It’s another standout from Silvera ( History Is All You Left Me, 2017, etc.), who here grapples gracefully with heavy questions about death and the meaning of a life well-lived.Įngrossing, contemplative, and as heart-wrenching as the title promises. Fleeting third-person chapters give windows into the lives of other characters they encounter, underscoring how even a tiny action can change the course of someone else’s life. Present-tense chapters, short and time-stamped, primarily feature the protagonists’ distinctive first-person narrations. Mateo and Rufus set out to seize the day together in their final hours, during which their deepening friendship blossoms into something more. The two meet through Last Friend, an app that connects lonely Deckers (one of many ways in which Death-Cast influences social media). Rufus needs company after a violent act puts cops on his tail and lands his friends in jail Mateo wants someone to push him past his comfort zone after a lifetime of playing it safe. The End Day call comes for two teenagers living in New York City: Puerto Rican Mateo and bisexual Cuban-American foster kid Rufus. In an alternate present, a company named Death-Cast calls Deckers-people who will die within the coming day-to inform them of their impending deaths, though not how they will happen. What would you do with one day left to live?
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