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If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)

Gayle Forman

Start date: May 12, 2014

Finish date: May 31, 2014

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Mar 16, 2015 Carrie rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: music, death, young-adult, teen, ebook, overdrive

Yet again another book I just ate up. It affected me differently then I thought it would. Yes it is sad and tugged at my emotions but I never cried. Normally I would and it's not the book that made me not cry it's honestly my head at the momment. I'm just so tired, never slept well at all so I'm going to guess that played a major role in my lack of tears.

I love that Mia plays cello, I absolutely adore cello music. I find it beautiful and haunting, it is the perfect instrument for this story.

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Sep 10, 2014 Krissy rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: pgs-100-199, audiobook, cover-eye, read-before-2015

2.5 Stars. It was okay. With all the hype I expected to enjoy it more. Oh well.

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Apr 17, 2010 Emma rated it it was amazing

Shelves: young-adult, fiction

Mia has a tough choice to make. Whether to die, or stay alive after her mom, dad, and little brother all die in a car accident. She is left in a coma, with this decision she has to make. She is able to see her extended family and friends grieving. I really don't know what I would do, what would I chose. Either choice would leave me hurting for the other, yet it's something Mia must do.

This is a wonderful story, told using flashbacks, I guess you can say, so we can see what Mia's life used to be ...more

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Sep 09, 2009 Angie Taylor rated it liked it

I'm glad I hadn't known that this book dealt with death and the state between life and death, and whether or not a person would have a choice or say in whether they lived or passed on if they had been in a tragic accident. That kind of story would probably not have interested me.

But this story was very well written and so nicely paced. I loved the characters and the family relationships. I loved the idea of first love, and the mysteries and dificulties of getting to know someone and the likes an ...more

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