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A review by papertraildiary
Goodbye Days by Jeff Zentner
4.0
So sad, make sure you're in a good headspace while reading this. Spent a lot of time thinking about what I'd do if I was in this situation, which obviously is a huge bummer. I also was invested in the complicated relationship that was between Carver and Jesmyn.
This was my intro to Jeff's writing and I was super impressed. I wrote down a lot of beautiful quotes. Emotional metaphors and similes are this guy's bag.
Wondering if this book will inspire more teens to open up to their parents. I was a lot like Carver when I was a teen in the sense that there was just *some* reason why I never wanted to share anything personal with my parents, and this story brings up the question of what if your loved ones don't really know you? (Among many other questions such as the infamous WHAT IFs.)
I also appreciated that Carver goes to a therapist, something else that could stand to be more normalized to teens, though I was disappointed in the only brief mentions of Carver taking Zoloft - (side note is this the only antidepressant authors know exist?) because it was fleeting and unrealistic to not read more about how he was feeling about them and how they were making him feel besides slightly reducing panic attacks. But on the other hand, I liked the way Jeff wrote panic attacks.
This was my intro to Jeff's writing and I was super impressed. I wrote down a lot of beautiful quotes. Emotional metaphors and similes are this guy's bag.
Wondering if this book will inspire more teens to open up to their parents. I was a lot like Carver when I was a teen in the sense that there was just *some* reason why I never wanted to share anything personal with my parents, and this story brings up the question of what if your loved ones don't really know you? (Among many other questions such as the infamous WHAT IFs.)
I also appreciated that Carver goes to a therapist, something else that could stand to be more normalized to teens, though I was disappointed in the only brief mentions of Carver taking Zoloft - (side note is this the only antidepressant authors know exist?) because it was fleeting and unrealistic to not read more about how he was feeling about them and how they were making him feel besides slightly reducing panic attacks. But on the other hand, I liked the way Jeff wrote panic attacks.