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altalana's review against another edition
5.0
Such an amazing sequel! If you thought that If I Stay was a great novel and haven't read the sequel, then get your hands on Where She Went right now! Where She Went really was an emotional roller coaster for me. Yes, it's that good!
Of course, after the accident that Mia experienced, we all know that it's not going to be easy sailing right away. She had to go through therapies and rehab, which isn't just tough on her, but also on her grandparents and Adam. With Mia and Julliard, and Adam and his band, and everything else in between, it isn't a surprise that Mia and Adam don't stay together. What's surprising is how sudden their break up is. Just like that, Mia just stops the relationship. No connections with one another, no acknowledging that they had a relationship, as if they hadn't been a couple in the first place. That's what hits me first. They both seemed as if they loved each other deeply, yet it just ends without a word (*tear tear*). No relationship that strong should end like that!
Adam, at first, wasn't happy about the idea that everything just suddenly stop. Wouldn't anybody? From there, he transferred his anger to lyrics, which is what made him and his band become so famous, and you can say he copes with the break up. After three years, both Adam and Mia are at the big leagues. She a cello prodigy, and he an award-winning artist. After all they've achieved and what had happened between them, they wouldn't think that they would ever come across one another again. But as fate brings them together for one more night, the loss of three years still lingers, so their reunion isn't exactly a comfortable one. As they spend their last night in New York together, you can feel the supposed unhappy ending in the air (*more tears*). With both their rising fame and busy schedules, there seemed to be no way that they would be back together. But as they reopen themselves to the truth and the past, you can't help but cheer on for both of them and understand both situations, and hope for the best for them both.
There are not enough words to describe how breathtaking Where She Went is, how beautiful it was when Adam and Mia fell in love again, how amazing Gayle Forman's storytelling is. Forman is definitely one of my all-time favorite authors after reading this novel. It's going to be tough finding another novel for a while that will top this one. Where She Went definitely deserves 5 stars and I have a feeling that I am going to be rereading it over and over again for the next week.
Of course, after the accident that Mia experienced, we all know that it's not going to be easy sailing right away. She had to go through therapies and rehab, which isn't just tough on her, but also on her grandparents and Adam. With Mia and Julliard, and Adam and his band, and everything else in between, it isn't a surprise that Mia and Adam don't stay together. What's surprising is how sudden their break up is. Just like that, Mia just stops the relationship. No connections with one another, no acknowledging that they had a relationship, as if they hadn't been a couple in the first place. That's what hits me first. They both seemed as if they loved each other deeply, yet it just ends without a word (*tear tear*). No relationship that strong should end like that!
Adam, at first, wasn't happy about the idea that everything just suddenly stop. Wouldn't anybody? From there, he transferred his anger to lyrics, which is what made him and his band become so famous, and you can say he copes with the break up. After three years, both Adam and Mia are at the big leagues. She a cello prodigy, and he an award-winning artist. After all they've achieved and what had happened between them, they wouldn't think that they would ever come across one another again. But as fate brings them together for one more night, the loss of three years still lingers, so their reunion isn't exactly a comfortable one. As they spend their last night in New York together, you can feel the supposed unhappy ending in the air (*more tears*). With both their rising fame and busy schedules, there seemed to be no way that they would be back together. But as they reopen themselves to the truth and the past, you can't help but cheer on for both of them and understand both situations, and hope for the best for them both.
There are not enough words to describe how breathtaking Where She Went is, how beautiful it was when Adam and Mia fell in love again, how amazing Gayle Forman's storytelling is. Forman is definitely one of my all-time favorite authors after reading this novel. It's going to be tough finding another novel for a while that will top this one. Where She Went definitely deserves 5 stars and I have a feeling that I am going to be rereading it over and over again for the next week.
mattsmi16's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
aixahv3858's review against another edition
4.0
En 12 horas he leído el primer libro, he visto la película y he, literalmente, devorado el segundo libro. Me moría de ganas por saber que iba a pasar entre Mia y Adam, no he podido contenerme!!!! Me ha parecido una historia de amor preciosa y para mí es la mejor continuación que podrían haberle dado a 'Si decido quedarme'. ¡Que ganas de que pase un poco de tiempo para releerlos porque me han encantado!
gothiclibrarian's review against another edition
5.0
I read the first book If I Stay about a month ago (read my review of it here) and it was amazing and super intense. I cried so hard that I couldn't bring myself to read the sequel right away. But once I finally sat down with it I was floored. I haven't been able to get it out of my head for days.
Where She Went is told from the perspective of Adam, and he's a very different person from when we saw him last. My heart broke repeatedly for him. I couldn't believe that it was the same character. I loved Adam in the first book, he was my favorite character. But I just couldn't get over the change. He was so unhappy.
I didn't really know how I felt about Mia in the first novel, but circumstances being what they were, you can't really hate the girl and feel like a good person. Yet, in this novel I hated her. She comes across as incredibly selfish, passive-aggressive and cruel. It takes almost the entire novel before you figure out why she and Adam aren't together anymore, and I'm sorry but those reasons just don't work for me. They're very petulant and frankly, ironic, for a girl complaining about free passes and entitlement. I kind of wanted to smack her and tell her to shut up.
