I wont tell you how the book ends, but be sure to have some kleenex. Secondly, many critics strongly disliked the ending as it did appear as. The book is called if i stay, and everyone wants mia to stay, including adam, who explicitly says stay 17. Willow entering the story is a blessing for adam, but ominous for mia. The story follows 17yearold mia hall as she deals with the aftermath of a catastrophic car accident involving her family. On one snowy morning, school is cancelled, leaving mia and teddy, as well as their father, an english teacher, with the day off. Gayle forman is an awardwinning, internationally bestselling author and journalist. Seventeenyearold mia is faced with some tough ones stay true to her first lovemdashmusicmdasheven if it means losing her boyfriend and leaving her family. Mias primary conflictwhether to stay alive or join her family in deathspeaks to the unassailable connection she has to her parents and brother. Her mother, kat, and her father, denny, were very young when they had her, but denny said i dont like calling her girlfriend. What happens in the end of the book if i stay by gayle forman. She is the author of just one day and just one year, and the companion enovella just one night, as well as the new york times bestsellers if i stay and where she went. She has to make a decision if she will choose to stay. Mia hall is the female protagonist in the book if i stay.
Okay, i wasnt trying to be all maddening and vague with the ending of the book and i dig that people come away with different interpretations than i intended. Important scenes and supporting characters taken out, a change in. Most of the time, theres a huge difference between a book and a movie. What happens in the end of the book if i stay by gayle. Just listen adam says with a voice that sounds like shrapnel. I mean, it takes real talent to really think outside the box like the author has. During an outofbody experience, she must decide whether to wake up and live a life far different than. See the complete if i stay series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles.
Because of this, a movie may differ from the novel. Life changes in an instant for young mia hall after a car accident puts her in a coma. In the movie if i stay 2014, mia got in car accident with her family. The film stars chloe grace moretz, mireille enos, jamie blackley, joshua leonard, stacy keach, and aisha hinds. For mia, this brings back all sorts of memories and visions for the future. Lisa loeb would be a little too on point, so instead, adam plays a yoyo ma track called andante con moto e poco rubato, which is a movement from a. Years later, shortly after his daughter was born, henry called our house one night in tears. Overall, i loved if i stay, this devastating romance novel held my interest from the beginning to the end. But the book gives more hints that she probably got in. If i stay is a 2014 american teen romantic drama film directed by r.
And since it was an open ending, do you guys think mia and adam will continue their relationship or will mia decide to erase adam completely from her life as she is devastated from the outcome of the accident. If i stay collection by gayle forman, paperback barnes. Firstly, the movies ending was a departure from the book, where it is heavily implied she got in, but not categorically stated although a sequel was released sometime later proving she did in fact live. After her audition the judges talked to her about how its been a long time since they had an oregon country girl and one judge actually clapped after her performance finished. When she wakes and has to deal with the overwhelming grief and the reality of never having these people in your life again. The book basically alternates between mias outofbody viewpoint and flashbacks of her life, kind of like her life is flashing before her eyes.
The last time i read a book at the end of a 24 hour readathon it was a fun read but nothing mind blowing. Cutler and based on the 2009 novel of the same name by gayle forman. This novel will stay with me for a long, long time. Although the book was a great read, it wasnt exactly perfect. But if you wanted to know what i did intend, well im not going to tell you. We find out what both characters have been up to since the end of if i s tay and what happens to make them cross paths in new york city. But then adam, now the dissatisfied front man of popular labased band collateral damage, stops over in new york city for one night before kicking off the european leg of his tour.
Teach your students to analyze literature like litcharts does. In the books final scene, adam places headphones over mias ears and plays a recording of yoyo ma, her favorite cellist. For seventeenyearold mia, surrounded by a wonderful family, friends and a gorgeous boyfriend decisions might seem tough, but theyre all about a future full of music and love, a future thats brimming with hope. Just listen, adam says with a voice that sounds like shrapnel. Its a testimony to the beauty of family and friendship that moved me as a mother, as a daughter, and as friend. Dec 08, 2016 the movie adaption of if i s tay has essentially the entire book in the movie, really only changing some minor details that really arent important. Oct 16, 2012 and for me, the book ended when mias story was just starting. I stay, based on the weepy young adult novel about a teenage girl trapped in an ethereal realm. Where she went picks up more than three years later and switches the perspective from mia to adam, now a.
I was talking to liz and she said maybe coming back to your old life would be too painful, that maybe itd be easier for you to erase us. Mar 24, 2009 the last time i read a book at the end of a 24 hour readathon it was a fun read but nothing mind blowing. Oct, 2014 gayle forman, if i stay people think i like chick flicks, and i always have good excuses for reading books that are apparently, chick flicks. If i stay is a heartachingly beautiful book about the power of love, the true meaning of family, and the choices we all make. It sayd that mia could hear adams words and she was lying in the hospital bed.
A comparison between the book and movie the central. Im pretty sure she does i just want to double check. Producers often use a book as a springboard for a movie idea or to earn a specific rating. Learn more about if i stay with a detailed plot summary and plot diagram. Secondly, many critics strongly disliked the ending as it did appear as if she was comparing death with juilliard. If i stay is a young adult novel by gayle forman published in 2009. Mia is the only member of her family to survive, and she finds herself in a coma. The book is told from mias point of view as she decides if she is going to choose to stay after her family is in a horrific car accident. Seventeenyearold mia hall lives in a small town in oregon with her mom kat, dad denny, and eightyearold brother, teddy. The truth was, i could no sooner quit cello cold turkey than i could stop breathing. Apr 21, 2014 the film will either end it the way the book does, where she awakens and you know shes made her choice, or theyll do an epilogue containing information provided by the sequel. For example, the book is a bit confusing because mia starts to recall stories that happen in the past for. Jul 10, 2010 i loved the book but i was irritated with the ending.
