If I Stay

I preferred the book over the movie, came in perfect condition. books don’t usually make me cry but this one got me. if you liked five feet apart, all the bright places, & the fault in our stars definitely buy this for sure.

Belle histoire, super émouvante. Impossible de laisser le livre de côté, on ne peut que le lire d'une traite !

“And that's just it, isn't it? That's how we manage to survive the loss. Because love, it never dies, it never goes away, it never fades, so long as you hang on to it.”----Gayle FormanGayle Forman, an award-winning best-selling author, has penned an incredible tale of young love as well as family love in her book, If I Stay, which is the first book in the If I Stay series. This series opens with Mia's heart-breaking story of loss and her passion for music with a ground-breaking decision on whether to fight for love when you have lost the most precious possession of your life- family. Now a major motion picture with the same name, directed by R. J. Cutler, starring, Chloë Grace Moretz, Jamie Blackley and many more.Synopsis:'Just listen,' Adam says with a voice that sounds like shrapnel.' I open my eyes wide now. I sit up as much as I can. And I listen.'Stay,' he says.Everybody has to make choices.Some might break you.For seventeen-year-old Mia, surrounded by a wonderful family, friends and a gorgeous boyfriend decisions might seem tough, but they're all about a future full of music and love, a future that's brimming with hope.But life can change in an instant.A cold February morning . . . a snowy road . . . and suddenly all of Mia's choices are gone. Except one.As alone as she'll ever be, Mia must make the most difficult choice of all.Haunting, heartrending and ultimately life-affirming, If I Stay will make you appreciate all that you have, all that you've lost - and all that might be.Mia is a 17-year-old passionate cellist who has just auditioned for Julliard's and is anticipating for the letter of selection to arrive when her parents decide to celebrate the snow day by visiting to her grandparents' house along with her younger brother. But on the way to her grandparents' house, a tragic and unfateful accident claims the life of her parents instantly whereas she and her brother are immediately rushed to the hospital to be operated on. Mia, on the other hand, gets to experience all this horrifying scenes with her own eyes as she her soul got detached from her own body.After Mia's operation, she is shifted to ICU owing to her coma and the doctors state that it is completely on Mia's part to fight from the coma and come back to life if she wants to. But Mia's parents are no more, gradually, her brother too gives up fighting and dies, what will Mia live for? Music or her boyfriend, Adam, whose undeniable love for her is greater than his passion for his uprising rock-band.FYI: Things needed to keep in handy before reading this book:a) A big box of Kleenex and,b) A big bucketI hate myself for reading this book so many years later, after the book's release. It seems I'm the last one to read this spectacular story of Mia and Adam, even long after the movie's release too. Anways I devoured this book in just one sitting and I could not stop shedding buckets load of tears for Mia. I mean who does good people like Mia's parents and her brother has to die so tragically? I instantly started hating the author for putting Mia on such a challenging decision of her life.Mia is a mature and understanding teenager irrespective of her age, the kind of teenager who is introvert and hides behind her cello and does not mind on not being too socially upfront. But this Mia falls for the cutest boy from her school, Adam. Adam, too irrespective of his boy-band kind of image, is a loving and caring guy who falls for Mia the moment he laid his eyes on her while she was practicing on her cello. And from this unusual couple's love story, it reminded me of the saying Opposites Attract!Mia's best friend, Kim, is the kind of best friend that you will wish that you had in your life whop in the right moment says something that can change your take on life. The friend who will not leave your side no matter what. Mia's parents are the gem of this book. They are gem of this novel- loving, cool, modern, casual and totally rocking with an equally rocking son. They give the best advice to their teenage daughter, gives her enough freedom and has fought hard to make their daughter's dream of becoming a cellist comes true. Hard-working yet easy-going, I would say! Mia's other relatives are also quite well-developed and rest of the supporting cast are really strong.The writing of the author is extremely beautiful yet thoroughly sad, the kind of sad which is hard to recover from even after the end of the story. The narrative is equally poignant and free-flowing and the story is narrated from Mia's POV as the story shifts from the present scene to the past when Mia was leading a normal teenage life with boyfriend drama, dreams of music, parents etc.The author has silently made her readers, especially to those who take their family for granted, change their outlook and made them respect their family. The value of family is really strong in this story and depicting how it is hard to live a normal life when you have no one to hold on to except your true love.Now let's move on to the movie review:Chloë Grace Moretz is a really talented actress despite of her young age. And she has gracefully and strikingly portrayed the character of Mia through her brilliant performance, in short, she gave justice of Mia's character. Jamie on the other hand, did a solid justice to his characterization of Adam both look wise as well as demeanor wise. But even after such beautiful performances, I would like to stick with the book as the story there has much more depth and pain, and I seriously loved the book better than the movie. And I would watch the movie only for Chloe's performance because she is definitely my favorite actress.This is the kind of book which, if read more than once, will induce the readers with the same amount of pain and grief just like the first time. This is a totally compelling and agonizing yet fascinating story.Definitely watch the movie, If I Stay, if you have loved reading this book.