Surprisingly, I did like the novel, and Adam captured my heart yet again. As much as I feel for him and am appalled at what he became, he made the novel worthwhile. The pacing of the novel is great and I suppose you could read it on it's own, without getting lost, although I do believe that reading the pair would be best. Another benefit is that it is a fairly quick read and even though parts of it were sad, I wasn't the sobbing mess that I was when I was in the midst of If I Stay. Which everyone is happy about.
Where She Went is told from the perspective of Adam, and he's a very different person from when we saw him last. My heart broke repeatedly for him. I couldn't believe that it was the same character. I loved Adam in the first book, he was my favorite character. But I just couldn't get over the change. He was so unhappy.
I didn't really know how I felt about Mia in the first novel, but circumstances being what they were, you can't really hate the girl and feel like a good person. Yet, in this novel I hated her. She comes across as incredibly selfish, passive-aggressive and cruel. It takes almost the entire novel before you figure out why she and Adam aren't together anymore, and I'm sorry but those reasons just don't work for me. They're very petulant and frankly, ironic, for a girl complaining about free passes and entitlement. I kind of wanted to smack her and tell her to shut up.
Surprisingly, I did like the novel, and Adam captured my heart yet again. As much as I feel for him and am appalled at what he became, he made the novel worthwhile. The pacing of the novel is great and I suppose you could read it on it's own, without getting lost, although I do believe that reading the pair would be best. Another benefit is that it is a fairly quick read and even though parts of it were sad, I wasn't the sobbing mess that I was when I was in the midst of If I Stay. Which everyone is happy about.
wilde91's review against another edition
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
mollypowley's review against another edition
3.0
This Duology wasn’t my favourite but was still readable and some parts I really did like! I liked the flip to past and present
saramhiatt2's review against another edition
3.0
3 ⭐️ - I enjoyed this more than the first book, but JESUS.
“I wanna push her up against this building and hear her bones rattle. I wanna feel her flesh give underneath my hip. I wanna rip her head back and expose her neck. I wanna make her cry and lick away her tears.”
Um…sir. She’s your ex girlfriend who lost her entire family in a car accident. You haven’t spoken to her in several years. You just yanked her off of a train because you had a panic attack and thought people were staring at you (he’s a famous musician) and you yelled at her and told her to shut up and to tell you where she’s taking you because “there’s been enough fucking secrets.”
ALPHAHOLE, much?! I literally stopped what I was doing to listen and went “what the actual fuck is your problem?!”
And at the end of the book - “I let her hold me until I regained my Y-chromosome.” Like…..crying for the first time in three years is the worst thing that could ever happen to you? That it emasculates you to have feelings?
Just….lots of ick in this.
Also - still think there’s a lot of weird word choices for a YA book. ESPECIALLY in the first one or two chapters. Again, with the “churlish.”
“I wanna push her up against this building and hear her bones rattle. I wanna feel her flesh give underneath my hip. I wanna rip her head back and expose her neck. I wanna make her cry and lick away her tears.”
Um…sir. She’s your ex girlfriend who lost her entire family in a car accident. You haven’t spoken to her in several years. You just yanked her off of a train because you had a panic attack and thought people were staring at you (he’s a famous musician) and you yelled at her and told her to shut up and to tell you where she’s taking you because “there’s been enough fucking secrets.”
ALPHAHOLE, much?! I literally stopped what I was doing to listen and went “what the actual fuck is your problem?!”
And at the end of the book - “I let her hold me until I regained my Y-chromosome.” Like…..crying for the first time in three years is the worst thing that could ever happen to you? That it emasculates you to have feelings?
Just….lots of ick in this.
Also - still think there’s a lot of weird word choices for a YA book. ESPECIALLY in the first one or two chapters. Again, with the “churlish.”
siljemandersen's review against another edition
5.0
Holy freaking god.
Is it bad that I like this book better than If I stay? Because I do.
I guess I knew before I even opened the book that it was going to ruin me; and I was right.
About 40 pages in, my lip startes to tremble and my eyes to water. 10 more pages and i was full on sobbing.
Is it bad that I like this book better than If I stay? Because I do.
I guess I knew before I even opened the book that it was going to ruin me; and I was right.
About 40 pages in, my lip startes to tremble and my eyes to water. 10 more pages and i was full on sobbing.
elysehdez19's review against another edition
5.0
Tuve un trago muy amargo con el final de If I Stay; pero en esta segunda parte olvide eso y disfrute mucho del libro. Me hizo casi llorar porque, aunque el primero nos muestra una verdadera tragedia, en Lo Que Fue De Ella tenemos muchos momentos muy emotivos que nos tocan el corazón, fue perfecto!! Y su final... Mejor construido.
kim_j_dare's review against another edition
4.0
While this is a 3-years-later sequel to [b:If I Stay|4374400|If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)|Gayle Forman|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1221604709s/4374400.jpg|4422413], it stands alone nicely, and has much more guy appeal as it follows Adam's journey through anger and isolation to what's on the other side (namely, Mia). Teens with a strong interest in music, especially, will enjoy Adam's perspective on the darker side of life as a rockstar. Things wrap up a little too neatly at the end, but otherwise, the story will draw readers right in and keep them hooked.