I am familiar with Silvera’s work, having previously read They Both Die at the End and What if it’s Us (co-written by Becky Albertalli). The past serves as the rising action while the present is the resolution, spliced together to tell Griffin’s story. It’s a risky yet effective choice, because the traditional climax of the story occurs before the first word. As Griffin learns how to live in a world where Theo is gone, the reader discovers the history of their relationship before coming back to the present with the pain of wondering what could have been. The chapters switch between “Today”, the present after Theo’s death, and “History”, the story of their relationship. The opening line is “You’re still alive in alternate universes, Theo, but I live in the real world, where this morning you’re having an open-casket funeral.” Author Adam Silvera doesn’t shy away from death and makes the reader feel the full weight of losing someone. This book is emotionally tolling and starts on an extremely heavy note. In the novel History is All You Left Me, Griffin has to deal with the repercussions of the death of his ex-boyfriend Theo and the only person who may be able to understand how he feels is Theo’s new boyfriend from college, Jackson.īe warned. What would you do if the person you’re in love with died? What about if the only person who understands your pain is their new boyfriend?
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