This is a genre-breaking book with elements of thriller, science fiction, New Adult, and even romance. Which may or may not be a good thing. A boy commits suicide, but doesn’t die—he simply is transported to another location—sans clothing. He soon learns to use his ability to get out of difficult situations. Unfortunately, every time he does this he loses some of his memories of his past. He names himself Aristotle and writes his own obituaries.

He eventually learns that he has a genetic abnormality that allows him to to this, an ability that some unscrupulous people—rich men who want their lineage to be perpetuated ad infinitum and scientists—want to harness his genetics.

Aristotle falls in love with Lilyanne who is a carrier of the same recessive genetic mutation. Aristotle dies one more time and loses Lilyanne.

Suicide is romanticized and Aristotle is “addicted” to killing himself and seems to have neither any particular emotional revulsion about repeatedly killing himself or significant psychological trauma from doing so. There are some sex scenes that really aren’t X-rated, but also aren’t in keeping with the rest of the story; they do, however, add to the New Adult genre.

Though there is a romance and Aristotle is billed as “the last romantic,” I didn’t find him particularly romantic. His idea of romance seems to be stuck in the early adolescent phase.

Strange. This novel is…strange.
With an unusual plot and genre-bending acrobatics, ‘Strange Deaths of the Last Romantic’ is thrilling, romantic, strange, and DARK.
While the title implores readers to expect strange, I was pleasantly surprised by just how original subject, fascinating characters, and twist plot all combined to create a unforgettable reading experience.
Novels like this one deserve to be explored because they deviate from the #’s of publishing trends and it instead projects the flair and depth of fine, intriguing literature.

I cannot put into words how would I describe this awesome creation. I did not expect anything much but I was given a ton of beautiful thoughts and excitement.
At first, I was confused as this novel—Strange Deaths of the Last Romantic- is narrated from a different perspective. But as soon as you dive deep into the story, you will soon realize that all of it was part of a beautiful novel.
Adam Micah—the protagonist- is just a normal 10-year-old boy from a random stranger`s perspective. But he is an Orphan. No one is there for him, no one cared for him when he needed it the most. That is why he ended up committing suicide. He just wants to end his suffering and pain, little did he know his death is not the end but a beginning. Leading to a wonderful journey and falling in love.
This is a great novel but one thing bothers me. The protagonist got used to committing suicide to escape reality or bad situations. He eventually got rid of the habit but suicide is still a crime and never an answer to any problems. And this can affect some of the readers. We have different perspectives/beliefs in life but I know for sure that suicide is never an option. Nonetheless, this mutant theme novel is well written.

i found the writing style confusing,,,, i got 1/2 through the book and could not finish i found the idea to interesting but the plot jumped around too much for me i may go back sometime and finish but had to put it down for now

Strange Deaths of the Last Romantic has a stunningly original storyline, and I will definitely be keeping an eye out for more brilliance from this author in the future. The plot was gripping, especially in the second half, and I never could predict what was coming next. Rather than flowing smoothly from scene to scene, the writing jumped around—though I liked that this disjointed confusion mirrored the main character's fascinating situation (and kept me on my toes). I enjoyed the poetry embedded throughout the work, though I didn't always agree with the author's representation of romance. I absolutely loved the ending; kudos to the author for creating such a wondrous story that successfully haunts the reader's consciousness after the last page!

I found the Strange Death of the Last Romantic very strange and unique. It had a touch of multiple genres a little suspense, a little science fiction and a little romance. It kinda gave me the vibe of a science fiction version of Romeo and Juliet. I was very interested right from the start. Adam’s story was quite interesting. Thank you net galley for my arc,

Well...strange would probably be in every descriptive phrase used to review this book....but, that's not always a bad thing. After all, the title warns us to look for strange. The story line is unique, so unique it really does not fit any genre label. It definitely has elements of scifi, romance, fiction, a little thriller and probably lots more that you might see that I didn't list. But, again, it was definitely not a bad thing.

The story of Adam/ Aristotle and Lilyanne follows no clearly defined romantic path. Adam "returns" from death each time so has no fear of dying. He has an unhealthy fascination with suicide as a means of leaping from one life to the next. He cannot predict where he will be when he "returns" so changes his name to Aristotle. Why? Because then he can google himself and find out what happened in his prior life, since he loses that part of his memory with the leap. Still with me? Now the path twists...
Adam "returns" because he has a genetic code that gives him that ability. He meets a girl, Lilyanne, who has the same code and they fall in love. But remember, when they leap, they do not know where they will land so must search for each other each time. In the interest of keeping this strange, Adam and Lilyanne have a group of rich men looking for them also. They want to figure out how to keep from dying.

