A review by howifeelaboutbooks
If I Stay by Gayle Forman

5.0

Style-wise, I'd compare this book to Alice Sebold's The Lovely Bones, but it's about a million times better. Mia is in a wreck with her immediate family, and leaves her body to see everything around her. She sees the friends and relatives who come to visit her, she relives past moments, and thinks what her future would be like if she lives. That's the key to this book - Mia knows she has the choice to fight for life, or to give in to death. It's so heart-wrenching without being overly sentimental, but I admit - I bawled like a baby in many parts. It's just extremely well-done, and I recommend it highly.