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MY EXPERIENCE WITH THE BOOK: Before you call me heartless and immune to the power of diverse books, please know IĀ appreciated the solemness of this book. IĀ appreciate it going against the grain. The reason this is not rated higher for me was that it made me anxious. Every single time IĀ picked it up. The only other book that made me feel this way was I'll Give You theĀ Sun.
CHARACTERS/DYĀNAMICS: Mateo: Mateo is our soft gay -. IĀ totally relate to his thought process, which initially made me not want to read on. IĀ like reading different perspectives sometimes. They bring the unexpected! As the story progresses, all IĀ cared about was his unfortunateĀ story.
Rufus: Rufus was rad to start off with, but IĀ soon felt disconnect to his life-story. Also IĀ got sick of him saying āyoā, āmadā and āmanā. It seemed way to artificial, but who am IĀ to judge---
PLOT: It'sĀ modern day, but allegedly everyone (though I'm sure it'sĀ more exclusively Americans) are told the day they're going to die. The catch: it'sĀ on the day, usually atĀ 12am.
Mateo and Rufus are like: oh man that blows.
So through the beauty of social media, they befriend each other. They say goodbye.
That'sĀ about it.
IĀ was expecting cooler sci-fi elements where they try to defy the system or discover how the Death CastĀ works.
STRUCTURE: This story alternates mainly between Mateo and Rufus, but there are fun elements of other characters who cross paths with the boys, who may or may not be dying. IĀ really enjoyed Silvera starting each new perspective with ā___ is/not going to die today, because Death Cast did/not callĀ them.ā
THEMES:
- ā¦ Death
- gay latin dudes
- all the sad moments in John Green but slightly warped and stretched so it'sĀ a bit āmehā than WOW KILLĀ ME.
THE ENDING: (view spoiler) It was a little drawn out, since this entire book is leading to their deaths. IĀ was still surprised about Mateo at the end, though. Soā¦ Props toĀ that!
IMPACT: Yeah so IĀ now know that Silvera certainly isn't so epically profound for me, but IĀ do appreciate his writing style. It'sĀ poetic. However, IĀ generally dislike YA contemporary and his writing is no exception for turning meĀ over.