If I Stay, a book by Gayle Forman, is a really amazing book. It is sad, happy, suspenseful, and fast at the same time. In it, a girl named Mia has the "perfect life" (boyfriend, awesome family, bright musical future) but then is put into a terrible disaster. She is in a car accident and when she wakes up she soon realizes that she is not herself. She is stuck in a state of half-alive. The real her is badly injured. When she finds out that the rest of her family died- she is stuck with the most difficult decision of all... should she stay, or is life not worth living anymore?
I loved this book because it was so deep. You start out seeing a girl's perfect life, and then get dragged in deeper to see what happens when that all flips around. It feels like you're really right there in the book, part of the strong threads that bind together this masterpiece. I suggest this book to all teens.
Where She Went
Where She Went, the sequel to If I Stay, is also an amazing book. This one is narrated by Mia's
ex-boyfriend, Adam. Adam has become a celebrity because of his band but is heartbroken inside because of Mia's breakup. They run into each other in New York City and their stories are told.
This one was, in my opinion, actually a little better than If I Stay. It's a strong, powerful story and I love how in between chapters it flashes back to the past about things that happened. It's also sort of sad, the author strongly expresses the emotions of hurt and heartbreak.
Definitely a must read book and sequel!!!!!
