Friday, February 10, 2012

“Where She Went” by Gayle Forman


This is the sequel to If I Stay.

It’s been three years since the accident. Adam is living the high life – his band has made it big, and he’s off on a world tour. But what only his band knows is that Mia broke his heart, and he’s never gotten over it. Every day is torture, because Mia isn’t there. So when a chance encounter leads to a night in New York with her, Adam knows it’s only a matter of time before she leaves again, and so he must make the most of the time they have left.

This was similar to the first one. There’s a lot of angst and heartbreak here, but it fits with the story. The flashbacks broke the flow of the novel a bit, and the part with the stranger’s iPod was kind of superfluous, but otherwise this was a great look at how two people who love each other can rip each other apart emotionally just by doing nothing at all. An 8.5 from me.

Read-A-Likes: If I Stay by Gayle Forman (the first one), Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver, Audrey, Wait! by Robin Benway

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