the first to die at the end by adam silvera

This again comes down to repetition-this story could have worked a bit better if the whole “carpe diem, live life to the fullest” cycle didn’t happen in every single chapter and that way would have had more of a punch.

Some moments also just felt a bit cringey, like Orion basically disregarding his best friend because of a guy he only met five minutes ago or the profusions of love and devotion that were on every other page. Depending on which book of the two you read first, you might not enjoy the other one as much because they’re basically the same. While I did enjoy that aspect (we love a good cameo, after all), there were times where this story felt too similar to They Both Die at the End and I would have loved a bit more diversity in the setting or at the very least in the characters’ progression of their one-day romance. While some of the elements of the novel felt quite repetitive to me, I think that hardcore fans of They Both Die at the End will love all the nods to the source material, the many cameos and the inclusion of key moments the characters in They Both Die at the End also went through.

Truth be told, I don’t quite know how to feel about The First to Die at the End. When these two boys meet by chance only for one of them to end up getting one of the very first phone calls, time becomes a gift and a curse as they’re running against the clock to get the most out of their last day together. With a genetic heart condition that has caused him many trips to the hospital in his life, Death Cast feels like a relief to him-no more second-guessing and instead knowing when he will die is a load off his back.

All that changes when he meets Orion, who’s already living dangerously close to death. Stoked for his first modelling gig, he couldn’t be more excited to be in the Big Apple and doesn’t really care about the new program that calls people on the day they die so they can live their last hours to the fullest. Valentino just moved to New York City to start his life as a model with his twin sister Scarlet supposed to follow in just a few hours. It’s 2010 and Death Cast is just about to be launched.

The first to die at the end by adam silvera