"They Both Die at The End" Review

Title of Book: They Both Die at The End
 Author: Adam Silvera
 # of Pages: 368
Star Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆
 Why This Book has Value:

Adam Silvera's They Both Die at The End allows readers to look into the life of 18 year old Mateo. He gets a call in the middle of the night from Death-Cast, telling him that he is going to meet and untimely death in the next 24 hours. After getting this news, hes in shock, worried and confused about what to do with his last bit of life. He's devastated at the thought of leaving his hospitalized father and best friend who just had a baby behind. Rufus is bust beating up phis ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend when he gets his Death-Cast call. Having lost his entire family, He is no stranger to Death-Cast and how it works.


Universal Human Experiences 
This book allows readers to understand the process of death, coping with it, and most importantly, the fear of it and coming to terms with it. Adam Silvera wrote the book based on his own fear of death and his anxiety around it. I feel like this is something that a lot of people can relate to. The loss of loved ones or perhaps being the lost loved one is a very large pill to swallow for many people. This book allows people to really get inside not only Rufus and Mateo's minds, but their own.

Effectively Targets Specific Audience
Adam Silvera uses his writing to reach teenagers across the globe that can truly relate to what he says and what his views of the world are. He allows his reading to get to some degree of philisophical,but  he also allows for some aspects that teenagers just can't get enough of. Other Young Adult books prove this; Such as Fault in Our Stars.

Development of Characters
The characters learned a lot about not only each other, but themselves during the story. Mateo started out scared and upset about his impending fate, while later in the story he finds ways to accept it. He allows himself to realize that while it is unfortunate, there's nothing he can do about what's going to happen to him. Rufus seems to feel the same way, but he doesn't express it the same way as Mateo. Rufus puts on a front that he is invincible and that nothing can phase him, but he too, seems scared of death and what happens after it.

Importance of Author and The Progress They Make in Their Writing
Adam Silvera is a young writer and has published more books than just They Both Die at The End. He really shines in this book, however, because he really shows his feelings and expresses his thought on death. His writing truly improves in this book because again, he really turns his fear of death into a writing piece/ story.