A review by cathyolibrarian
Goodbye Days by Jeff Zentner

5.0

This book punches you in the gut over and over, so be prepared for that, but it is well worth the pain. Small spoiler: At the beginning I was a little put off by the premise that the sender of the text could be held liable for the death of the receiving driver, only to do a bit of research and find out that this is an actual thing that happens. Yikes! Once I had that bit of information this story was even more unbelievably gut wrenching, and like a horrible accident, you want to turn away but just can't and not only can you see the physical damage, reading the book you see all of the FEELINGS too. I tell you Mr. Zentner, after the Serpent King I was prepared to have my feet pulled out from under me because of what you did (ahem) in that book to someone I really liked. At least in the this one I knew what was going to hurt my heart from the very start.