“What happened to Goodbye” is about a girl, Mclean Sweet, restarting her whole life. For the past couple of year, she has been traveling with her dad to whatever new city his job takes him. Her parents got divorced and she decided to live with her dad while her mom got remarried to a famous basketball coach of her dad’s favorite team. Over the past few years, Mclean has been changing her name and her identity, and she feels like she doesn’t really know who she is anymore. She just arrived at this new town, and she is starting at a new school and new friends, a fresh beginning. This time, she decides that she will not change her name and identity and she will remain who she is. She instantly meets new friends and feels like for the first time in years that she belongs where she is. However, her mother feels as if Mclean isn’t visiting her enough to fulfill the requirements of the divorce. Her mother is constantly bugging her and Mclean is frustrated with how her mother treats her. She just wants to make her own decisions of what she does with her life but her mom misses her so much. What will happen between Mclean and her mom? Will their relationship end with an argument, or will they be on good terms again?I thought this book was very well written. The plot was clear and the events were easily understood by me. However, I don’t give this book 5 stars because the author, Sarah Dessen continuously went back and forth from flashback to the present. It was kind of annoying and I don’t understand why she chose to write like that, but for most of the book, Dessen chose to write in the present. This book, although it was well written, was boring to me because the events were very usual events and they weren’t captivating like the other books I have read in the past. The events are those that many people experience in their own lives, such as divorce, going to a new school, and making friends. I think that there could be much more exciting events that Sarah Dessen could’ve included in her book to make it more interesting and unique. I think that there are too many books that are revolved around the lives around children and teens where their parents are divorced. Overall, this was a very good book, and I would recommend it to others. It was a very well written book and although it wasn’t captivating, it was interesting enough to keep me reading. Leaning more towards a 4.5** The problems Mclean faced regarding her mother were almost too relatable to me; I, too, took my parent's divorce very hard. This book talked a lot about her past and when she was a little girl, making me do the same. It didn't help that she was a senior, as am I, and thinking back on all the things from my childhood - even thinking back to freshman year - made those memories feel that much farther away; it made me very sentimental. I laughed a lot, felt like crying a lot, and squealed a lot when it came to her and Dave. All in all, great book!
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wow, talk about multi personalities! I wish I had that chance..
—Kel189