I gave 5/5, It's an amazing book that shows what love really means.The plot is amazing, when I saw it on Amazon, I freaked out, I absolutely bought it.I loved every single chapter of the book, the fact that she knew what was happening even if she was in a coma , was amazing.And the most important thing i liked was the friendship. I saw her friends being preoccuped , hurted for her, but now they are her family, that's all that she has. Unfortunately the last book ruins this beautiful romance. But this book is amazing , BUY IT.

I went into this story completely blind. I didn't even read the synopsis or watched any of the trailers for the movie... how good am I? lol. All I knew of this book was that there was a whole lot of hype surrounding it and a few of my friends had read it and expressed their love for it. So in I dived, totally unprepared for what was I letting myself in for."If I Stay" was like nothing I had ever read before. It was so unique and so beautiful. I laughed. I cried. Sometimes I laughed and cried at the same time and sometimes I cried real, ugly, gut wrenching tears. This is a story that I will never forget.Mia had a wonderful life. She had an amazing family, a gorgeous boyfriend and a promising future ahead of her. Life was good until one snowy day everything changed. As tragedy struck, Mia's life would never be the same again. Everything she had known was gone and she was left with one choice. The most difficult and heart wrenching choice she would ever have to make."If I Stay" was beautifully written and was told entirely from Mia's POV and as the story progressesd and Mia was contemplated her decision, I was given flashbacks chronicling her life. I got to know the most important people in Mia's life and all of her memorable events. I was truly lost in this story, it captivated me from the first page. For those few hours of reading, I was in Mia's life, watching it all play out through Mia's eyes.It was impossible not to love every single one of the characters in this story. Firstly there was Mia. Mia wasn't just a normal seventeen year old girl. Yes, she had the normal teenage problems, she felt the same fears and anxieties as I'm sure every teenager deals with but there was something special about her. I couldn't put my finger on what it was, maybe it was because she just didn't realize how special she was. Mia was a joy to know.I loved Mia's parents. They were so cool. They were the kind of parents that every teenager would want. Mia's brother "Teddy" was just adorable and I loved his relationship with Mia. I also loved the grandparents who played a big part in her life. There was one particular scene with Mia and her grandfather that just broke my heart. Have the tissues ready for that part!I loved reading the delightful banter between all of the family members. It was easy to imagine how happy this family were and how close they were. Mia's family was so loving and shared a strong bond. You could feel the love pouring from the pages.Of course, I cannot forget Adam who was just so sweet. Together Mia and Adam shared such a special relationship. Reading all of their tender moments was such a pleasure.I loved every single thing about this book. I cannot recommend it enough. It is a must read and now I cannot wait for the film. I'm sure there will be tears!"If I Stay" is the first book in the series and although it doesn't end in a cliffhanger I felt that I was left with a huge amount of questions that I needed answering so I am off to read the next book.