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Goodbye, Vitamin is the wry, beautifully observed story of a woman at a crossroads, as Ruth and her friends attempt to shore up her father's career; she and her mother obsess over the ambiguous health benefits - in the absence of a cure - of dried jellyfish supplements and vitamin pills; and they all try to forge a new relationship with the brilliant, childlike, irascible man her father has become.
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this made me laugh out loud many times. The main character was effortlessly funny sometimes.
It's not a book that's trying to do a whole lot. Gives me Dept. of Speculation vibes, but as a reader you feel way more grounded in the characters. Loved the parallels between father and daughter.
It's got it all: quality time with family, heartbreak, healing, loss, unexpected love.
0This one snuck up behind me and whacked me over the head with emotions from out of nowhere. Family is complicated. I was leaking tears as I finished it and almost couldn’t place the emotion. The bittersweet taste of a moment you know will never last. I think being at this point in my life made this resonate more than it might at another time.
Super quick read, part diary, part letter, part thought. The story is a bit like my experience watching TikToks, there’s always something new to explore and something to make you laugh or at least breathe a bit harder through your nose.
4.5/5 overall
Memorable quotes:
Who is to blame for this friendship.
Along time ago I stopped wondering why there were so many crazy people. What surprises me now is that there are so many sane ones.
Today I had to stop by the post office, and you looked around and said aghast, “this is errands?”
What imperfect carriers of love we are, and what imperfect givers.
That year we didn’t speak, she had an afro. What a thing to have missed.
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