Goodbye Stranger

I am an eleven year old and I really liked this book. I love how you don't know who the other perspective is, (not Brige, the other one) until the end. When I read that part, I was actualy really surprised. I recommend this book for maybe nine or ten year olds and up. I also recommend this book for adults too, yeah, that's how good it is. I gave it only four stars because it's not my favorite book ever, and I have definitely read much better books, but I still really liked it and really really REALLY recommend it for every single person looking for a good book to read and reading this review and probably laughing at it. Anyway, I couldn't put this book down, I finished it in like, two or three days, maybe? I stayed up until like one in the morning every night until I finished it. Sorry, I am kind of getting off track here.Back to the point, Goodbye Stranger is a great book and I recommend for everyone. All ages over like, nine or ten maybe.Bye!Comment by:A mysterious eleven year old that talks to much and never stays on the point and is funny and doesn't know how a end a SINGLE FRICKIN SENTENCE!!!

I loved this book, some characters were a bit annoying or rude sometimes, like I thought Tab was feminist at first, but then she was a huge jerk later in the story and acted like girls couldn’t do bad things even though she was supposed to be a protagonist. I was also confused by the second person perspective and feel that a similar perspective could’ve been achieved with a first person perspective.

Revoked it for girls 13 or older not really for a age younger that 13. Love the different perspectives. Great

I purchased multiple copies of this book for our multigenerational, multi family COVID-19 book club. Although it facilitated some excellent parenting moments for important teen topic discussions (peer pressure, friendship issues, etc.), it also lost two of our Zoom families and my 13 year old son who simply couldn't engage with the book. It was a tough start, could be confusing even to mature, educated readers and its more advanced middle school subject matter (boy crushes, sexting, etc.) wasn't relatable to the twelve and under crowd in general and/or to the boys. There were some excellent aspects of this book but I wouldn't necessarily go out of my way to recommend it to others. The first two books our book club read - on the other hand - were loved by all of us (grandma, mom and kids 10-14 years old). They were: "The War That Saved My Life" by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley and "Summerlost" by Ally Condie. I hope reading the sequel to "The War That Saved My Life" ("The War I Finally Won") will be enough to kick start our book club after fizzling our way through "Goodbye Stranger".

GodI love this woman's work. I'm a parent and I read Rebecca's books to my kids as they grew up, and now, that I'm not doing that anymore, I bought this for myself. And read it. And loved it.Her characters feel real, they are compassionate and good people, even when they're good people who make mistakes. The book works as an engaging story, unforced and organic, AND it has a zillion lessons in it for young women growing up in the smart phone age.