as possible. Leave me a message after the. Wait, that's me. No! The more you read on and the more that you learn about this world, the more sucky it gets. Even those who end up trying to trick the system end up dead. There's literally no hope when you get this call. Like, you are going to die. There's no avoiding it. Because of this, you have people like Matteo who ends up living his life just constantly in fear, causing him to miss out on so many things. And now that he's preparing for the inevitable, he's just recalling all these regrets that he has. I love how right after he gets the call, he tries going out of his house and then he just comes right back in. I'm going to get out there and live my life like I'm dying. You know what, maybe later. It's really sad learning the state of Matteo's father and how he's just going to leave him behind. And when his dad wakes up from being unconscious, he's going to be in even more pain learning of the death of his son. It was really nice for Matteo to clean up his house for his dad on his death date. But also, Matteo, what are you doing cleaning the house on your death date? Get out of that place and live, brother. As terrible as this sounds, the headstone inscription brainstorm session was golden. He lived where he died in his bedroom. What a waste of a life. Children take more risks than him. We interrupt this program to bring you a special announcement. Are you dying? If so, that really sucks. Did the Death Cast ruin your life? Again, that's really sucky. Don't want to die alone. We've got you covered. Now introducing the Last Friend app. Imagine using that app and you end up being matched with the person who is the cause of your death. Uh, no thanks. I'd rather spend my end day with my family and my friends. Not some stranger who could be a murderer. I mean, sure, Matteo and Rufus lucked out, but not before Matteo had to go through some trolls. Can you imagine talking to someone like Wendy May on your last day? Someone needs to report that girl because she is all kinds of inappropriate. She should not be allowed to access that app. I mean, if you have to ask the question, why do dead guys stop talking to me? You need to take a step back from that app and do some self-reflection. I love how different Rufus's opening is compared to Matteo's. We've got Matteo who is a soft little introvert, and then we've got Rufus who's beating up his ex-girlfriend's boyfriend. When he gets the call, I loved how savage his text message was to Amy. Death Cast called me, maybe you can too. I know he didn't end up sending it, but I really wish he would have. I was dying, figuratively, not literally. Maybe I should refrain from saying, I'm dying throughout this video, because I'm talking about characters who are dying. It's a little insensitive on my part, even though they're just fictional characters. Anyways, I lost it at the part where Rufus overhears this super cringy pickup line. Maybe you'll live to see another day with some vitamin me in your system. I really like seeing how differently the boys reacted to their death calls. I feel like Matteo was instantly in a state of nerves, and Rufus was kind of more in a gradual realization of what was to come. The second Amy shows up at the house and she's in full-on rage mode because of what Rufus did to Peck, I thought that maybe she would be the cause of Rufus's death. Like she just comes in and she's like, it's over Rufus. Because girl was not happy, rightfully so. I really don't know how I'd feel attending my own funeral, like Rufus did. It is really nice that you get to have that last goodbye with the people that you love. But it seems weird that you'd be comforting people over your death and you're not actually dead yet, you're just about to die. It just, it's just a strange thing to think about. I was livid when I found out that Peck had called the cops on Rufus. Listen, I am by no means on Rufus's side when it came to what he did. Violence is never the answer, but I would never call the cops on someone knowing it's their death day. Like, they're going to die. They're getting the ultimate karma as it is. Sure, you got a black eye, but you're not going to die. We have this collision of the two boys meeting, they meet on the last friend app. The boys FaceTime and I kind of envisioned their first FaceTime to be like how when you open up your phone and it's on selfie mode and you don't even realize it. And you don't expect it to be on selfie mode and you're just like. Just because the FaceTime happened so suddenly between them, I love how Rufus basically just starts out their conversation with, hey, are you capable of watching me die? Which I guess is a reasonable lead when you know you're going to die. Matteo, the dead bird carrying savior. Rufus, the bystander who takes pictures of said act. It made me laugh when they went to the party on the subway. And Matteo's like, yeah, I'm just going to be over here in the introvert subway car. Instead of getting on the party subway car. And in that moment, Matteo made a