Author: Gayle Forman
Ages: 14+
Rating: 7/10
Number of Pages: 210
Plot: For seventeen year old Mia life is perfect; a loving family, caring friends, an extraordinary boyfriend and a fantastic future ahead of her. However, life can change in an instant. One accident and all of Mia's choices are taken away from her - except one. All alone, Mia must come to terms with the accident and make the most difficult choice of all.
I decided to read this book as the film adaptation starring Chloe Grace Moretz comes out soon. I had already watched the trailer so I had some idea on what the book was going to be like. From the trailer, the ideas surrounding the novel and film reminded me of books written by Jodi Picoult (who wrote My Sister's Keeper).
I really loved how the writer used flashbacks to give the reader an insight into the lives of Mia, her family and how she met her boyfriend and friends. I felt that by doing this the writer helped make the relationships and heart break more realistic and more thought-provoking. It also helped create empathy between the reader and Mia; in parts you really felt the pain that Mia was feeling.
'If you stay, I'll do whatever you want... maybe coming back to your old life would be too painful, that maybe it's be easier for you to erase us. And that would suck, but I'd do it. I can lose you like that if I don't lose you today. I'll let you go. If you stay.' - Adam (Mia's boyfriend)
I feel that the novel would probably affect people in different ways, for example, people who read this genre regularly would probably be affected by the novel more. So, for me after finishing the book the ideas didn't play on my mind for hours and hours like other books.
However, I did really enjoy the whole idea of the novel. I especially liked the different relationships depicted within the many flashbacks, for example, Mia and Kim's relationship is shown through the great lengths Kim goes to to get Adam to the hospital. The author not only shows how important friendship is but also the lengths friends are willing to go to for each other.
I also really loved the characters of Mia's parents, despite only learning about them throughout the flashback periods. Throughout the novel we learn how loving and encouraging Mia's parents are towards Mia and Teddy especially when it comes to music. The author creates a realistic relationship between child and parent which I feel helps the reader relate to the relationship in the book.
To conclude, despite not being as emotionally attached to the book as I thought I would have been, I really liked the ideas and overall structure of the novel. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who has read and enjoyed novels by Jodi Picoult and John Green.
Reviewed by Daisy Wallis
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