Daphne Maritch doesn’t quite know what to make of the heavily annotated high school yearbook she inherits from her mother, who held this relic dear. Too dear. The late June Winter Maritch was the teacher to whom the class of ’68 had dedicated its yearbook, and in turn she went on to attend every reunion, scribbling notes and observations after each one—not always charitably—and noting who overstepped boundaries of many kinds.
In a fit of decluttering (the yearbook did not, Daphne concluded, “spark joy”), she discards it when she moves to a small New York City apartment. But when it’s found in the recycling bin by a busybody neighbor/documentary filmmaker, the yearbook’s mysteries—not to mention her own family’s—take on a whole new urgency, and Daphne finds herself entangled in a series of events both poignant and absurd. Good Riddance is a pitch-perfect, whip-smart new novel from an “enchanting, infinitely witty yet serious, exceptionally intelligent, wholly original, and Austen-like stylist” (Washington Post).
I very rarely take out two-week loans from the library, but when I saw this one I decided to give it a shot. I finished this book in about two days, I devoured it.
Daphane throws away a yearbook that her mom left to her, having no clue why and not finding any importance to it. But when her nosy (and the worst) next-door neighbor finds it in the trash, and decides she wants to make it into a documentary all hell breaks out.
I gave this book three stars, it wasn’t my favorite but it was definitely enjoyable. There wasn’t that much character development, but it was fun and easy. I liked how it wasnt only about Daphne but was about her family too. I loved getting to know her dad but I hated her neighbor more than anything.
I loved Jeremy, her across the street neighbor who ends up playing an important role in the story.
While this wasn’t my favorite book that I have read, I enjoyed it and liked how quick I flew through it.
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