HATED the main character/narrator. He was annoyingly pretentious and self conscious yet also judging other people all of the time. Because it was 1st person, he was self conscious/self deprecating, but would then describe himself as impressive because of his skills.
He also was very judgmental toward his supposed best friend.
He sucks.

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This book’s premise grabbed my attention, and I’m very glad I chose to review it. This is a great read about friendship and the power of hatred. It also packs a mind-blowing mystery and just a hint of the supernatural. In short, it’s got bunches of things I love, and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Leo and J.C.’s relationship is fantastic. Fiction needs more guy best friends. Girls can braid each other’s hair and all kinds of stuff, and no one blinks. Guys get close, and they must be gay. Or…maybe they are just friends who don’t have space issues? Or, maybe they are gay, but I honestly don’t care which is the case for Leo and J.C. Both were extremely well-developed characters, and I found myself pulling for them. Laura found a place in my heart, too, especially when Leo and J.C. were having relationship drama. And Laura was all like “guys, priorities. J.C.’s going to be murdered. Can you freak out about this later?” High-five, girl!
The mystery kept me fixated from beginning to end. I love reverse mysteries, where we know the crime but not how it will happen. This book brought up a big philosophical question: if you know something’s going to happen, do you take different actions that actually bring about those events? There’s no real answer to that, but for the purposes of the book, I don’t mind. I just sat back and watched. The ending wasn’t a complete surprise, but there were a lot of things I didn’t see coming. The few non-surprises didn’t ruin anything for me at all.
In short, I will repeat that I’m so glad I read this. I will also be checking out whatever else this author has out there. This is good stuff, and I highly recommend it.

Ooh okay.

So where to begin with this review since I absolutely adored EVERYTHING about this book.

Leo isn’t like his classmates. Instead of worrying about material things and selfies, he spends his time helping out the less fortunate. That’s how he meets a homeless man who changes his life by giving him the ability to see when people are going to die. Leo reasons that as long as he doesn’t look into anyone’s eyes, he’ll be fine. Then, he accidentally looks into his best friend’s eyes and sees he’ll be murdered in a week.

For me, this was one of those books that you think about long after you reach the end. It had a lot of themes: good versus evil, life and death, and bullying. Every character in this book was very well fleshed out and it led to the themes of the story. I loved Leonardo. He was a very relatable character with a good heart and a soft-spoken nature. His best friend, J.C. was his exact opposite. I think it was for that reason that they got along so well. I loved the roller-coaster of ups and downs their friendship went through. I think everyone needs a friendship like they shared.

I liked Laura’s character too. She was a fantastic addition to the story with her intuitive ways and unique insight into the situation. Even the school bully, Chet, had a wonderfully tragic background. The kind that actually makes you understand why he is the way that he is. In the end, I loved the way the author had these characters interact and each one was strengthened by what they went through.

The entire death and life aspect is what kept me thinking though. If we had the power to see when someone was to die, would it be a good thing to interfere or let it happen? Throughout this book, I thought of the Final Destination movie franchises, and even the author made a reference in the story. Saving someone who is destined to die leaves ripples, but I love the decision that Leo made at the end of the story. I feel like that’s a fitting end to this story though it still leaves the reader with a bit of wonder.

Narration was wonderful. It seemed as if every character had their own voice, and it added to the immersiveness of the audiobook. Loved this combination of author and narrator.

Highly recommended audiobook!

This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review.

Gift or curse? Either way, Leo is stuck with the power to see when people are going to die. The big question is what should he do about it? Until he sees his best friend's death. Figuring out the whodunit before they do it is an interesting concept, and it does a fair job of keeping the pages turning. In addition to the mystery, this story touches on friendship, diversity, and acceptance. The pacing is steady, the characters are interesting, and I did want to finish to see how it would all play out. That said, the story didn't quite get there for me in terms of what I expect in a thriller. Part of that could be that I'm probably not really the target audience for this one. I do think that older teens/young adults will enjoy it, and target audience or not, it was worth the read.

I received this book from NetGalley in exchange of an honest review.