The story follows one day in the life of seventeenyearold mia, who has been critically injured in an accident that took the lives of her parents and younger brother. Sep 24, 2014 at the end of if i s tay, highlight white area to show spoiler mia chooses life, rededicating herself to her art. Apr 06, 2020 the second book in the series is where she went. According to goodreads, i first read this book in october of 2011. I am very very late in reading this book as all the hype was last year. He says if she stays, hell do whatever she wants, even move to new york. The power of family bonds is the most prevalent theme in if i stay.
In this novel tells about the girl, mia hall, who has out of body experience. Gayle forman was born on june 05, 1970, is married to. I read it again last august before the movie came out in theaters, and again last friday. Will she stay with adam, or will she go to juilliard. For example, the book is a bit confusing because mia starts to recall stories that happen in the past for so long that the reader starts to believe its the present. If i stay is a very emotional book, and i did not know what to expect going into reading it. I loved the book but i was irritated with the ending.
Perhaps his band should cover the classic lisa loeb hit lisa loeb would be a little too on point, so instead, adam plays a yoyo ma track called andante con moto e poco rubato, which is a movement from a classical piece. The film will either end it the way the book does, where she awakens and you know shes made her choice, or theyll do an epilogue containing information provided by the sequel. According to the novel, mias father but youre saying only her mother was mentioned as dead, so im not 100 %. If i stay ending of if i stay showing 126 of 26 goodreads. And when im getting to the stage of needing to prop my eyes open with toothpicks, i choose books that i think will be a quick, easy read. Although if i stay was a quick read, it wasnt necessarily an easy one. She feels a jolt of pain and realizes how painful staying. In the three years since the tragic accident mia barely survived in if i stay, she and high school exboyfriend adam have lived separate lives on opposite coasts. Because if stay is a romantic movie teen movie it will ave everything a tween girl would drool about. The if i stay book series by gayle forman includes books if i stay, where she went, and if i stay collection. To give explanation about the strengths and the weaknesses of if i stay novel. Jul 28, 2016 if i stay is definitely a quick read and you keep turning pages because you want to know more about the characters and you are concerned about the final choice of mia, the ultimate decision that she will take at the end.
In followup where she went, she and adam reunite in new york city three years later, where mias juilliard successes are shadowed by her painful past, and nowsuccessful rocker adams still not over the girl who was his muse. Summary in the hours after a devastating car accident, teen cellist mia hall must. I personally like the book version better because i felt that killing him after being perceived as fine was a bit too harsh. The story follows 17yearold mia hall as she deals with the aftermath of a catastrophic car. Review of if i stay and where she went by gayle forman. Detailed explanations, analysis, and citation info for every important quote on litcharts. Im going to be all english teachery and help lead you to. At the end of the movie adam sings mia a song, while in the book he tells her that as long as she stays he would do whatever she wanted him to do.
As mia has an outofbody experience that enables her to observe all that is happening around her, she reflects on her. Its her choice, just like the title of the book, if i stay. If i stay if i stay librarian note an alternate cover for this edition can be found here. From the love story to the happy yet deceiving ending, this film is made tor a younger audience. This book is five feet apart meets if i stay so there is zero chance that you wont be sobbing at some or many points. As mia has an outofbody experience that enables her to observe all that is. The question and answer section for if i stay is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel. Jan 21, 2014 so in my never ending battle to listen to my book add i read the book if i stay by gayle forman. The next part i disliked about the movie was the ending. The knowledge that she has to go back into her home one day and walk through the now empty rooms, empty of the people she loved, but still full of the smell. Sep 24, 2010 i just finished the book if i stay today and the end really confused me.
Perhaps his band should cover the classic lisa loeb hit. You can have your wishes, your plans, but at the end of the day, its out of your control. You see, willow was at the hospital where teddy is and, as mia notes, for. However, given that the concept was so powerful, it could have been executed properly. Life changes in an instant for young mia hall after a car accident puts her. We saw her consciousness maybe, im confused going through stages of her life. The film will either end it the way the book does, where she awakens and you know shes made her choice, or theyll do an epilogue containing. The story starts up three years later and is told from adam wildes point of view.
She realizes that the choice between life and death is in her hands. Instant downloads of all 1418 litchart pdfs including if i stay. Aug 19, 2014 a horrific road accident leaves a teenage girl trapped between life and death in if i stay, a lifeflashingbeforehereyes melodrama that similarly hovers in a weird limbo between. In gayle formans powerful novel if i stay, adam wilde is an 18yearold aspiring musician begging the books protagonist his comatose girlfriend mia hall to stay alive after a car crash that killed the rest of her immediate family. Although with if i stay, i didnt know what mias choice would be, though i knew the book would end by her choosing. If i stay is heartbreaking and heartwarming at the same time. Aug 26, 2014 in the book, you dont know at the end if mia actually was accepted into julliard or not. I just think that funerals are a lot like death itself. Mia is a gifted cellist from oregon, from a family of punkists. Im a firm believer that the muse visits when you are workingsitting at the computerbut the moments when things have clicked have so often been in the shower. Heres an indepth analysis of the most important parts, in an easytounderstand format. There were only a few significant changes between the book and the movie. The book ends with mia waking up, and we dont even get to see how she reacts. The connection that slowly builds between david and jamie.
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