Finished reading If I Stay by Gayle Forman awhile ago. I loved it for several reasons, one being the length of the book- it's so thin! Yet it took me a few weeks to finish... But that was mostly because I wasn't in the mood for reading. Another reason why I loved the book was the protagonist's, Mia, parents. For a YA book, they were actually likable. And Mia loved hanging around them and her younger brother Teddy. Sure I thought her parents were a little too hipster-y, but I still cared about them. I also loved the fact that Mia, though not that popular, wasn't a suicidal loner either.
Her lovable and surprisingly three dimensional parents are the whole point of the novel. Mia, a cellist, is the sole survivor of a car crash that kills her parents and brother. Mia is left comatose, experiencing everything in an outer body experience. She watches the doctors and nurses try to save her, watches her family and friends try to stay strong around her. I loved the way the novel wove the story from past to present. We see Mia meeting Adam, a guitarist for an on-their-way-to-fame band. We see Mia's first encounter with a cello, her brother's birth. Ultimately, Mia realizes that she has a choice (hence the title) and it's a difficult one to choose.
Apparently there's a sequel which kind of turns me off.
In This Issue:
1. a book cover
2. Alphonse Mucha poster
3. Pantene commercial from youtube
4. a girl with a red cello case
5. "Whisper of the Heart"
6. Anjelica L. and her headphones from lookbook.nu
7. Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad
8. Nicoletta R. and her violin purse from lookbook.nu
9. Marius S. and his guitar from lookbook.nu
10. "The Place Promised in Our Early Days"
Her lovable and surprisingly three dimensional parents are the whole point of the novel. Mia, a cellist, is the sole survivor of a car crash that kills her parents and brother. Mia is left comatose, experiencing everything in an outer body experience. She watches the doctors and nurses try to save her, watches her family and friends try to stay strong around her. I loved the way the novel wove the story from past to present. We see Mia meeting Adam, a guitarist for an on-their-way-to-fame band. We see Mia's first encounter with a cello, her brother's birth. Ultimately, Mia realizes that she has a choice (hence the title) and it's a difficult one to choose.
Apparently there's a sequel which kind of turns me off.
In This Issue:
1. a book cover
2. Alphonse Mucha poster
3. Pantene commercial from youtube
4. a girl with a red cello case
5. "Whisper of the Heart"
6. Anjelica L. and her headphones from lookbook.nu
7. Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad
8. Nicoletta R. and her violin purse from lookbook.nu
9. Marius S. and his guitar from lookbook.nu
10. "The Place Promised in Our Early Days"
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