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starr27's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Cursing
Moderate: Drug use, Sexual content, Grief, and Alcohol
Minor: Child death, Death, Homophobia, Car accident, and Death of parent
elliott_the_clementine's review against another edition
- 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: Child death, Drug use, Mental illness, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, and Alcohol
Moderate: Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment
Minor: Homophobia
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: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, and Grief
Minor: Sexual content
bailsoutbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.0
Moderate: Death and Drug use
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: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, and Grief
psliz's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Drug use, Grief, and Alcohol
Minor: Child death, Death, Car accident, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
samg01's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Car accident, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Stalking
abigail_af's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Minor: Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Abandonment
kelly_e's review against another edition
- 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: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Self harm
mlleelora's review
- 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: Addiction, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Death of parent
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts