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elliott_the_clementine's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Car accident, Medical trauma, Child death, Death of parent, Mental illness, Drug use, Grief, Medical content, and Alcohol
Moderate: Drug abuse, Abandonment, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Homophobia
wiktoria_bojda's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Grief, Drug abuse, Mental illness, and Addiction
Minor: Car accident and Death of parent
justagirlwithbooks's review against another edition
4.0
"Hate me. Devastate me. Annihilate me. Re-create me. Re-create me. Won't you, won't you won't you re-create me."
Graphic: Mental illness, Drug use, Drug abuse, Grief, and Addiction
Minor: Sexual content
emilybelger's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Moderate: Grief, Addiction, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug use, and Drug abuse
kelly_e's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Author: Gayle Forman
Series: If I Stay, #2
Genre: YA
Rating: 3.0
Pub Date: April 5, 2011
T H R E E • W O R D S
Emotional • Raw • Beautiful
📖 S Y N O P S I S
Fast-forward three years since the devastating accident, Mia and Adam are living on opposite coasts. She a rising star at Julliard, he settling into new rock star status. With Adam in New York, they are brought together for one night, revisiting the past and opening their hearts to the future.
💭 T H O U G H T S
Where She Went is a solid continuation of the love story first started in If I Stay. I appreciated this one being from Adam's perspective. Forman's writing is so in depth I really felt like I was inside Adam's mind. I'll admit rekindled love stories aren't always my cup of tea, but getting some of the backstory allowed for seeing some huge growth in the characters, and the dialogue felt so authentic. The musical aspect also added a little something extra to the experience, as did that extras at the end of the book. Overall, a little too predictable for my liking.
📚 R E C O M M E N D • T O
• those who enjoyed If I Stay
• fans of Sarah Dessen
🔖 F A V O U R I T E • Q U O T E S
"'It would've been easier to die. It's not that I want to be dead now. I don't. I have a lot in my life that I get satisfaction from, that I love. But some days, especially in the beginning, it was so hard. And I couldn't help but think that it would've been so much simpler to go with the rest of them.
*Bonus material*
"Happy Birthday"
Prepare for Landing, Track 4
Another day, another year
To light the candles, without you here
It's still the day that you were born
She says we laugh as we mourn
Nothing, she tells me, is ever really gone
Not you, not me, not him, it all just rolls along
An object never disappears without any trace
In its absence, there still exists a kind of negative space
Fill it up, she says, with love, with song, with candles on a cake
Light the darkness, take my hand, it will all be okay
So happy birthday, happy birthday, happy birthday, we sing
Then plunge our fingers into cake with neon sweet frosting
Hand slick with sugar icing, we feed each other cake
Like a wedding we'll have someday, the family we create
Nothing, she tells me, is ever really gone
Not you, not me, not them, so long as we carry on
So light a candle, take a breath, blow deep now, blow strong
Because after darkness, there always comes a dawn
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Drug use, Drug abuse, Death, and Self harm
mlleelora's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, Medical trauma, Child death, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Addiction, and Mental illness
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
regalreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Infidelity, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Mental illness
Minor: Car accident, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Self harm, and Sexual content