Sometimes you read a book you weren’t expecting to be anything other than a book, and then it turns into a small piece of your rib cage. I am very pleased for this to have happened with an author I had only vaguely heard of, because now I can devour the rest of his books at breakneck speed and if they are as good as this one, I may need to add a rib or two.
They Both Die at the End, Adam Silvera (2017)
Read, if you like…
- Death (the title is not a metaphor, and that is not a spoiler; I’m mentioning this first because I am aware not everyone has come to terms with their own mortality and if you haven’t
you shouldthis book is possibly not the one for you, although you will probably get the most out of it) - New York, but not the touristy bits
- Diverse novels in less of a stock character way and more of a ‘oh, I guess this ticks several diversity boxes but I didn’t notice because the characters were too busy being REAL LIFE PEOPLE THAT I COULD PRACTICALLY SMELL’ way
- Fiction that is futuristic insofar as it is more like a story about facts we haven’t invented yet
- Pushbikes
- Being arty on Instagram
- That feeling you get when you finish a novel that’s a bit like missing a step
- That feeling you get when you’re in a crowd at a concert singing along with several hundred other people you’ll never see again
- Waterfalls
You can get They Both Die at the End from all good libraries and bookshops.
Francesca's Thoughts 
You’ve convinced me this should be the next book I read, will need to get hold of a copy!
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Legit had to reread the blog because I couldn’t remember what I’d talked about… I’m rereading the book too GET TO A LIBRARY ASAP
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