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What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen
3.0
emotional medium-paced

 Dessen writes cute, fluffy, tweeny books. I'm sure I would have liked this more had I been closer to 14, but it was still a fun read. As always, it works a bit better if you suspend your disbelief - like how has Mclean switched schools so many times but still seems to be graduating on time?

It really holds up with many of Dessen's favourite tropes. I do love that characters from other books are still popping up.

[x] protagonist with unique (or masculine) name
[ ] "not like the other girls" protagonist
[x] conflict with (or absent) mother
[x] protagonist is escaping unhappy things at home and goes somewhere new
[x] works in a cafe/restaurant
[ ] artsy male love interest
[ ] seemingly perfect older sibling
[ ]"alt" friends (gothic, loners, something about drugs, etc.)
[x] absent/dead/distracted father