Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

The Time When the Book Grew On Me

They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera

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I initially didn’t care for Adam Silvera’s They Both Die at the End. I couldn’t put my finger on what it was. The premise was intriguing: two teenagers are told by a service called Death-Cast that they will die in the next twenty four hours. It is 2017 and Death-Cast is now an inevitable part of people’s lives. Everyone is given a call when the time comes and told the end is nigh. It wasn’t the main characters that bothered me, really. Mateo and Rufus […]

High expectations led to disappointment

More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera

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My phone has figured out that I’m a sucker for reading lists, so everyday a new headline pops up with another list of books I should check out. One day, a Buzzfeed list appeared with “10 Outstanding Books That Are So Good, I Want To Erase My Memory To Experience Them Again.” I was intrigued–especially when I saw that I’d already read a number of the books on the list and enjoyed them. And this is where I found More Happy Than Not (2020) by Adam Silvera. […]

As lovely as a book about imminent death can be

They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera

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I cannot tell you how you will survive without me. I cannot tell you how to mourn me. I cannot convince you to not feel guilty if you forget the anniversary of my death, or if you realize days or weeks or months have gone by without thinking about me. I just want you to live. ― Adam Silvera, They Both Die at the End I guess I could call this energy freedom. No one will be around to judge me tomorrow. No one will […]

When the Sequel Improves on the First, But Still Leaves Room for Improvement

Infinity Reaper by Adam Silvera

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Infinity Reaper by Adam Silvera My rating: 3 of 5 stars “Infinity Reaper” was a little better than “Infinity Son” when it comes to the characters. We are still in the same world and dealing with the same problems, but the main characters start to have more complex decisions and conflicts to navigate. One of the brothers is still obnoxious and feels really flat to me and the other brother has moments where I’m really rooting for him, only for him to fall into the […]

I Wanted This To Be Better Than It Was

Infinity Son by Adam Silvera

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Infinity Son by Adam Silvera My rating: 3 of 5 stars Imagine the X-men with Phoenixes and you have “Infinity Son”. It’s a world where some people are born with mutant powers and others make themselves mutants using the blood of magical creatures like Phoenixes. There’s a brewing conflict between those that are born with these powers and those that make themselves powerful. You can imagine that those who make themselves powerful are not doing it to better society. Then there’s the regular humans who […]

There’s a Lot More to it Than the Title Implies

They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera

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CBR Bingo: Cityscape First things first, with a title like that it’s obvious that They Both Die at the End is going to be a tearjerker, and I don’t normally enjoy tearjerkers. It’s a testament to Adam Silvera’s writing that I not only finished this book but that I liked it. Mateo and Rufus are teens living in New York who, just after midnight on the same day, get a call from Death-Cast: the service that accurately predicts the day you’ll die and lets you know […]



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