I know where you're going to die is a very peculiar and unique book. Leo, the main character, is terribly shy, he suffers from social anxiety. He's rich, lives in a beautiful house, his mother is a movie bigwig and he's surrounded by superficial and spoiled people, like his classmates. The only one who gets him, they really get and understand each other, is J.C., his best friend, more outgoing and fan of stylish and designed things. Both of them suffer because their mothers don't care about them, they are emotionally detached from their sons and both of them are bullied at school: J.C. because he's Mexican, even though being the mayor's son protect him, somehow, Leo because his social anxiety and shyness.
Leo's life changes during a shift at the Skid Row's rescue missions, where he goes to take care of poor and homeless people. Before dying man clasps his hands and Leo feels something being passed to him. Since then everytime he looks into another person's eyes he'll be able to tell when he's going to die. Shocked and traumatized when his first predictions come true, Leo's resolve to never look into another person's eyes is disrupted when, preventing a fight between J,C. and the school bullies, he sees his friend's death, after few days. Helped by the new girl, Laura, Leo decides to do anything in his power to save J.C's life. Or die trying.

I really liked this book, it's unique, interesting. Narrated from Leo's POV in first person, the reader is really involved in the story. What impressed me the most is the fierce friendship between Leo and J.C. Since they were kids, they were inseparable, understanding each other, loving one other fiercely. I adore how they support each other, balancing and completing one other, Leo with his shyness, J.C. with his insecurities, his need to be accepted, to be see as somebody. They live into a society, a school where being rich meant being entitled and spoiled and both of them, mostly Leo, are different from the others, they don't relate to their classmates, so indifferent and many times cruel.
Leo, with his anxiety, his shyness, is a strong and supportive friend, first and foremost for J.C., then for Laura, too. This gift, or curse, turns his world upside down, forcing him to chose what to do. Intervene? Tell someone? Try to prevent it and maybe making it happen? What should you do if you knew someone is going to die? At first shocked and skeptic, Leo decided to try everything to save his best friend's life and I really love their relationship, so genuine. I liked reading about their investigation with Laura, their suspicions, their pursuits, while, in the meantime, fighting against the school bullies, like Chet Hamilton and his posse. It was interesting reading about the main bully, too, how he was contextualized and not seen as the bully stereotype.
Leo, J.C. and Laura starts right away to like each other, becoming friends. After being forced away from her girlfriend, moved there by her homophobic parents, Laura joins them in their investigation.
Interesting the twists, the discoveries and the whole inquiry, it was really fun and an emotional rollercoaster reading it.

I found Leo really relatable as character and I loved reading about him. He's complex, shy, frustrated by his mother and family situation, loyal, stubborn. I like J.C., too, because, like Leo, he's an amazing friend, loyal, funny and insecure, too, even though he concealed well.
It annoyed me the constant assumption he and J.C. were boyfriend (even though I still suspected, because there was totally bromance in this book), above all from the adults. I found it a bit boring, since it was reiterated, but it was believable too, reading about the constant bullying and assumptions.
It was curious that the parents, save from the mothers and Laura's dad, were completely absent. Even when they were "present" they were distant, "useless". Absent mothers and cruel and homophobic father. I guess that was deliberate, for the author to focalize the story on the boys and how they were left to take care of themselves alone, maybe only helped by the governesses. To show rich kids' life, all golden from the outside, but concealing difficulties, rage and pain. It was brilliant and I love how the author showed it.

In that kind of society, where being rich rarely meant doing something good for the others, it was comforting reading about Leo, taking care of poor people or Chet's helping that family. Or, among absent family members Leo, J.C. managed to find one other and grow up better together.

With a touch of paranormal, this book set in rich society, shows its members, moral conundrum, strong friendship and how they can be decent people, good people in a corrupt society.

I found inspiring Leo and J.C.'s friendship, how they were always for each other, their love strong and pure, ready to do anything for one other.

I know you're going to die review:
This book is about a guy named Leonardo, who is the chosen one and has this power of seeing how someone would die by looking in thier eyes.
Now, the plot seemed something interesting but the writer didn't quite pick up the opportunities to take this book from a 3 to 5 star i feel like.
The writing here is very simple but I'd say it's even more simple than needed. Also, too much of telling instead of showing.

