A review by chestofbooks
Where She Went by Gayle Forman

2.0

I picked up "Where She Went" after it has been recommended to me recently, and I can see why a lot of people like it so much.

While I did not enjoy it, I could appreciate the use of structure. The language might not be the epitome of originality, but it is clear and makes for an easy read.
In the end though, it does not make up for the predicatable and fairly unoriginal story, which drags on far too long only to end very abruptly und unsatisfactory.
The characters are lacking depth (anyone apart from the protagonists is sketchy at best) and some of the lines are downright cringeworthy ("She holds me until I recover my Y chromosome", p. 246. Really Adam? Really?)

At the end of the day I think that there are books out there that deal with loss and grief way better than this one, if I were you I would not bother.