![]() ![]() ![]() Will they really die? Perhaps, but, ultimately, it is not death but life that is the focus of this extraordinary and unforgettable novel. As the clock continues to tick the minutes away, their story becomes invested with urgency and escalating suspense. Silvera does a remarkable job of inviting empathy for his irresistible coprotagonists. Adam Silvera is the 1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of They Both Die at the End, More Happy Than Not, History Is All You Left Me, the. The ingenious plot of this character-driven novel charts the evolution of their relationship as it deepens into something more than simple friendship. At 32, Silvera has published eight young-adult novels, all of them centering the experiences of queer characters. At first dubious, they begin a cautious friendship, which they describe in their respective first-person voices in alternating chapters. Alone and desperately lonely, the two find each other by using an app called Last Friend. Both boys, who are initially strangers to each other, now have one thing in common: they will be dead in 24 hours or less. Eighteen-year-old Mateo receives such a phone call at 12:22 a.m., while 17-year-old Rufus receives his at 1:05. Imagine a world in which everyone who is about to die receives the shocking news in advance by phone, and you have the premise of the wildly imaginative new novel by Silvera. They Both Die at the End They Both Die at the End The First to Die at the End The First to Die at the End Death-Cast 2-Book Hardcover Box Set: The First to. ![]()
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