Young Adult

If I Stay

If I Stay

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  • Author：Gayle Forman
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Summary

On a day that started like any other…

Mia had everything: a loving family， a gorgeous， adoring boyfriend， and a bright future full of music and full of choices。 Then， in an instant， almost all of that is taken from her。 Caught between life and death， between a happy past and an unknowable future， Mia spends one critical day contemplating the one decision she has left—the most important decision she’ll ever make。

Simultaneously tragic and hopeful， this is a romantic， riveting and ultimately uplifting story about memory， music， living， and dying。

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Reviews

Caroline Humphrey ，

I read the novel If I Stay by Gayle Forman。 The genre of this book is young adult fiction and romance。 The plot is about a 17-year-old girl who experiences a traumatic event。 She recently applied for the prestigious school， Juilliard， where she hopes to pursue her dreams of being a cellist。 Mia also meets the love of her life， Adam， who also shares a passion for music as a guitarist。 But one day， on a snowy afternoon， Mia and her family experienced a car wreck that changed their lives。 Mia’s mot I read the novel If I Stay by Gayle Forman。 The genre of this book is young adult fiction and romance。 The plot is about a 17-year-old girl who experiences a traumatic event。 She recently applied for the prestigious school， Juilliard， where she hopes to pursue her dreams of being a cellist。 Mia also meets the love of her life， Adam， who also shares a passion for music as a guitarist。 But one day， on a snowy afternoon， Mia and her family experienced a car wreck that changed their lives。 Mia’s mother， father， and brother fail to live from the wreck。 Mia is left in a coma where she must make a difficult decision of “staying”or “going”。 I would recommend this book to anyone who loves a good romance and sad novel。 It really makes you reflect and reminds you to value your time on earth。 Read If I Stay if you want to find out what Mia will decide for her future。 。。。more

Yamilet Gaona ，

Es un libro fácil de leer y respecto al ritmo de la historia que pasa de presente a flashbacks esta bien， aunque a veces es demasiado y no te das cuenta en que tiempo estás。A veces algunos flashbacks me parecían innecesarios y aburridosY la relación de Adam y Mia era tierna y realmente sufrí el final

Freya Cooper ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 This was a super quick， super easy read for me。 I wondered if the dark subject matter might overrule the laid-back feel that I generally get from YA， but that wasn’t the case- I think perhaps because a lot of the story involved flashbacks to happier times。 Honestly I probably would have given this book two stars （which sounds harsh but it means “It was OK” and that’s my overall opinion）， but the moment when Mia realises her brother is dead… that got me。 Not in a tearful way， but when a sentence This was a super quick， super easy read for me。 I wondered if the dark subject matter might overrule the laid-back feel that I generally get from YA， but that wasn’t the case- I think perhaps because a lot of the story involved flashbacks to happier times。 Honestly I probably would have given this book two stars （which sounds harsh but it means “It was OK” and that’s my overall opinion）， but the moment when Mia realises her brother is dead… that got me。 Not in a tearful way， but when a sentence punches you in the chest。 That single moment earned this book an extra star。 If I Stay is nothing groundbreaking but it was simple and sweet， and I do find myself tempted to see what occurs in the sequel。 。。。more

Laura De Arana ，

Te diría que esta es la típica historia de amor adolescente y siendo sincera， típica no es， pero es igual de sosa que las típicas。Iba a ponerle dos estrellas por detalles que me han hecho ilu， menciones feministas， relaciones sanas， pero te tengo que confesar que eso no ha hecho que me gustara más。 A lo mejor ha hecho que no me disgustara tanto， pero hasta ahí。 Cuánto más lo pienso， más me encaja este libro en la categoría de "tengo una historia chula， pero como mi forma de contarla deja bastant Te diría que esta es la típica historia de amor adolescente y siendo sincera， típica no es， pero es igual de sosa que las típicas。Iba a ponerle dos estrellas por detalles que me han hecho ilu， menciones feministas， relaciones sanas， pero te tengo que confesar que eso no ha hecho que me gustara más。 A lo mejor ha hecho que no me disgustara tanto， pero hasta ahí。 Cuánto más lo pienso， más me encaja este libro en la categoría de "tengo una historia chula， pero como mi forma de contarla deja bastante que desear， voy a hacer que te mole la protagonista y la vida que tiene y así te mole la novela"。A mí， lo siento， pero es que ni así。 Previsible， ñoña y sosa。 Muy sosa。 。。。more

