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Jan 17, 2017TEENREVIEWCREW rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
If I Stay was new and fresh but dragged on despite its short amount of pages and to say the least; confusing. In a sea of teen novels where there's a terrible society and needs to be fixed by one individual, this novel delves into the life of a young girl who got into a car crash, goes through a coma and for reminisces on the people she loves. Although the writing was superb and the storyline was original, it didn't quite sit with me right that the protagonist, Mia Hills story, centres around her career and wanting to stay with her boyfriend. It's unclear to me as to why she would put her boyfriend over her future successful career. It leaves a sour taste in my mouth that this young woman gets into a horrific incident and her two options have to be if she wants to be a professional cellist or follow her boyfriend around while he gets to perform and live his musical endeavour. I also wish the story was solely more focused on her parents and her little brother, the ones who grew up with her and shared her blood. Incredible story, original and sweet but would have changed things around to make it less about her throwing her dreams away for a guy. @Moonlightbae of the Teen Review Board at the Hamilton Public Library If I stay by Forman Gayle is another teen novel. A very expressive story of a 17-year-old girl Mia Hall, who lost her family in a very tragic car accident. Before the accident Mia thought her life was normal, she had a cute little brother teddy and her loving parents and her boy friend. But one unfaithful snowy day the family went on a road trip leading to life changing incidents. The family met with a car accident killing her parents and her little brother talking away all her happiness as she is left in coma. The story then goes through her pain of losing loved ones as she decides if she should live and have the love of her boyfriend and her best friend or die and be with her family for what ever that comes next. The story continues to revolve around her decision if she stays she will enjoy life but there is a chance of a not so bright future and she will have to live with the memories of the tragic accident but if she leaves she will miss out on everything in life and the loved ones that she still has her best friend, Kim and her boyfriend. I’m totally in love with this book it has a emotional roller coaster and goes over the honesty of life that life is a huge struggle and your going to have to fight back with it. I would rate this book a 5 out of 5 and would recommend to other teens it’s a very heart touching tale. @Bookalicious of the Hamilton Public Library's Teen Review Board After a horrible car crash, seventeen-year-old Mia is stuck in a coma and is hovering around the hospital she’s staying in. Although her physical body is in critical condition and is unconscious, Mia is still very conscious in her spirit form. Mia eventually finds out that during the icy accident no one from her family survived. She now has the choice to either give up or to try to live once again. And that choice is made even harder when Mia’s boyfriend comes in to tell her why she should stay. This was a very emotional novel that would impact readers on a personal level. It explored an interesting concept of being trapped in between life and death. Although at first many of us would choose to live, we get to explore Mia’s past and current circumstances to see it from another perspective. Although I did come for the romance, I was pleasantly surprised with something much more that I absolutely loved reading. Rating:5/5 @Iron_Rose of the Hamilton Public Library Teen Review Board