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What Happened to Goodbye
by Sarah Dessen
This book screams true Sarah Dessen at her finest!
It has everything I love about her books wrapped up into one. A heroine that has a story I can relate to, with interests that are more in depth that most books. It also has friends who are the type of people we all wish we could be friends with. It's not a huge group, but they are close. Which is what matters. And then of course what I believe Dessen does best. Her heroes, really just male characters in general. They have so much character and life to them while also being real enough you surely know someone like them.
This book has it all. Summer, the beach, a close group of friends, and of course... all the Easter eggs my Dessen loving heart can handle.
Mclean might be in the top 3 for favorite heroines of Dessen's. She's upfront and honest with what she wants (Or at least the opportunity to find out what she wants) even if that comes with upsetting people she loves. Like her mom. She also communicated things! While she kept parts hidden, she didn't just EXPECT everyone to know why she was upset. And she didn't want to be upset. I think sometimes heroines in any book can fall under their own spell and almost come across as though they've just accepted that they are upset and that the past will define them and don't bother helping or telling me otherwise. Mclean doesn't! She is constantly wanting to change. And she knows she wants to be happy. She wants to find herself.
What an amazing quote. Home isn't a place, but a feeling. It's people. For Mclean, she finally found home... or almost it found her. She found it in all the moments Dave recreates in the model. He took her moments and showed her the home she found.
While Dave may be a *bit* extreme going from it's cold to bailed out of jail. It still makes a great point. Everyone needs that ride or die, call about anything and everything person. And I just loved the moment of her realizing he was her 2 a.m. person.
Overall absolutely loved this book! Rereading Sarah Dessen books in 2021 is exactly what I needed after the 2020 we had.
It has everything I love about her books wrapped up into one. A heroine that has a story I can relate to, with interests that are more in depth that most books. It also has friends who are the type of people we all wish we could be friends with. It's not a huge group, but they are close. Which is what matters. And then of course what I believe Dessen does best. Her heroes, really just male characters in general. They have so much character and life to them while also being real enough you surely know someone like them.
This book has it all. Summer, the beach, a close group of friends, and of course... all the Easter eggs my Dessen loving heart can handle.
Mclean might be in the top 3 for favorite heroines of Dessen's. She's upfront and honest with what she wants (Or at least the opportunity to find out what she wants) even if that comes with upsetting people she loves. Like her mom. She also communicated things! While she kept parts hidden, she didn't just EXPECT everyone to know why she was upset. And she didn't want to be upset. I think sometimes heroines in any book can fall under their own spell and almost come across as though they've just accepted that they are upset and that the past will define them and don't bother helping or telling me otherwise. Mclean doesn't! She is constantly wanting to change. And she knows she wants to be happy. She wants to find herself.
Spoiler
“Home wasn't a set house, or a single town on a map. It was wherever the people who loved you were, whenever you were together. Not a place, but a moment, and then another, building on each other like bricks to create a solid shelter that you take with you for your entire life, wherever you may go.”
What an amazing quote. Home isn't a place, but a feeling. It's people. For Mclean, she finally found home... or almost it found her. She found it in all the moments Dave recreates in the model. He took her moments and showed her the home she found.
"You know, the person you can call at 2 a.m. and, no matter what, you can count on them. Even if they're asleep or it's cold or you need bailed out of jail... they'll come for you. It's like, the highest level of friendship."
While Dave may be a *bit* extreme going from it's cold to bailed out of jail. It still makes a great point. Everyone needs that ride or die, call about anything and everything person. And I just loved the moment of her realizing he was her 2 a.m. person.
Overall absolutely loved this book! Rereading Sarah Dessen books in 2021 is exactly what I needed after the 2020 we had.