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2.5 Stars. It was okay. With all the hype I expected to enjoy it more. Oh well.
How can I love a book that breaks my heart and affects me in such a way that I think of the characters like they were real, wondering how they are dealing with life? Things like this is why my husband looks at me in horror if I say a book/movie was so good while drying the tears from my eyes.
I knew I would be reading this soon, but watched the movie last night anyway. Bookish mistake? Usually, but not this time. I was so much into the story I did not want it to end where it did. Many tears were ...more
I knew I would be reading this soon, but watched the movie last night anyway. Bookish mistake? Usually, but not this time. I was so much into the story I did not want it to end where it did. Many tears were ...more
This book made me cry, but nonetheless disappointed me. The idea is a great premise--a girl in a coma after a motor vehicle accident that killed the rest of her family and her consciousness/soul is thinking over whether to go on living. But the all-in-the-head consciousness never quite reached true emotion for me. There was very little risk taking or vulnerability with the character. Her friendships and her romance were all a bit too neat and tidily perfect. Her dead parents were just the cooles
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What if you had the option to choose if you lived or died following a tragic situation? You're given less than 24 hours to take in the surroundings and make that decision. Mia is a 17 year-old put in that exact situation. She knows that some of the most important people around her didn't survive the accident, so can she bear to live without them? Is there enough holding her to those that are left to make her want to stay? Experiencing an out-of-body situation, Mia has no idea how much damage she
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I love this book. It's about this girl who is involved in a horrible car accident and she has to decide whether she wants to stay (basically continue to live in the aftermath) or leave and discover whatever comes next. The chapters are interspersed with memories that Mia, the main character, has of her life and her boyfriend, Adam. I don't want to give too much away but this is a really great book.
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There were parts of this book that I loved. Well, maybe not loved being I was sobbing my way through them. A better description might be that there were parts of this book that really got to me. Then there were other parts that just seemed too simple. I know this is a YA book, but that doesn't mean it has to be dumbed down (which happened at times for me). I also didn't 100% buy that Mia was such a mature teen.
I think I would have given this book close to 4 stars. However, putting "If I Stay #1" ...more
I think I would have given this book close to 4 stars. However, putting "If I Stay #1" ...more
I knew, based on the back cover, that this was going to be an emotional book. It had also come highly recommended, and I recommended it in turn to some of my students without reading it. They're mostly reluctant (and unpracticed) readers, but they found it hard to get into it. The first chapter is a bit confusing, unless you're using to reading between the lines and drawing conclusions, but once past that chapter, everything is pretty clear.
From my point of view, If I Stay is a sensational boo ...more
From my point of view, If I Stay is a sensational boo ...more
I read this at the suggestion of a sixth grade student. It's her current favorite book. I totally get this. It's romantic, very, and yet not explicit, so I don't imagine parents would have any issues with the relationship between the two main characters. It's theme dark, there's a tragedy, but the way the novel is structured, with flashbacks and an excellent character device, the book is actually uplifting. I don't to give anything away, so I'll leave it at that. Very much in the tradition of Th
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Nov 25, 2012
Beth Given
marked it as shelved
About halfway through this one ... and I can't finish. There's quite a lot of profanity (usually I give a book with the f-bomb about three strikes -- this hit its three strikes early). There's also some teenage sexuality and some grisly descriptions of the car accident. To top it off I just didn't like a single character I'd been introduced to except maybe the grandparents. I might skip to the last chapter just to find out what happens (or find a spoiler-filled Goodreads review), but I don't wan
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Apr 30, 2011
Megan
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What a tragic tale! Mia loses her whole family in a bad car accident while she herself hovers outside of her body watching her friends and extended family keep vigil over her. She has the hardest decision in the whole world ahead of her... live or die?
Jul 03, 2014
Erin
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Judy
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