Gayle Forman
Dutton Books
199 pg., U.S. Hardcover
Four stars | B
From Goodreads:
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 was a book that was just kind of "meh" to me. I thought of it sort of as an extension of My Sister's Keeper, in the sense that *spoiler alert* at the end of Keeper, the story's protagonist is kept on life machines and must be unplugged, the same situation that this story's main character is under. The plot wasn't entirely riveting to me, nor was the writing, but I did like the realism and diversity of characters, which many people know is what I really go for. I feel like if the characters were weak, I would have abandoned this book like I did the first time that I read it.
I don't really have a lot to say about this book, hence the short length, other than the fact that it was just average. If you're going into this book, don't expect anything special.
If I Stay is the first in a series. Where She Went is out now.
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