If I
Stay, by Gale Forman, is the perfect book to read on a rainy weekend or on a
short beach trip. The writing is wonderful and if you are a person who doesn’t
have much time for leisure reading If I Stay could easily be read in three
days. Initially I wasn’t too interested in reading If I Stay or seeing the
movie, because honestly the movie preview reminded me of something that would
be on Lifetime – not that there is anything wrong with Lifetime but it just
isn’t my cup of tea. After knowing a few people who have read the book and
completely loved it I decide to give in and pick up a copy and I fell in love
with the storyline.
Mia, a
seventeen year-old, daughter of loving parents, a sister, a cello player with a
musician boyfriend has her life changed in the blink of an eye. When Mia and
her family are on their way to visit family friends they are in a tragic car
accident. Mia slowly comes to realize that she is the only survivor, she’s in a
coma, and it is her decision to stay. Instead of the book being broken up by chapters If I Stay is broken up by time. The storyline takes you on journey of how
family/friends reacts to a tragic accident and Mia’s Journey of if she should
stay.
Mia is
faced with the unavoidable questions of What will happen If she stays or
leaves, and how it will impact her loved ones that are waiting for her to come
out of her coma if she decides to go. Once Mia pieces together that her
brother, Teddy, along with her parents were killed in the car accident she is
more tempted than ever to go, “ I realize now that dying is easy. Living is
hard”. In the end love and music brings Mia back to stay.
“And that’s just it, isn’t it?
That’s how we manage to survive the loss. Because love, it never dies, it never
goes away, it never fades, so long as you hang on to it.”
~Gayle Forman, If I Stay
This has been on my reading list for a while, thanks for reminding me to pick it up!
ReplyDeleteMakeshift Munch
You will love it, If I Stay really does have a wonderful storyline!
DeleteWell now I think I might just have to read it - hopefully it won't turn me into a big pile of tears though, the fault in our starts was rough!
ReplyDeletePick Your Beau
If I Stay has a whole different feel to it than The Fault In Our Stars. I actually enjoyed If I Stay a little better than the other and it's not as sad either.
DeleteA friend of mine at work read If I Stay and it's sequel and loved it. I'm not much of a romantic story reader, but maybe I'll borrow it from her.
ReplyDelete-Alex
www.monstermisa.blogspot.com
You should definitely borrow it, you will fall in love with the story line!
DeleteI loved this book so much! So excited to see the movie!
ReplyDeleteMichaela || The Monogrammed Midwesterner
I have heard so many great things about the movie, I can't wait to see it either!
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