Look how the title isn't capitalized. I wasn't sure if I should leave it like that or to capitalize it. It was frustrating.When things get complicated, that's why there's Google. Yes, the title was capitalized there. If I look at a Sarah Dessen book next time, I better not be upset about the title, because all of them are lowercased.
If you just take a glance at the cover, you'll just think: "Oh, it's just another sappy book."
Actually it's more about the changes people go through in their life. I'll get you the summary.
Summary: Since her parents' bitter divorce, Mclean and her dad, a restaurant consultant, have been on the move - four towns in two years. Estranged from her mother and her mother's new family, Mclean has followed her dad in leaving the unhappy past behind. And each new place gives her a chance to try out a new persona: from cheerleader to drama diva. But now, for the first time, Mclean discovers a desire to stay in one place and just be herself - whoever that is. Perhaps her neighbor Dave, an academic superstar trying to be just a regular guy, can help her find out.
I found that off of Google. It still sounds like a stupid book, but I think it isn't about Mclean and Dave, but rather how Mclean thoughts make her decisions. I sound like a freak over decisions, but I'm not. I just seem to find these themes in books that I read.
Mclean went from Eliza in Montford Falls, Lizbet in Petree, Beth of Westcott, and her beginning of Liz in the newest place Lakeview. These were all different people that Mclean Sweet was impersonating. She chose what she wanted each person to be like. Liz never made it far because the girl that was Liz, was becoming Mclean again.
She weighs out choices and what every move she made would do. Her mom was trying to be caring about her, too forcefully I might add. Mclean realized that her mom went from Katie Sweet to Katherine Hamilton after the marriage. That they were different people, that Katherine still showed signs of the Katie that she was.
Her father Gus moved around for his boss, Chuckles -a very ironic name- to different places to check out different restaurants and how he should help them. The change that happened every time wasn't new to Mclean. She chose to be someone temporarily. That's where the title comes from. What about goodbye? She hated those messy goodbye, the tears, so she just left. Not a word.
Dave then starts to fit in as the guy that she knocked over with an overthrow of a basketball that she hasn't had in her hand for two years since the divorce (basketball, is a very significant thing). The person that she could talk to at 2 a.m.
Up until the end of the book, there is conflict. Just when you believe that everything had figured itself out, it isn't. There's a last minute change. But as all books try to end, they make everything alright again. That 3rd choice is there at the moment that you can finally see it.
I totally enjoyed the book. It was a great read of 402 pages. Nothing that a reader can't manage.
Signed,
Ivy ^-^
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