When Griffin’s first love and ex-boyfriend, Theo, dies in a drowning accident, his universe implodes. the Homo Sapiens Agenda discussion questions a new postscript from Griffin and a letter from the author about the heartbreak that started it all.įrom New York Times bestselling author Adam Silvera comes an explosive examination of grief, mental illness, and the devastating consequences of refusing to let go of the past. Silvera packs a lot of substantive issues into this tale - sexuality, mental illness, grief, friendship, parent-child closeness, disability - and it's all dealt with in a nuanced, thought-provoking way that will stay with readers.A special deluxe edition featuring an introduction by Becky Albertalli, New York Times bestselling author of Simon vs.
You feel the pain alongside Wade as Griffin unfairly keeps him out of the circle of trust, even though Wade lost a best friend, too, and even though Wade is steadfastly "Team Griffin." It's a complicated thing to stay best friends after being much more, and the story requires readers to have an emotional maturity about relationships or to at least recognize what's healthy and what's unhealthy in a romantic vs. Silvera does a beautiful job exploring the depths of Griffin's burdens, sadness, and insecurities. Yet as a reader, you just want these boys to heal, no matter how destroyed they might feel. Jackson may have been dating Theo, but in Griffin's heart of hearts, he believes - knows - that he and Theo, not Theo and Jackson, were "endgame." Once Griffin and Jackson begin commiserating - and jointly shutting others out of their shared pain - it's clear that things are a bit too intense, that they both have secrets about Theo the other won't want to hear. And Griffin doesn't know how he's supposed to grieve Theo when Jackson is in the picture. Griffin is a thoughtful, fabulously flawed protagonist, one who never stopped loving Theo, his best friend and first love. Moving and memorable, Adam Silvera's second novel is an exploration of loss and love, memory and mourning.
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