If I Stay: Gayle Forman - Book Review

    The book the I will be reviewing this week is If I Stay by Gayle Forman. It is young-adult fiction. Throughout the book, we follow Mia Hall. After her and her family get into a car crash and she is the only one who barely survives, she is sent to a hospital and goes through an out of body experience. Throughout the day, we see Mia go through mourning for her family, flashbacks, and the decision of I she wants to die and be with her family but leave her boyfriend. Or stay with her boyfriend and friends but live a harder more painful life than she anticipated. Mia is a 17 year old girl. She has a boyfriend named Adam, and mom and a dad, a little brother named Teddy and her best friend, Kim. Mia is a very quiet girl and most of the time, she stays away from other people and is very quiet. She is musically gifted. She loves to play cello even though, most of the time, she feels out of place from her rockstar family and boyfriend. The main conflict of the story is Mia is trying to decide to stay alive or die. Both sides have pros and cons. During the story the mood is mostly serious and tense. So much is happening that there are very little happy or funny moments except for the flashbacks that Mia has with her family.


     I read this book because, at the time, the movie was coming out and it seemed interesting. So I started reading the book and fell in love with the story. Personally, I love serious stories and seeing this conflict play out was really cool. One part of the book I remember was when Mias boyfriend has a break down while sitting next to her. He started talking to her and how much he felt for her and how much he loved he. I just thought that that scene was so sweet but serious at the same time. Just the way that Gayle was able to out those 2 completely different moods was so cool. If you love serious or romance novels, I think this is a perfect book for you. The way that Gayle is able to make major twists and is amazing. Her description makes you picture whatever scene she is describing like you are witnessing it. However, she does beat around the bush a lot and leave a lot of cliff hangers throughout the story. If you are kind of an impatient reader, i wouldn't recommend this book. If not, you should definitely read this book.

Comments: Jacky D. Braden B. Keegan W.