The characters were bland and it was hard to differentiate them. And the main charcter was ver pretentious.
It got a bit interesting in the middle and had my attention but went downhill pretty quick.

I received this book from NetGalley in exchange of an honest review.

I know where you're going to die is a very peculiar and unique book. Leo, the main character, is terribly shy, he suffers from social anxiety. He's rich, lives in a beautiful house, his mother is a movie bigwig and he's surrounded by superficial and spoiled people, like his classmates. The only one who gets him, they really get and understand each other, is J.C., his best friend, more outgoing and fan of stylish and designed things. Both of them suffer because their mothers don't care about them, they are emotionally detached from their sons and both of them are bullied at school: J.C. because he's Mexican, even though being the mayor's son protect him, somehow, Leo because his social anxiety and shyness.
Leo's life changes during a shift at the Skid Row's rescue missions, where he goes to take care of poor and homeless people. Before dying man clasps his hands and Leo feels something being passed to him. Since then everytime he looks into another person's eyes he'll be able to tell when he's going to die. Shocked and traumatized when his first predictions come true, Leo's resolve to never look into another person's eyes is disrupted when, preventing a fight between J,C. and the school bullies, he sees his friend's death, after few days. Helped by the new girl, Laura, Leo decides to do anything in his power to save J.C's life. Or die trying.

I really liked this book, it's unique, interesting. Narrated from Leo's POV in first person, the reader is really involved in the story. What impressed me the most is the fierce friendship between Leo and J.C. Since they were kids, they were inseparable, understanding each other, loving one other fiercely. I adore how they support each other, balancing and completing one other, Leo with his shyness, J.C. with his insecurities, his need to be accepted, to be see as somebody. They live into a society, a school where being rich meant being entitled and spoiled and both of them, mostly Leo, are different from the others, they don't relate to their classmates, so indifferent and many times cruel.
Leo, with his anxiety, his shyness, is a strong and supportive friend, first and foremost for J.C., then for Laura, too. This gift, or curse, turns his world upside down, forcing him to chose what to do. Intervene? Tell someone? Try to prevent it and maybe making it happen? What should you do if you knew someone is going to die? At first shocked and skeptic, Leo decided to try everything to save his best friend's life and I really love their relationship, so genuine. I liked reading about their investigation with Laura, their suspicions, their pursuits, while, in the meantime, fighting against the school bullies, like Chet Hamilton and his posse. It was interesting reading about the main bully, too, how he was contextualized and not seen as the bully stereotype.
Leo, J.C. and Laura starts right away to like each other, becoming friends. After being forced away from her girlfriend, moved there by her homophobic parents, Laura joins them in their investigation.
Interesting the twists, the discoveries and the whole inquiry, it was really fun and an emotional rollercoaster reading it.

I found Leo really relatable as character and I loved reading about him. He's complex, shy, frustrated by his mother and family situation, loyal, stubborn. I like J.C., too, because, like Leo, he's an amazing friend, loyal, funny and insecure, too, even though he concealed well.
It annoyed me the constant assumption he and J.C. were boyfriend (even though I still suspected, because there was totally bromance in this book), above all from the adults. I found it a bit boring, since it was reiterated, but it was believable too, reading about the constant bullying and assumptions.
It was curious that the parents, save from the mothers and Laura's dad, were completely absent. Even when they were "present" they were distant, "useless". Absent mothers and cruel and homophobic father. I guess that was deliberate, for the author to focalize the story on the boys and how they were left to take care of themselves alone, maybe only helped by the governesses. To show rich kids' life, all golden from the outside, but concealing difficulties, rage and pain. It was brilliant and I love how the author showed it.

In that kind of society, where being rich rarely meant doing something good for the others, it was comforting reading about Leo, taking care of poor people or Chet's helping that family. Or, among absent family members Leo, J.C. managed to find one other and grow up better together.

With a touch of paranormal, this book set in rich society, shows its members, moral conundrum, strong friendship and how they can be decent people, good people in a corrupt society.

I found inspiring Leo and J.C.'s friendship, how they were always for each other, their love strong and pure, ready to do anything for one other.