Then one February morning Mia goes for a drive with her family, and in an instant, everything changes. Suddenly, all the choices are gone, except one. And it's the only one that matters.
If I Stay is a heartachingly beautiful book about the power of love, the true meaning of family, and the choices we all make.
(SPOILERS BE AHEAD MATEYS)This audiobook was really good, like The Fault in Our Stars good. I teared up at the end.
We are introduced to a teenager, Mia, who is in some sort of limbo after a horrific car crash that has killed both her parents and her younger brother Teddy. She is grappling with her choice to join them in “afterlife” or to stay and continue her own life.
The narrative is told throughout a 24-hour period of the car crash up to the point when Mia makes her decision while in limbo. Throughout we get the story of her family, her first love Adam, her best friend Kim, her struggles with the cello, and her love of classical music told in a flashback style. The stories of the past help us, the reader, understand why this choice is a tough one.
The narrator was, of course, amazing and I could feel tears welling up in her as they did with me, especially after learning Teddy had died and then again with Adam’s heartfelt speech at the very end.
Even occasionally throughout the story there was cello music in the background which was strange, but also rather nice.
I don’t know how to exactly classify this story. It’s not really a love story or a problem teen story. I guess the best description would be realistic fiction? This book is for your Fault in Our Stars fans most definitely. It should also be of note that there is a movie based on this book coming out sometime later this year so young adult librarians need to start stacking up their copies now.
21 titles down, 29 more to go! Close to the halfway point.
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