She realizes that the choice between life and death is in her hands. If i stay is a 2014 american teen romantic drama film directed by r. Music is a huge part of mia, adam her boyfriend, and her parents lives and plays a big part in their world. I loved the book but i was irritated with the ending. Important scenes and supporting characters taken out, a change in. Just listen adam says with a voice that sounds like shrapnel. Get your copy of if i stay book pdf before the movie comes out. If i stay is a very emotional book, and i did not know what to expect going into reading it.
With chloe grace moretz, mireille enos, jamie blackley, joshua leonard. Dont get me wrong, if i stay is a good book, but it takes a really patient person to really be invested in it and im not a very patient person. In followup where she went, she and adam reunite in new york city three years later, where mias juilliard successes are shadowed by her painful past, and nowsuccessful rocker adams still not over the girl who was his muse. For mia, the day started like any other, surrounded by a loving family, an adoring boyfriend, and a bright future filled with music and infinite possibilities. Review of if i stay and where she went by gayle forman. If i stay is a tearjerker that will illicit emotions about things buried deep inside you. It gives you a whole twentyfour hours of free time to build snowmen, sled down hills, and make snow angels.
Mia is a seventeen year old girl caught in limbo when the car carrying her and her family is involved in a fatal crash. She is the author of eight books, including the sequel to if i stay, called where she went. In gayle formans powerful novel if i stay, adam wilde is an 18yearold aspiring musician begging the books protagonist his comatose girlfriend mia hall to stay alive after a car crash that killed the rest of her immediate family. I personally like the book version better because i felt that killing him after being perceived as fine was a bit too harsh. Although if i stay was a quick read, it wasnt necessarily an easy one. Aug 26, 2014 if you go into this book expecting not to cry, you are a fool. The book ends with mia waking up, and we dont even get to see how she reacts.
Picking up several years after the dramatic conclusion of if i stay, where she went continues the story of adam and mia, from adams point of view. If you actually watch this movie and dont cry, you have no soul. Mia hall is the female protagonist in the book if i stay. The last time i read a book at the end of a 24 hour readathon it was a fun read but nothing mind blowing. Secondly, many critics strongly disliked the ending as it did appear as.
The story follows one day in the life of seventeenyearold mia, who has been critically injured in an accident that took the lives of her parents and younger brother. Jan 21, 2014 so in my never ending battle to listen to my book add i read the book if i stay by gayle forman. I can lose you like that, if i dont lose you today. Will she stay with adam, or will she go to juilliard. For example, the book is a bit confusing because mia starts to recall stories that happen in the past for. We saw her consciousness maybe, im confused going through stages of her life.
Mia is a gifted cellist from oregon, from a family of punkists. Jul 10, 2010 i loved the book but i was irritated with the ending. Stuck between dead and alive, she discovers she can observe her gathering relatives, and learns that all the other members of her family have died except her. Oct, 2014 gayle forman, if i stay people think i like chick flicks, and i always have good excuses for reading books that are apparently, chick flicks. Mias primary conflictwhether to stay alive or join her family in deathspeaks to the unassailable connection she has to her parents and brother. Both the book and the movie take you on a torturous journey into mias past to show her backstory, and then continue reading if i stay movie vs book. We find out what both characters have been up to since the end of if i stay and what happens to make them cross paths in new york city.
Find the books you want all in one place and at prices youll love. Overall, i loved if i stay, this devastating romance novel held my interest from the beginning to the end. Written by gayle forman, if i stay was published in 2009. As mia has an outofbody experience that enables her to observe all that is happening around her, she reflects on her. She is able to make this decision while in an outofbody experience, in which she can see everything that is happening around her regarding her care in the hospital, but cannot interact with. The connection that slowly builds between david and jamie. Mias mom decides to take the day off from her job at a travel agency in order to spend the day with the rest of her family. And when im getting to the stage of needing to prop my eyes open with toothpicks, i choose books that i think will be a quick, easy read. Perhaps his band should cover the classic lisa loeb hit lisa loeb would be a little too on point, so instead, adam plays a yoyo ma track called andante con moto e poco rubato, which is a movement from a classical piece. If i stay is the first book in the series and i ended up giving it 3 stars. Im going to be all english teachery and help lead you to. There are so many words i could use to describe this story.
The book basically alternates between mias outofbody viewpoint and flashbacks of her life, kind of like her life is flashing before her eyes. Apr 21, 2014 ending of if i stay sara apr 21, 2014 10. But if you wanted to know what i did intend, well im not going to tell you. The next part i disliked about the movie was the ending. The book is called if i stay, and everyone wants mia to stay, including adam, who explicitly says stay 17. You would definitely enjoy it more than i did if youre a patient person.
What happens in the end of the book if i stay by gayle forman. All in all, the movie adaptation of if i stay positively reflects the book. I just think that funerals are a lot like death itself. The film will either end it the way the book does, where she awakens and you know shes made her choice, or theyll. Okay, i wasnt trying to be all maddening and vague with the ending of the book and i dig that people come away with different interpretations than i intended. And when im getting to the stage of needing to prop my. At its core, if i stay is predicated on one decision. If i stay contains teen romance, the importance of family, and highlights the way people bond in tragic situations. A special anniversary edition of gayle formans breakout bestseller, if i stay, in a brand new look and with an exclusive new prequel. Ever since mias decision to stay but not with him adams career has been on a wonderful trajectory. When her best friend, meg, commits suicide by drinking a bottle of industrialstrength cleaner alone in a motel room, cody is understandably shocked and devastated. Although the book was a great read, it wasnt exactly perfect. If i stay is heartbreaking and heartwarming at the same time. Producers often use a book as a springboard for a movie idea or to earn a specific rating.
