28/11/2025
Dying young is a fear everyone has felt. But what happens when you have to face that fear? 💀
𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐁𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐃𝐢𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐀𝐝𝐚𝐦 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚
If you want to read something that 𝒽𝒶𝓊𝓃𝓉𝓈 you, this is the book. There's no horror, there's no terror of something you can't comprehend, but rather, 𝓉𝒽ℯ𝓇ℯ 𝒾𝓈 𝓈ℴ𝓂ℯ𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 ℯ𝓋ℯ𝓇𝓎ℴ𝓃ℯ 𝓀𝓃ℴ𝓌𝓈 𝓉ℴℴ 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝓌ℯ𝓁𝓁. This story explores the 𝓅ℴ𝓌ℯ𝓇𝓁ℯ𝓈𝓈𝓃ℯ𝓈𝓈 of your own mortality. Of how you could still have so much to achieve in life, but be forced to put it down and face your end. But no matter what, you should face it 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝒶 𝓈𝓂𝒾𝓁ℯ. Lives are short, and you never know what's coming for you– and so, you must live your life to the 𝒻𝓊𝓁𝓁ℯ𝓈𝓉.
✍️ 𝒜𝒷ℴ𝓊𝓉 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝒜𝓊𝓉𝒽ℴ𝓇：
𝒜𝒹𝒶𝓂 𝒮𝒾𝓁𝓋ℯ𝓇𝒶 is an American author of young adult fiction, known for his bestselling novels, ’𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐁𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐃𝐢𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐧𝐝’, ’𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐍𝐨𝐭’ and ’𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐈𝐬 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐋𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐌𝐞’. His stories are known for being emotionally intense, exploring themes like grief, mental health, and identity, often with q***r characters. His work draws from his personal experiences, and each and every one leaves you with something new in your heart.
📑 𝒮𝓎𝓅𝓃ℴ𝓈𝒾𝓈:
They Both Die at the End is a dystopian novel that follows the tale of two teen boys, Mateo Torres (18), and Rufus Emeterio (17), who both receive phone calls from a national service called Death-Cast that notifies people when they only have 24 hours left to live.
Mateo and Rufus both live in New York, and despite being strangers, decide to meet up with each other via the Last Friend app and spend their last day alive together. They go on an adventure to make the most of their last hours, and fall in love as they confront their fears and make peace with their end.
🖋️ 𝒯𝓇𝒾𝓋𝒾𝒶／ℱ𝓊𝓃 ℱ𝒶𝒸𝓉𝓈：
The novel was inspired by the author's own anxiety about death
The novel has a prequel called 'The First to Die at the End' that explores the origin of the Death-Cast
Famous for its poignant and uplifting story despite its inherent tragedy
📖 𝒬𝓊ℴ𝓉ℯ𝓈 𝒻𝓇ℴ𝓂 𝓉𝒽ℯ ℬℴℴ𝓀：
- "𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬.
- "𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐦 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐬.“
- "𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧’𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬.“
"𝐓𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥-𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝, 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞."- J.R.R Tolkien
🖼️ : Charm Yang
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