Written from Adam's point of view!!! Hell Yes!!
I read Where She Went immediately after I was done with If I Stay. When I realized this is Adam narrating I was like
I read Where She Went immediately after I was done with If I Stay. When I realized this is Adam narrating I was like
When 'If I Stay' ended I was like, 'WHAT? But..?' And when 'Where She Went' began, I was even more like,
Seriously, after the accident, I didn't even assume for a moment that Adam and Mia won't be together. But it is that way.. O.o!
3 Years after the accident :
Adam is dating this celebrity who is 7 years older than him. Mia has gone to Juilliard and everyone there has recognized her as an otherworldly cellist. Both Adam and Mia have got professional success, with Adam having written the songs for his band that turned multi platinum and Mia being the outstanding talent that she is. You can see where the lyrics of Adam's songs were inspired from. *sobs*
Following Adam's narration, I couldn't help but hate Mia. This is so funny, because I loved her in If I stay. Anyways, I didn't like Mia in book 2. How could she dump Adam like that? Like, as if he was just a on-night stand? *Gosh, Mia, y u no more sensitive?,* I thought.
This book deals with emotional problems. Like If I Stay, this book too, is INTENSE!! Adam's pain, his grief, his hurt are all pouring out of the pages. You can actually feel his pain like your own. What Mia has done to him, how she's scarred him by taking herself away from him. How due to his grief, he leaves his band, loses touch with music, begins working. Thanks to Mia's bestie, Kim, Adam gets a reality check. And then he picks his guitar back up. Soon, he has written the most amazing songs ever. He returns to his band, and while that's not easy, they still take him back. Adam's songs gets them quite a few huge awards and thats how he gets famous, his band famous.
But all's not well with him and his band members. Soon, Adam is staying away from them but hasn't quit the band. And then, while our rock-star, emo-core Adam is in New York, he sees this poster of Mia, about her concert and - you guessed it- he decides to go. And then, there they meet. And spend this day together. Their last day together. It is this day that Adam gets his answers, why Mia let him go, why she never tried to contact him all those years after the accident. Adam gets all his answers and realizes it wasn't all Mia's fault.
Where she went is, just like it's prequel, an intense and beautiful read. This story stays with you for a long time after you've turned the last page. So, go and pick up the book, but not before you've read 'If I Stay'
Okay, lastly, a few quotes!!!
3 Years after the accident :
Adam is dating this celebrity who is 7 years older than him. Mia has gone to Juilliard and everyone there has recognized her as an otherworldly cellist. Both Adam and Mia have got professional success, with Adam having written the songs for his band that turned multi platinum and Mia being the outstanding talent that she is. You can see where the lyrics of Adam's songs were inspired from. *sobs*
Following Adam's narration, I couldn't help but hate Mia. This is so funny, because I loved her in If I stay. Anyways, I didn't like Mia in book 2. How could she dump Adam like that? Like, as if he was just a on-night stand? *Gosh, Mia, y u no more sensitive?,* I thought.
This book deals with emotional problems. Like If I Stay, this book too, is INTENSE!! Adam's pain, his grief, his hurt are all pouring out of the pages. You can actually feel his pain like your own. What Mia has done to him, how she's scarred him by taking herself away from him. How due to his grief, he leaves his band, loses touch with music, begins working. Thanks to Mia's bestie, Kim, Adam gets a reality check. And then he picks his guitar back up. Soon, he has written the most amazing songs ever. He returns to his band, and while that's not easy, they still take him back. Adam's songs gets them quite a few huge awards and thats how he gets famous, his band famous.
But all's not well with him and his band members. Soon, Adam is staying away from them but hasn't quit the band. And then, while our rock-star, emo-core Adam is in New York, he sees this poster of Mia, about her concert and - you guessed it- he decides to go. And then, there they meet. And spend this day together. Their last day together. It is this day that Adam gets his answers, why Mia let him go, why she never tried to contact him all those years after the accident. Adam gets all his answers and realizes it wasn't all Mia's fault.
Where she went is, just like it's prequel, an intense and beautiful read. This story stays with you for a long time after you've turned the last page. So, go and pick up the book, but not before you've read 'If I Stay'
Okay, lastly, a few quotes!!!
You're a total freak. But you're my freak
I get it now.
I have to make good on my promise. To let her go. To really let her go.
To let us both go.
You know, I thought about that a lot these last couple of years," She says in a choked voice. "About who was there for you. Who held your hand while you grieved for all that you'd lost?
But I'd do it again. I know that now. I'd make that promise a thousand times over and lose her a thousand times over to have heard her play last night or to see her in the morning sunlight. Or even without that. Just to know that she's somewhere out there. Alive.
Gayle Forman, I love you for this book and If I Stay!!!
I get it now.
I have to make good on my promise. To let her go. To really let her go.
To let us both go.
You know, I thought about that a lot these last couple of years," She says in a choked voice. "About who was there for you. Who held your hand while you grieved for all that you'd lost?
But I'd do it again. I know that now. I'd make that promise a thousand times over and lose her a thousand times over to have heard her play last night or to see her in the morning sunlight. Or even without that. Just to know that she's somewhere out there. Alive.
Gayle Forman, I love you for this book and If I Stay!!!
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