Lastly, Wade is a complete and utter cinnamon bun.
He’s described as very geeky and the perfect complement, but I can’t help but feel like there’s something important about him that we still don’t know, I felt Jackson is a very interesting character being Theo’s most recent boyfriend, and think he played a big roll in pushing the story forward. Theo is the kind of character that I still have so many questions about despite the story being over because we only learn about him through others’ experiences, and I can’t tell if I enjoy that or not. The main protagonist, Griffen, took me a while to warm up to due to some rather interesting choices he makes, but I ultimately enjoyed how vulnerable he is, and how the entire story is told through his ‘histories’ of his now deceased first love, Theo, and how he is ‘today.’ Silvera writes him as depressed as well as gives him a few little quirks like slight OCD that really make his character all the more real for the reader. I found myself loving Griffen, Theo, Wade, and Jackson by the end.
The characters themselves are real and raw and unafraid to flaunt their flaws.
Silvera does such a fantastic job in using his characters to further the emotions and the narrative of the story, and although the story is meant to be all of the character’s ‘histories,’ I can feel and hear Silvera’s voice through the pages, leading me to believe this story is more personal than he’s letting on. History is All You Left Me is such beautifully tragic story…and I’m pretty sure it gave me emotional whiplash I’d go from crying, to laughing, to crying again in a matter of seconds. Before reading History is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera, I didn’t understand why people enjoy reading books despite knowing they’re sad, but I leave this novel with a whole new perspective.
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