Beautifully Written

The paragraph below is a comment I found on goodreads by Heather, describing the book If I Stay by Gayle Forman. I can’t say my likeness for the book is as strong as hers but I can say her description is beautiful. I can’t help but read it over and over. I wrote her an email to tell her how much I liked it lol!

"In art, the brightest colors appear beside the darkest of lines and in this book, the most endearing, tender and happy moments are surrounded by grief so palpable, that you will laugh through your tears and sob with a smile. It is filled with happiness and sorrow, laughter and tears, birth and death, love and loss. By writing a book filled with parallels, Forman proves that life has no opposite and thus leaves readers with an overwhelming since of joy and hope despite tears and grief that they are bound to feel."

If I Stay by Gayle Forman

I just finished reading If I Stay by Gayle Forman. It’s an easy to read, 200 page book, written from the perspective of a 17 year old girl, Mia, who has just experienced a horrible accident. She is taken to the hospital and continues her out of body experience there. Each chapter switches back and forth from the past to present and focuses on family, friends and life’s choices. This book is filled with several parallels that keep you intrigued and turning the page. I look forward to reading the sequel, Where She Went. Goodreads (additional reviews)