Rufus is outgoing and funny, maybe a counterpart for Mateo, which was super nice to read about | Computer keys are tapping on her end, probably correcting the entry or something in her database |
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Rufus and Mateo head to the cemetery so that Mateo can visit his mother's grave, only to find a groundskeeper is in the process of digging Mateo's grave beside hers | I was mad all the time at his character because of the things he thought and did, showing how weak his brain really was |
Not that I will ever know for sure.
I sink to the floor, on my knees | A guy beats up another guy pretty badly punching, pushing, knees, etc |
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They do small, quiet things visit Mateo's dad in the hospital, his mom in the cemetery , as well as take virtual-reality trips around the world, and sing karaoke | My heart settles down, even though I feel for this Timothy person |
Rufus wakes up because of the smoke eventually and he ends up dragging Mateo's dead body out of the apartment, lying to the paramedics and telling them he is not a Decker and needs to go to the hospital but Mateo is declared dead at the scene and a devastated Rufus calls Lidia to inform her.
22My six year old niece can write a better story than this | The overarching structure of meaningful coincidences making a magical day in New York has its predecessors—Rachel Cohn and David Levithan's Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist and Nicola Yoon's The Sun Is Also a Star being prime examples—but this title is a deft exploration of that trope |
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The title isn't a spoiler, because it's not the point of the book | Deckers die via explosions, fires, car accidents, acts of violence, and several other ways |
On his way to the park to spend his final hours, Rufus puts on his headphones to listen to the video he took of Mateo singing and steps out into the road without looking.
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