So, yes, this is strange. But it is also totally different from anything you may have read before. It may not be the next classic in the making but it was definitely worth the reading time to see where the story would take me next. If you need something different...and strange... to read, you have found it!

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Pulled me in right away. So easy to read. Simple writing (a good thing), simple concepts (also a good thing) and a few poems (of course this is about a romantic).

Almost like four stories in one. Adams early life before his first death (not a spoiler, um, the title). His college years. His life after his great love. And the epilogue. Together these stories put together make a lovely book. It crosses genres. As the author himself says in his notes at the books end "I have a tendency to write the unexpected, the peculiar, the strange."

I would definitely recommend this book to others. I will definitely be in search of other books by this author. If you love books of all sorts of genres and you can handle a little romance, take a look at this one. You won't regret it.

Thanks to #NetGalley and the author himself (I believe he self published this book, I only just discovered) for a free copy of this book to review. As always, all thoughts are my own.

I loved this story. I wish there was more information about the years in between their last meeting and their final days. The ending...just so beautiful in a crazy way..

This is a strange book, in my opinion. It's a romance, but it's also a thriller. We have Adam Micah. He commits suicide several times over the course of the story, but he doesn't stay dead. Instead he is transported to another location. What controls his landing place, we don't know. He doesn't know where he's going to end up. He just knows he'll get there without clothes and missing part of his memory.
We have Lilyanne Beloshinsky. She is the daughter of a minion of a cartel of very rich men who want to live forever. If they can't live forever, they want one of their descendants to do so, mostly to keep their fortunes in the family. Another minion of the group, Dr. Bunn, posits a mutation that allows a person to recover from death. He says it is a mutation of a gene cluster. You have to have the mutation from both parents to have the death defying ability. Otherwise, you are just a carrier. Lily is a carrier. She is also Adam's love interest.
Adam needs to keep track of his deaths, so he creates a new name for himself. Because Adam Micah is an ordinary name, he renames himself Aristotle Zurr-McIntyre. Each time he dies, he looks for that name in the obituaries. The day does come when he needs to hide better than just dying. It takes Lily years to find him again.
I liked the story. While most of the characters had long, hard to pronounce last names, the story moved quickly.
I read the copy of this book for this review on Netgalley.

Sadly, this book didn’t live up to my expectations. I think the idea for the plot is genius, but it could have been executed better. There is a lot of mystery in this storyline so it can often get quite confusing, and I sometimes felt a little lost as to what was happening. Despite this, I thought that the ending was absolutely beautiful. It gives closure both to the characters and the readers, which is quite rare for a book of this genre. Overall, a fairly disappointing read, I expected much more from this book.

Love, loss, the mysteries of death and what could follow. Absolutely heartbreaking and truly romantic.

This was boring, bland, and just outright stupid! I hate to say that about a piece of literature, but this feels like a Riverdale spin-off (and Riverdale is subjectively the worst show to ever air on television). I’m disappointed because the plot sounded so good! It had so much potential! There’s just too much going on at once. I wish I could’ve loved this.

Strange Deaths of the Last Romantic
Moses Yuriyvich Mikheyev

I haven't really read anything quite like this book. I found myself sucked into the story from the beginning, and I enjoyed the suspense of not truly knowing what was going on for most of the book. It's part love story, part mystery, part sci-fi, part everything! The book follows the story of Adam Micah or Aristotle Zurr-McIntyre, a young man who cannot die. Every time he tries, he ends up in a strange new place with fewer memories of who he is. I don't want to spoil anything, so I'll leave it at that.

Likes:
- The suspense
- the way my attention was grabbed from the get-go
- the general premise

Dislikes:
- The romance/love scenes (maybe it's just not my thing, but I found it pretty over-the-top). To me, it seemed quite forced and it wasn't all that romantic. At times, it was cringey (calling her "my kitten")
- It was challenging to follow the plot because of the numerous Jon Smyth's and I feel like some of that wasn't fully explained. There were a lot of characters, a lot of moving pieces, and not a lot of explanation. I found myself waiting to hear what happened to certain people or not understanding their role in advancing the story.

