A book that became a movie

If I Stay by Gayle Forman

I must say this book is incredible. It made me laugh, it made me cry and it made me think about life. I know that sounds totally cliched but it's true. I think it was that Mia was my age and I have a brother who is a lot like Teddy.

The first thing that drew me to this book was the movie. Yes, I was a terrible person and watched the movie before I read the book but I cannot say that it changed how I felt while reading it. This is one of those books that you read and you realise that the movie cannot possible portray all of the emotion that is built up in the book. Not once while reading this book did I think about the movie and put the two together. The movie was amazing, don't get me wrong, but the book was that times ten. I cried to much while reading this book that I had to physically put it down several times so that I could get to grips with my emotions. 

Like I said before, I am the same age as Mia is in the book and I honestly could not imagine what it would be like to lose my parents and brothers and have to decide whether I to live my life without them or give up. I would definitely not have been able to stay in that situation. I would leave behind all of the other people who I loved because I know that I would not be able to go on without any of my immediate family.

In the back of my book there was an preview of the first chapter of the sequel "Where She Went" and from what I read it seems like it is just as emotional as this one. I cannot wait to get my hands on it to continue the story and find out where Adam and Mia end up.