I read Goodbye Days by Jeff Zentner. This is one of those young adult books that remind me I'm no longer the target audience for young adult books. It's about a teen whose three friends die in a car accident. He feels responsible because they were texting him at the time of the crash. To find peace with his role in their deaths, he decides to have "goodbye days," where he hangs out with the families of his dead friends.

This book is awesome for teenagers because it examines the unique ways humans respond to death. Some of the family members are forgiving, some are angry, some are stressed out, some are confused. This book is an in-depth look at grief. It would be perfect for a young person who doesn't have experience with death. I think they'd learn a lot from it.

I'm an old person who has dealt with my fair share of corpses. I got a little bored with the book and kept wishing something else would happen. It's a long, slow, character-driven story. I appreciated the loving characters and the humor, but I was tempted to skim ahead. There's not much plot.

I guess I'm conflicted about this one. When I was the age of the target audience, I would have loved the realistic characters. As an adult, I kept glancing at my bookshelf to see if I owned any books with more action.