History is All You Left Me

Instant favorite! Great use of telling a current story with snippets of the past. Although it was a bit hard to follow with the audiobook because of the back and fourth, it definitely tied everything up at the end. Over all great story, great pacing, and great writing. A story with a very dark beginning yet has a silver lining and showcases how someone’s loss and grief can be the very thing that brings them to new relationships that reminds them of love, and brings them to a new world of possibilities with someone new.

I don’t think there’s an antagonist in this story, if anything, from the 3 main characters are the protagonists and their own antagonists. It is beautifully written where you can really feel how all the characters are feeling, you understand their grief and their actions. Although you can’t justify what some of them did, you can understand why they did it.

A great read for anyone who is dealing with grief and anyone who wants to find solace in tears.

3.2★

i only started reading this because it was the only queer book available to read on the new portuguese library app, and i can't say i'm opposed to reading adam silvera's books since i loved the only other book i read of him. unfortunately, i was a bit disappointed with this one.

i wasn't the biggest fan of these characters, and i know they're teenagers, but griffin was ... a difficult character for me to completely like. i did cry several times, and i found this a very emotional book that forced me to think about my own grief which is something i usually try to ignore or push away.

the problem for me was the way the story was written; it felt too 'teenage-y', which, again, i understand, but i couldn't help to roll my eyes at some of the characters' actions and thoughts. and while the "dealing with death" part was very good, i didn't really care for much of the plot besides that. and this is more of a personal taste, but i don't care about established relationships, so having the main characters already together at the beginning of the history was a turn-off.

i guess i only have myself to blame, because i completely misunderstood the summary of the book and i was expecting something entirely different to play out, and so when i read this and realized what the actual story was about it fell short

DNF at 15%.

Unlikeable characters that don't seem to change or grow throughout the story, even when reading ahead to the last chapter. YMMV.