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Violence
Barely any
Minimal physical violence; some deaths occur in the background
Language
Some
Some profanity in natural teen dialogue
Sexual Content
Barely any
LGBTQ+ romance between teen characters; no explicit sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
Minimal substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Heavy psychological weight around mortality, identity, and the devastating possibility of losing someone new — Silvera's trademark emotional intensity
What this book is about
Set the night before Death-Cast begins its service of calling people to tell them they will die within the next twenty-four hours, the prequel to They Both Die at the End follows two young men who meet while both waiting to find out if today is their last day. Adam Silvera's emotionally devastating YA novel carries the emotional weight of his previous work: grief, LGBTQ+ identity, and the question of how to live when death is certain.
Notes for sensitive readers
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Heavy themes of mortality and anticipatory grief
Emotionally intense; may be deeply affecting for readers sensitive to death-related content
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