James Caruso ，

One characteristic I admire about modern YA is the economy of words in which its major authors convey deep emotion and a strong story。 If I Stay is a prime example。 The main story events take place over the course of a 24-hour period， during which the main character， Mia， suffers terrible trauma following a car accident and watches， outside her body， as medical personnel struggle to save her life。 Backstory loops away from the main storyline as Mia recalls her parents， her younger brother， and h One characteristic I admire about modern YA is the economy of words in which its major authors convey deep emotion and a strong story。 If I Stay is a prime example。 The main story events take place over the course of a 24-hour period， during which the main character， Mia， suffers terrible trauma following a car accident and watches， outside her body， as medical personnel struggle to save her life。 Backstory loops away from the main storyline as Mia recalls her parents， her younger brother， and her boyfriend， and begins to realize she has to choose between staying in a life drastically and painfully changed， or leaving for whatever comes after。 。。。more

Ahiru_Reads ，

Ha sido una lectura amena y me ha ido bien para escapar un poco del agobio de la temporada de examenes。 Me gustan las reflexiones que hay y como se narra todo。 Tengo ganas de leer la continuación

Sabrina Sullivan ，

hated it。 people said that it made them cry。 no

Elise Proud ，

I loved this book！ Read it after I saw the film and the book is so much better， I laugh， cried and it also had my favourite thing a music playlist to listen to while you read the book。

Nicole Spiker ，

If I Stay is about a seventeen-year-old girl named Mia who has a first true love to music and playing her favorite instrument - the cello。 Mia is faced with hard choices when herself and her family were in a tragic car accident on a cold icy February morning。 Mia is a talented character who is shy， smart， and stays to herself。 She comes from two rocker parents who have such different personalities than her， her parents are outgoing， wild， and rebellious。 Mia found unexpected love when she gets c If I Stay is about a seventeen-year-old girl named Mia who has a first true love to music and playing her favorite instrument - the cello。 Mia is faced with hard choices when herself and her family were in a tragic car accident on a cold icy February morning。 Mia is a talented character who is shy， smart， and stays to herself。 She comes from two rocker parents who have such different personalities than her， her parents are outgoing， wild， and rebellious。 Mia found unexpected love when she gets connected with Adam， a fellow student at her high school who is a singer in a rock band。 They relate to their love of music， even though their music style is different。 They were the true definition of opposites attract。While Mia is in a coma in the hospital after the car crash， her life changes drastically。 She has an outer-body experience and sees everything going on around here including herself unconscious， attached to multiple tubes in the hospital bed。 Mia goes through the hardest choice in the world on rather to stay alive and fight even though it would be very hard， or pass away and not have to worry about anything again。I watched the book-to-film adaptation when it came out in theaters years ago。 The film was amazing and once I knew that it was a book， I had to read it eventually。 The book was more easier and faster to read since majority of it was like the movie and there wasn’t anything new to really discover that I didn’t already know。 The book was still amazing and deserves a four-star rating， if I hadn’t of seen the movie first or known what happens， I most likely would have given this a five-star！ 。。。more

Mary ，

YA novel about family， love & loss。

Rosa Aparicio ，

A veces hay que elegir en la vida， y a veces la vida te elige a ti

Shasta ，

Definitely a young adult book。 Nothing horrible， but nothing great either。

Katherine ，

Clearly the ending was meant to be a cliffhanger。。。

Valeria Durán ，

Triste， reflexivo

Julia Buendgen ，

A pretty basic story。 I got bored。

Ana ，

Back when this book was in its peak popularity， I was going through my whole “not like other girls phase” and even though I read many books that were wildly popular （I was a John Green STAN so really I had no room to talk） I somehow decided that this book was totally stupid and refused to read it。 However， a couple weeks ago I saw this book at Walmart， at the nice little clearance price of 4 bucks， and since I’m never one to pass a steal I decided to buy it。 Man！ This book pleasantly surprised m Back when this book was in its peak popularity， I was going through my whole “not like other girls phase” and even though I read many books that were wildly popular （I was a John Green STAN so really I had no room to talk） I somehow decided that this book was totally stupid and refused to read it。 However， a couple weeks ago I saw this book at Walmart， at the nice little clearance price of 4 bucks， and since I’m never one to pass a steal I decided to buy it。 Man！ This book pleasantly surprised me！ I sat down and read it in about 5 hours， and was incredibly entertained the whole way through。 I saw many people say it was boring， but frankly， I found it very engaging。Gayle Forman writes simply， but it’s super nice to read， and I could fully feel the emotions she conveyed。 The characters were likable and I enjoyed all their relationships。 Now for the bad stuff， and it can mainly be summarized in， “yikes， that’s cheesy” I mean come on that whole playing each other like instruments thing？ I cringed the whole way through like Jesus， who does that？ I also found Mia’s family annoyingly perfect， perfectly cool and awesome parents who are super chill with everything and like rock music cause they’re so awesome and perfectly joke with their daughter， they feel like a cool parent archetype， and her brother is just a perfect nice lil bro too， it honestly just gets tiresome。 At first I thought that maybe it was intentional and it was Mia looking back on only the good things about them， rose coloured glasses and all， but frankly it doesn’t seem likely。 Also I didn’t cry but that’s a me thing lolOverall this book was nice， super entertaining and easy to read， I’m definitely reading the sequel。 。。。more

