In the coming-of-age novel What Happened to Goodbye, Sarah Dessen draws the reader into the story through her extremely relatable characters. The story revolves around a teenage girl, named Mclean Sweet, who has experienced a horrible divorce between her parents. The divorce was a result of her mother’s affair with a famous basketball coach, who had also previously been her father’s idol. Mclean’s father is involved in the restaurant business and is constantly moving which allows Mclean to become another person in each town they travel to. When Mclean and her father move to Lakeview, Mclean is finally able to find herself through the other relatable characters that Dessen develops in the novel.I would recommend this novel, or any other novel by Sarah Dessen, to any teenage girl anywhere. It is a fun and comforting read that a high school girl will be able to relate to through the diverse characters that Dessen establishes.
Reviewed by BHS student J. Provenzola
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