Pdf if i stay by gayle forman read online book download online. But when mia gets a snow day in if i stay say this next part in your best hollywood movie trailer voiceit. From the love story to the happy yet deceiving ending, this film is made tor a younger audience. The story starts up three years later and is told from adam wildes point of view. Get the entire if i stay litchart as a printable pdf. Seventeenyearold mia hall lives in a small town in oregon with her mom kat, dad denny, and eightyearold brother, teddy. The parnormal effect in this book was perfect, she was an apparition standing in the whole time looking over her life from the outside looking in.
Because if stay is a romantic movie teen movie it will ave everything a tween girl would drool about. As mia has an outofbody experience that enables her to observe all that is. Seventeenyearold mia is faced with some tough ones stay true to her first lovemdashmusicmdasheven if it means losing her boyfriend and leaving her family. Litcharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in if i stay, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work. Dec 08, 2016 all in all, the movie adaptation of if i stay positively reflects the book. I stay, based on the weepy young adult novel about a teenage girl trapped in an ethereal realm.
Where she went picks up more than three years later and switches the perspective from mia to adam, now a. In the movie if i stay 2014, mia got in car accident with her family. Firstly, the movies ending was a departure from the book, where it is heavily implied she got in, but not categorically stated although a sequel was released sometime later proving she did in fact live. You can have your wishes, your plans, but at the end of the day, its out of your control. She was in a coma and heard everything but was unable to do anything. Perhaps his band should cover the classic lisa loeb hit. We offer the pdf if you have not yet read the book as yet. I had a hard time connecting with the first book but this book being told from adams pov was captivating. Im pretty sure she does i just want to double check. Jul 28, 2016 if i stay is definitely a quick read and you keep turning pages because you want to know more about the characters and you are concerned about the final choice of mia, the ultimate decision that she will take at the end.
I am very very late in reading this book as all the hype was last year. Its her choice, just like the title of the book, if i stay. This novel will stay with me for a long, long time. The story follows 17yearold mia hall as she deals with the aftermath of a catastrophic car accident involving her family. It tells the story of mia, a girl whose entire family is wiped out in a horrible car accident.
Cutler a perfect candidate, the september issue from gayle formans novel, hews largely to the same formula as the fault in our stars. If you go into this book expecting not to cry, you are a fool. Its a testimony to the beauty of family and friendship that moved me as a mother, as a daughter, and as friend. At the end of the movie adam sings mia a song, while in the book he tells her that as long as she stays he would do whatever she wanted him to do. She had to decide whether to go with her family she lost or stay with the ones left be hide. If i stay is a young adult novel by gayle forman published in 2009. The question and answer section for if i stay is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel. Overall, i did enjoy if i stay, but it isnt a great book by any means.
Because of this, a movie may differ from the novel. Mia is the only member of her family to survive, and she finds herself in a coma. During an outofbody experience, she must decide whether to wake up and live a life far different than. Learn more about if i stay with a detailed plot summary and plot diagram. Whether you want to see the movie or read the book, i would highly suggest it. I think it was emotional most of the times, but at times i had a hard time relating with the characters.
Her mother, kat, and her father, denny, were very young when they had her, but denny said i dont like calling her girlfriend. The film stars chloe grace moretz, mireille enos, jamie blackley, joshua leonard, stacy keach, and aisha hinds. The book is told from mias point of view as she decides if she is going to choose to stay after her family is in a horrific car accident. I wont tell you how the book ends, but be sure to have some kleenex. And since it was an open ending, do you guys think mia and adam will continue their relationship or will mia decide to erase adam completely from her life as she is devastated from the outcome of the accident. I mean, it takes real talent to really think outside the box like the author has. This book is five feet apart meets if i stay so there is zero chance that you wont be sobbing at some or many points. Apr 06, 2020 the second book in the series is where she went. The power of family bonds is the most prevalent theme in if i stay. If i stay if i stay librarian note an alternate cover for this edition can be found here. Secondly, many critics strongly disliked the ending as it did appear as if she was comparing death with juilliard. A comparison between the book and movie the central. On one snowy morning, school is cancelled, leaving mia and teddy, as well as their father, an english teacher, with the day off. Life changes in an instant for young mia hall after a car accident puts her in a coma.
Schools out forever chapter 1, page 11this is an example of foreshadowing in the novel. Cutler and based on the 2009 novel of the same name by gayle forman. Most of the time, theres a huge difference between a book and a movie. Aug 19, 2014 a horrific road accident leaves a teenage girl trapped between life and death in if i stay, a lifeflashingbeforehereyes melodrama that similarly hovers in a weird limbo between. However, given that the concept was so powerful, it could have been executed properly.
At the end of if i stay, highlight white area to show spoiler mia chooses life, rededicating herself to her art. Heres an indepth analysis of the most important parts, in an easytounderstand format. Life changes in an instant for young mia hall after a car accident puts her. The words are lyrics from alice coopers iconic song, schools out for summer, they are also ironic here, as mias father, a school teacher, and his son, an elementary school student, will be killed that morning in a car accident. Sep 24, 2014 at the end of if i stay, highlight white area to show spoiler mia chooses life, rededicating herself to her art. Up until the very end i couldnt decide what i hoped mia would do.
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