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Violence
Some
Drowning death; grief processing
Language
Some
Contemporary language; some mild strong words
Sexual Content
Barely any
Mild romantic content; queer romance
Substance Use
Barely any
Social drinking; teen social culture
Emotional Intensity
Very heavy
Complicated grief—loving someone who loved someone else; OCD and grief's relationship; survivor's guilt
What this book is about
Griffin loses his ex-boyfriend Theo to drowning. Theo's new boyfriend Jackson is the person who was there. Alternating between past and present, Griffin processes his grief while forming an unexpected connection with Jackson. History Is All You Left Me is Silvera's most emotionally precise novel—a grief story that refuses comfort.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
Queer romance—all characters are gay
Complicated grief is the entire novel
OCD depicted—Griffin's is tied to his grief
The ending requires emotional recovery time
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