Gio Sousa ，

É bom， não diria o melhor dos livros do gênero mas é bom。 Eu me senti como a protagonista em vários momentos de dor e etc。 As lembranças são tão fofas e dolorosas quando você se lembra de tudo que aconteceu。 Eu não curti o romance， parece que só tá ali por estar， para mim， não teve um impacto muito forte。

malena duarte ，

4。5este libro me dejó vacía por dentro。 es triste pero de una manera tan tierna y hermosa que te rompe el corazón en mil pedacitos。

Jill ，

I started listening to this while running errands in the car with my teens。 After the first few minutes they all asked to skip it。 I agreed。 So on we go。

Macy Piechowski ，

I really enjoyed this book！ Their are several things that I would change about it like sometimes it got confusing because it doesn't have chapters and one minuet its a normal book and the next you in one of Mia's flashbacks。 It also got to be a little repetitive at some points or I just lost my focus in the book。 Other than that it was an amazing book it was really detailed and I felt like I was living Mia's life。 If I Stay I would say is a more on the romance and like sad kind of book but it ha I really enjoyed this book！ Their are several things that I would change about it like sometimes it got confusing because it doesn't have chapters and one minuet its a normal book and the next you in one of Mia's flashbacks。 It also got to be a little repetitive at some points or I just lost my focus in the book。 Other than that it was an amazing book it was really detailed and I felt like I was living Mia's life。 If I Stay I would say is a more on the romance and like sad kind of book but it has a lot of funny and cheery part to it too。 I highly recommend this book to anyone。 。。。more

Nicole Brockwell ，

Short quick read。 Just “okay”。 The book covers the events of about 24hrs or so。 A tragic event happens and the main character Mia is floating outside her body。 Not my thing。 Most of the book is her observing current events and flashing back to happier times while deciding if she should stay。 Could be triggering and have some definite tear jerker moments。

Tamara ，

Absolutely loved！！ It was a short read and I enjoyed every second of it

Katie Heidemann ，

I chose this book as an independent reading book for a class and it seemed very interesting based on the description and reviews from when it came out。 It started off interesting but then it was hard for me to get through the middle of the book because it was kind of slow-paced and boring。 The ending was very predictable for me but it was still a good read。 Even though it wasn't for me， I would recommend this book to people who like realistic fiction or romance novels。 I chose this book as an independent reading book for a class and it seemed very interesting based on the description and reviews from when it came out。 It started off interesting but then it was hard for me to get through the middle of the book because it was kind of slow-paced and boring。 The ending was very predictable for me but it was still a good read。 Even though it wasn't for me， I would recommend this book to people who like realistic fiction or romance novels。 。。。more

Trigger Warning Database ，

Trigger & Content Warnings:DissociationSuicidal ideationComasHospital （setting）Death of a childDeath of a brotherDeath of a mother & fatherCar accident

Alysa ，

“Sometimes you make choices in life and sometimes choices make you。”I'm going to admit it。 I'm a very （very raised to the power 100） emotional person。 And after reading this book-You guessed it right- I was an emotional wreck。 What happened to Mia was unfortunate and devastating。 It was personally really hard to read that and harder to imagine something like that for yourself- I'd never wish that for even my enemys。。。。as the saying goes。 And the last scene the way everything unfolded。 Who co “Sometimes you make choices in life and sometimes choices make you。”I'm going to admit it。 I'm a very （very raised to the power 100） emotional person。 And after reading this book-You guessed it right- I was an emotional wreck。 What happened to Mia was unfortunate and devastating。 It was personally really hard to read that and harder to imagine something like that for yourself- I'd never wish that for even my enemys。。。。as the saying goes。 And the last scene the way everything unfolded。 Who could have thought that？ It was simply beautiful。 Mia's ghost form transiting back into the real Mia when Adam did what he did （no spoilers）。。I was sobbing。 I'd say it was a good read， but I'm 90% sure I'm not going to re-read it。 Can't go through the pain again Can we？ “Love， it never dies。 It never goes away， it never fades， so long as you hang on to it。 Love can make you immortal” 。。。more

Jill Czeck ，

Short and good。 One single tear。

Alekxis ，

Raro

Toni Fuller ，

This was my second （maybe third？） time reading this book and still so good！ Wanted to read it again before reading the second book。

Clem ∴✙✧∙♡∵✩♱ ，

touching。

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