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In this universe, there is a company called Death Cast – from 12 am to 3 am, they make these calls to people and inform that within 24 hours, they would die. Yeah. Someone from a cubicle call center calls you up and says you will die within the next 24 hours, they don’t know how but you will, and try to provide you with support.
Yeah, okay, you get a phone call that you’re about to die but then try to get some sort of sympathy or support – yeah, I definitely can’t do that job. And no, the people who work for Death Cast are NOT exempt from getting those calls.
For the most part, the story is told from two points of views, Mateo and Rufus. They both get the call in the same time frame. Other chapters are told from different people’s points of view that have some sort of ‘connection’ with the boys, even if it’s just in passing. Such as an old girlfriend of Rufus, or the Death Cast employee who gave him the alert that he would die.
I grew so attached to these boys! They were both dealt with some crappy hands. Mateo’s mother passes away and his father is in a coma. Rufus lives in an orphanage called ‘Pluto’ and has no blood family. I mean, damn! My poor boys!
“You may be born into a family, but you walk into friendships. Some you’ll discover you should put behind you. Others are worth every risk.”
Yes, I got emotional with this story, but this was so beautifully written. I adored Silvera’s way of writing this story. Granted, sometimes I don’t care for hearing about other people that are not Mateo and Rufus, but it was crucial to know what kind of world this was that Death Cast exists and nobody is exempt from it.
Don’t think of this as Final Destination. Nobody is trying to escape death (well, one was for a little bit), it’s a world where you can imagine what it would be like if you knew you were going to die soon, what would you do? How would you react? Is better knowing or not knowing?
“Maybe it’s better to have gotten it right and been happy for one day instead of living a lifetime of wrongs.”