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A review by nagam
What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen
3.0
I understood Mclean's need to reinvent herself. I liked the parallels of her reinventing herself in each new place to be someone different as compared to moving around and having no sense of home or place. I enjoyed that she chose to be "her" during their time at Lakeview, and that she fell into finding out who she was again without taking on any personas.
A few things I didn't understand were a) the pacing of the book and b) a few of the relationships. Without direct timing references in the writing, I would have felt that just a few short weeks had passed instead of months or a semester. Dessen (at least in the other books of hers I've read) very slow builds relationships. Mcleans's relationship with Dave was virtually non-existent. I think if you understand that this book is more about Mclean's self-discovery than about a blossoming relationship with a great boy, then the story is more impactful.
Not one of my favorite of Dessen's books or relationships.
A few things I didn't understand were a) the pacing of the book and b) a few of the relationships. Without direct timing references in the writing, I would have felt that just a few short weeks had passed instead of months or a semester. Dessen (at least in the other books of hers I've read) very slow builds relationships. Mcleans's relationship with Dave was virtually non-existent. I think if you understand that this book is more about Mclean's self-discovery than about a blossoming relationship with a great boy, then the story is more impactful.
Not one of my favorite of Dessen's books or relationships.