I really struggled to connect with the narrator or her family, and this made it difficult to get through, despite the length. It's a quick read, rolling in at just over 200 pages, but it is messy, often disconnected and very, very random. It's a book about thirty-year-old Ruth and how she deals with a break-up and her father's Alzheimers diagnosis over the course of one year. Maybe my disconnect with the humour led into all the other problems I had. It wasn't my only issue with Goodbye, Vitamin, but it was probably the biggest one. I always feel that humour is one of the most subjective aspects of a book, and the style here didn't work for me at all. I realise I’m in the minority, but I just didn’t find this book funny.
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