The Survivor Wants to Die at the End (Death-Cast #2)

by Adam Silvera

I swallow my Prozac and smile like it’s already anti’d all my depression.

pffft

Harry Hope

insane choice for a name

I need to be better at respecting other people’s perspectives,

no tf u don't

“That’s my son’s name, which you sold to my enemies last night while working for me.”

SHITTING PISSING THROWING UP RN

“Okay, so Tim Allen has a star, but Robert Downey Jr. doesn’t.”

gross

This system is broken when a man can commit a crime and still qualify for the presidency.

zont

a mime who recognizes Alano and mimics a phone call before playing dead,

jfc

This might not be your dream role, but the role you play for a Decker could make their dream come true.”

Silvera!! You're too good!!

that if I can’t identify the story in my head with one of my five senses, then it isn’t real.

I'm just taking notes don't mind me

They called me an alien with weird eyes who could foresee how people died.

i wish

“Anyway, I’m gonna help Alano clean up his wound in my bedroom,” I say. Dane blocks the hall. “I need to perform an inspection first.” This is pretty ridiculous, but I throw Dane a thumbs-up.

oh fuck

poet Alfred Tennyson’s elegy about his best friend, Arthur Henry Hallam, who died suddenly: “ ’Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.”

The creator of Death-Cast glares at me like I’m some secret Death Guarder. I glare back because Joaquin Rosa ruined my life.

AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

“Even children get their hands dirty in wartime,” he says.

jfc

Meanwhile I’m frozen outside, still breathing in the alcohol on my father’s breath.

ADAAAAAAM

relaxing her gaze as she turns to Gloria. “You’re an intake coordinator at a women’s shelter?”

you see? I LOVE HER

Like all great heroes, Gloria Medina is a veteran in life’s wars. A survivor.

Then we went upstairs—upstairs!—where there are two kitchens with private chefs, two dining rooms, a wine cellar, a conference suite, a small home theater, and a video game room

is it... is it real?