Genre: YA Contemporary
Published: April 2009
Pages: 199
Synopsis: In a single moment, everything changes. Seventeen-year-old Mia has no memory of the accident; she can only recall riding along the snow-wet Oregon road with her family. Then, in a blink, she finds herself watching as her own damaged body is taken from the wreck... A sophisticated, layered, and heartachingly beautiful story about the power of family and friends, the choices we all make—and the ultimate choice Mia commands. - If I Stay Website
My Thoughts:
I have been blessed by the 'good-reading' fairy because the last few weeks have been filled with exceptional reads and If I Stay definitely falls into the exceptional category. Quite simply, it is beautiful!
Mia becomes an invisible observer, watching and narrating her ordeal from the time the accident occurs. The passage between Mia's recollections and the present is seamless and through this we get to know Mia, her family and friends, and her passion for music and love of the chello. It's an insightful look at the very real moments that make us human and give our lives meaning.
Published: April 2009
Pages: 199
Synopsis: In a single moment, everything changes. Seventeen-year-old Mia has no memory of the accident; she can only recall riding along the snow-wet Oregon road with her family. Then, in a blink, she finds herself watching as her own damaged body is taken from the wreck... A sophisticated, layered, and heartachingly beautiful story about the power of family and friends, the choices we all make—and the ultimate choice Mia commands. - If I Stay Website
My Thoughts:
I have been blessed by the 'good-reading' fairy because the last few weeks have been filled with exceptional reads and If I Stay definitely falls into the exceptional category. Quite simply, it is beautiful!
Mia becomes an invisible observer, watching and narrating her ordeal from the time the accident occurs. The passage between Mia's recollections and the present is seamless and through this we get to know Mia, her family and friends, and her passion for music and love of the chello. It's an insightful look at the very real moments that make us human and give our lives meaning.
Forman's writing is honest & 'moreish', you want to know Mia and the people in her life & I felt like I came to know not only Mia, but her parents, her brother Teddy, boyfriend Adam, & best friend Kim intimately. It was impossible not to become emotionally invested in the story, feeling the love, in all it's different forms, relating to the choices and sacrifices, we sometimes have to make for love, crying buckets & at times laughing out loud.
You would think given the subject matter that this would be a depressing read, and I certainly shed a tear or two but it's far from depressing and the tears were SO worth it.
Emotive, heartwarming, life affirming, hopeful, and memorable, I actually felt bereft when I finished If I Stay, it was just that good, I didn't want it to end. And if I haven't convinced you .... check out the book trailer.
You would think given the subject matter that this would be a depressing read, and I certainly shed a tear or two but it's far from depressing and the tears were SO worth it.
Emotive, heartwarming, life affirming, hopeful, and memorable, I actually felt bereft when I finished If I Stay, it was just that good, I didn't want it to end. And if I haven't convinced you .... check out the book trailer.
The film rights for If I Stay have been acquired by Summit, the same company that produced Twilight. To find out more about Gayle Forman and her other works visit her website
Looks like a great book!
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I loved this book too!! Your review was gorgeously written and you nailed the feelings that this book elicits perfectly. Now, I just hope that the movie is as good as the book!!!
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ReplyDeleteI already have this book on my TBR list. Now I need to read it sooner than later.