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A review by greta_mal
The Goodbye Kids by Debbie Iancu-Haddad
Did not finish book. Stopped at 70%.
Okay, so I read 70% of the book, and usually if I read more than 50% of the book and am still not clicking with it I push through and still finish it. But I just couldn't force myself to do it.
The characters aren't well-written - you do not get a clear idea of who Jorden is or what he trully wants even though you're reading from his pov.
And Haley doesn't have any qualities other than being insecure, naive, anti-social and plus size.
Now for the plot... It sounds very interesting when you read the blurb, but it isn't executed very well - sometimes there are 2+ week time skips, where stuff happens, and you only learn of it because of an off-hand comment by either Jorden or Haley. Also, sometimes the story gets too caught up on technical details and really it should focus more on the story unfolding.
The characters aren't well-written - you do not get a clear idea of who Jorden is or what he trully wants even though you're reading from his pov.
And Haley doesn't have any qualities other than being insecure, naive, anti-social and plus size.
Now for the plot... It sounds very interesting when you read the blurb, but it isn't executed very well - sometimes there are 2+ week time skips, where stuff happens, and you only learn of it because of an off-hand comment by either Jorden or Haley. Also, sometimes the story gets too caught up on technical details and really it should focus more on the story unfolding.