If I Stay and Where She Went - Gayle Forman

At first when I started reading I thought to myself how could any good book only be 50 pages long? Later though as I found myself about 30 pages in and I could somehow not fathom how it suddenly started raining right over my head.

I've never really described myself as a crier but there is something about the way Mia can tell us everything she is thinking and no matter how illogical you would be there right next to her, rooting for her but really hoping  she makes the right choice

Where She Went

A few minutes into the book I couldn't quite get who's story we were hearing and then: 'What happened to Mia??" Where is the amazing girl I fell in love? But then I thought my opinions about Adam may be biased because I realise what he did. He gave me Mia, so how could he be so bad, and then further on I realise that he's not bad, he's not bad at all, he also lost a lot of things, things that weren't really his to lose in the first place but it still effects you the same. Then we read about Mia and I grab a hold of that hope I still have and I thrust it at the book and keep reading in utter desperation that I would find my fairytale.. and I do, they realise that life is hard and that's never gonna change but if you want to make things work you can and that sometimes things do come together in the end



And I love Kat and Denny. Probably the best parents ever :)



Love these quotes:

"Nobody had ever called me that before, and though I was automatically furious, deep down I was also flattered that I had elicited enough emotion to
be worthy of the name. People called Mom that a lot, probably because she had a hard time holding her tongue and could be brutally blunt when
she disagreed with you. She’d explode like a thunderstorm, and then be fine again. Anyhow, she didn’t care that people called her a bitch. “It’s just
another word for feminist,” she told me with pride. Even Dad called her that sometimes, but always in a jokey, complimentary way. Never during a
fight. He knew better."



“There are so many things that demand to be said. Where did you go? Do you ever think about me? You've ruined me. Are you okay? But of course, I can't say any of that.”


“You crossed the water, left me ashore
It killed me enough, but you wanted more
You blew up the bridge, a mad terrorist
Waved from your side, through me a kiss
I started to follow but realized too late
There was nothing but air underneath my feet"

Introducing.. Adam and Mia