Instead, Silvera's characters benefit from some of the perks of being on Death-Cast's list, like discounts and special Decker-only activities | Introverted New York teen Mateo Torrez receives his Death-Cast call there's even a special ring so you know it's them at 12:22 a |
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The Plutos consist of Rufus, his two closest friends, Malcolm Anthony and Tagoe Hayes and his ex-girlfriend Aimee DuBois | Not wanting to make Lidia upset, Mateo pretends everything is normal, but leaves her an envelope of cash before leaving and blocking her phone number |
The story follows alternate narratives between Mateo and Rufus, two complete strangers, both of whom receive a phone call informing that they are going to die within the next 24 hours.
11The writing was so bad | Death-Cast will not have me until I have myself |
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Not forever, obviously, but long enough so I could grow up | But this herald makes me feel like I should stop wasting her time because, unlike me, she has so much of it |
I liked the YOLO aspect the author transmitted, it made the story euphoric, enjoyable and funny.
17Maybe I would feel differently if I could count on people showing up to my funeral | Friends serve as support, but more precisely, friends are family, so I loved that this is seen in the book, and it just made my heart melt |
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The victim of the beatdown enlists friends to retaliate, but with guns | The "heralds" calling those who will die don't know when or how you will die, just that you will |
Combining a well-realized alternative present with a lovely romance, Silvera's latest delivers what readers want in a book about dying teens.
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