Gayle Forman's If I Stay

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PERSONAL RESPONSE:

I really enjoyed If I Stay by Gayle Forman, because It’s a story about a girl going through hard times and who just experienced an car crash with her family and is stuck in a out of body experience while in a coma. Each chapter in the book lead me to want to read more and never put it down to figure out whether or not Mia is going to stay or give up.I like how the author made the book in Mias perspective and made it feel like that is how someone would really think if they were able to see everything while in reality at a hospital unable to wake up because she is in a coma. I also like how the author shows how Mia is feeling about her parent’s death from the car crash and how she reacts to seeing her brother barely holding on. I absolutely loved how the book made me think to myself on …show more content…

It is also where Mia realizes just how much Adam loves her and needs her.

THEMATIC CONNECTION:

There are many themes in If I Stay, The main one is the choice of life and death. Mia is faced with the decision on after being in a car crash with her family and everyone dying but her if she wants to end it all and be with them or if she wants to stay with the other part of her family that is still alive and loves her and needs her. This is evident when Teddy dies and all she wants to do is give up. This is also evident when Adam begs her to stay and holds her making Mia realize to stay.

RECOMMENDATION:

I would recommend this book to anyone from a freshman in high school to beyond, because in order to understand fully what Mia is going through there needs to be a more mature reader. Both males and females would enjoy this book, because it is a story about a girl who just lost everything she loved and cared for and has to decide for herself with no help is she wants to stay or

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