choice that I too would have made. We get to the hospital and this is where I came up with my theory that didn't end up coming true, but I'm going to mention it anyways. Matteo and his father share the same name, so I had convinced myself that his father was going to be the one to actually die. Like just maybe, just maybe. The plot twist of the story is that Matteo's father's the one that's going to die. Because that would make sense, his father's in the hospital in a coma. But sure enough that theory did not come true. How rude, Silvera. I honestly got to a point in the story where I was surprised that Rufus just kind of kept going along with Matteo. As much as I loved Matteo's character, I felt like there were moments throughout the story where he was just dragging Rufus along. It was a very selfless thing for Rufus to stick by his side throughout the whole day. And I get why Matteo took so long with Lydia and his father, it's his last day. He needs those last goodbyes, but it got to a point where I was like, let's go, bro. You're not the only one dying here. I love that moment when Matteo found out that Rufus was running from the cops. And Matteo's like, I got a boss and just starts running away. It was so, so, so devastating learning of Rufus's past and his family and what he went through with their deaths. And how he just couldn't do anything. There was nothing he could do to save his family. All he could do was just let it happen. I found it really sucky that their make-a-moment could even be the cause of their death. Like whoever is in control of this whole dying game situation should really look into making an exception for the make-a-moment. Like, don't let the cause of their death be their make-a-moment. That's just really sucky. So they end up on the subway and the lights go out. Now, I don't know about you guys, but if I knew it was my last day and I was on the subway and the lights went out. Help me Jesus, I'm going to be pissing my pants and saying my prayers and just all around prepping for the worst. I love the moment in the darkness when Rufus takes a picture with his phone and the flash goes off and then all the lights come back on. And he's just like, I'm a wizard. I'm pretty sure that the last place I would want to end up on my last day would be the cemetery. But sure enough that's where the boys end up. I mean, to me it's just a little too real. It's like, yeah, this is where my corpse is going to be real soon. And they freaking walked up on the grave digger digging up Matteo's grave. I cannot. That's like a nightmare coming true. They visit a bookstore which I'd be okay with spending my last day in a bookstore. Out of all the places to go throughout this book, this is probably a place I'd go on my last day. Breathing in the books. And of course there's an explosion. They can't just have a calm day leading up to their deaths. I feel like they honestly just kept doing things throughout the story where I was like, oh, here we go, they're going to die. Like jumping off that cliff at the World Exhibit, I was like, here we go. They're falling to their deaths. The song they sing together got me all up in my feels. I can't even deny the fact that I got chills during that scene. I would've loved you if we had more time. I spit it out because it's what I'm feeling in this moment and was feeling the many moments, minutes and hours before. Maybe I already do. I hope you don't hate me for saying that, but I know I'm happy. People have their time stamps on how long you should know someone before earning the right to say it. But I wouldn't lie to you no matter how little time we have. People waste time and wait for the right moment and we don't have that luxury. If we had our entire lives ahead of us, I bet you'd get tired of me telling you how much I love you because I'm positive that's the path we're heading on. But because we're about to die, I want to say it as many times as I want. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you. Reck me with a wrecking ball made out of feels, why don't you? The way they died was honestly so unexpected. I mean, I feel like no matter what, it would have been unexpected, but they go through all these things throughout the day where you think they're going to die by these like crazy things. When the subway shuts down, you think they're going to die. The explosion, jumping off the waterfall, etc. All Matteo wanted to do was make some tea. Ugh, and even though it's obviously really sad that Rufus died, I really liked the fact that he was watching a video of Matteo singing when he did end up dying. Ah, this is so sad. I'm done talking about this book now. Discussion is over. So those are all my thoughts, opinions and feels on They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera. I now want to hear from you guys down below in the comments, what are all your thoughts on this book? Let me know in the comment section down below. If you like this video, be sure to give it a big thumbs up. 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