Overall rating: 3.5 stars. I enjoyed this book although I found it confusing and hard to follow at times and I wasn't a huge fan of the intense romance because it seemed more forced than actually romantic. I would recommend to anyone who is looking for a unique read.

I am sorry but I really did not enjoy this book. The storyline had potential but it was really a mishmash of events with characters that were randomly placed and not developed at all. I didn’t really care what happened to any of the characters. Others may love it but this book did not do a thing for me.

Book Review for Strange Deaths of the Last Romantic by Moses Yuriyvich Mikheyev
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Hardly anything actually happens for the first half of the book because the plot moves way too slowly. At times, it was hard to follow and more than once, I found myself mixing characters up and how they were all connected. I also didn’t really find myself liking the main character.

Strange Deaths of the Last Romantic follow Adam, or Aristotle, as he begins to uncover that no matter how many times he dies he will always come back, appearing somewhere else intact by death. And with people following him, he never stays too long in one place, but then he meets a girl...

I liked the idea of this novel. There could have been so many things to uncover, so many lives of Adam that the reader could see but he will never remember except for flashes here and there. It is the kind of book that could have been amazing. And I hate saying this because maybe it is amazing to someone else, but it fell flat to me.

As soon as it starts, you know you're in for a ride. Not because it gives you what the description said it would, but because the writing is very pretentious from the start. I felt like I was reading the novel of the guy in my class who would write poetry about how lustful he was, do drugs because life was meaningles and hate you if you didn't know who Tarantino was. I don't know if you've ever met someone like that but I have. I dated him. And this writing reminded me of everything wrong about him.

Suicide is touched upon a lot, and more than a surrealist plot that makes you imagine a magical world, it is used in a very different way. I would say it is very romanticized. Adam admired the gun he carries around, he finds killing himself addicting. And it just feels wrong. And beyond what he feels, this books is not entirely through his point of view. It made me dizzy by the structure of it all. Chapters are divided in very weird ways; sometimes it'll cut through the same chapter just to change perspective and from a protagonist view to an omniscient narrator. It is messy and you don't quite understand who is who until very later on. Too late.

And of course the book is about how romantic Adam is. But I didn't find him romantic at all. He would put any girl on a pedestal, talk about their beauty and how much he wanted them. His relationships never left the "I want you" stage, especially the main relationship in the book. I felt no love, just teenagers being horny. And I hate saying that because I wanted to love this book. I wanted to love the romance in it. I wanted it to be the next Romeo and Juliet. But it wasn't.

And then there's the idea that Adam can never die. I believe it would have worked a thousand times better if it was left as a mystery, if he didn't have the typical bad guy after him. It would have worked better if this book was simply about life, and how we want to escape it, than a tale of escaping from big brother. It took all the magic right out of the novel, and it made me lose interest in Adam, because was this story even about him? Especially if we know there were others? (And many others from what we get to understand?)

I truly believe the author is capable of creating something amazing. I just think he tried to tackle too many things. They themselves say that they don't find themselves sticking to one genre. But even not choosing one genre has its structure. I hope to read future work of them, see how they grow. There was great potential here.

This is a Did Not Finish review. I got caught up quickly in the events of Strange Deaths. The opening chapter is one I doubt I will forget anytime soon. I felt so much for Adam. The circumstances of him finding his power are heartbreaking if you stop to think about it and the remainder of his teens aren't much better. I eagerly followed Adam's story because, despite the SF flourishes, it felt real. Then the second act became more of attempt at a cheesy SF action thriller (like the movie Jumper). Even then I was almost onboard. Then the novel seems to level out, with all the strings that MYM had orchestrated pulling together and I wasn't feeling it. I read almost exactly half of the novel and then I stopped reading. Not because it was bad. It is an outstanding attempt at doing a SF-thriller-romance-love story mashup. I had just built up an expectation for how Strange Deaths was going to develop and I became frustrated with certain aspects. I would say definitely give Strange Deaths a go because it is an interesting concept.

This book is INSANE. Total modern day Romeo and Juliet. But plot twist - Romeo is cursed where he cannot die. There is a whole bunch of extra caste stuff going on that has a total True Blood/X-men vibe and even had some Notebook thrown in. I know right you’re probably thinking I am insane. Love story cursed from the start and mutants being chased down by a bigger agency. This book is legit packed. I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.