If I Stay Part 2

Hey blogging world!
So Kenna Lee and Becky both wrote a review on the same book because they love it so much! Now as a completely unbiased third party viewer I, Rosie, have decided to put both up so you can get the most out of the reviews. Please enjoy both!

If I Stay
Gayle Forman

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Where to begin…? Have you ever had those books that you absolutely loved? You know, the ones that make you laugh, cry, love and hate? One minute you are ready to go ninja on anyone who threatens to come between you and that book and the next minute you are ready to throw it across the room because it makes you feel that much? But you don’t do either because that would mean you would have to do something other than read some more. The book that while you are reading it, people stare at you because you gasp/laugh/groan/cry/scream out loud? This is that book. That very book that is so hard to describe, it took me several sentences and I still didn’t get it right.
      

 Now, I usually hate books that make me sad to the point of tears (With exception of a few Harry Potters, of course). I don’t like feeling like my heart was out on the line with the main character and having it broken too. It hurts. But this book I would recommend to everyone. I actually have, I practically shoved it in my best friends hands when she said she hadn’t read it. It is that good.
      

 While it is hard to say what I love most about this book, I think it is the characters, you really grow with them in the most unique way. By the end of this book, and it’s not very long, you feel as though you have gained so many great new friends, only you can’t friend request them on facebook. Gayle Forman really captures the lives of these characters, fleshes them out so well that they could be standing in front of you delivering the dialogue.
       

What would you do if you had a choice to live or die after losing some of the most important people in our life? Mia is faced with that choice, and what she chooses might not just affect her. This haunting romantic story is one that stays with you like the story of a close friend. If you don’t fall in love with Adam, cry for Teddy, and ache for the choice Mia must make, you must have picked up the wrong book. Honestly, this is one of the best teen reads I have read in years. 5 Pearls!


XOXO
Kenna Lee