Book review:
Yesterday Is History
by Kosoko Jackson
Pub Date: 02 Feb 2021
read courtesy of http://netgalley.com
Romantic. Not corny teenage romance from an adult's perspective, but true, selfish, selfless romance. And time travel. And the blurring of societal boundaries. And romance.
I was sorry this story ended but was so glad to have experience it. Andre and Blake and Michael were gay young men whose love triangle was complicated but real. The author didn't exaggerate or stereotype in order for the reader to understand the characters' motivations and feelings. The emotional sensitivity of their situations felt pure. The same is true for the parent:son relationships. Smart, mature young men were still allowed to argue, quarrel and rant against their parents; likewise, the parents were not made out to be clueless adults who couldn't do anything right. These were some of the most real characterizations I've encountered in a YA novel in a long time.
...Which is kind of funny considering what they went through was out-of-this-world. The time travel portion of the story was handled well in that it didn't leave me wondering, "Huh? How could that be?" In other words, there weren't any Marty McFly moments where Andre could see himself in the past. Those type of time travel scenarios always mess with my ability to concentrate on the story instead of the physics of the moment. 😏
Jackson wrote a well-crafted story with wonderful characters. I cannot wait to get this into the hands of my high school readers. 5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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