I felt this book was much too overhyped and frankly I preferred the movie :/

I think I am about 20 years too old to read this book. I tried to review the book with that in mind but I don't think it matters. What I did not like most about the book was all of the cliches! Every other page! Plus the minor plot of cool guy liking nerdy girl. I thought it was weird none of the family really seem devastated that their son/daughter-in-law/grandson/nephew/brother....just died in a horrific accident. Most of the people I know would have lost their minds with grief not sitting around patiently in a waiting room. Even though I did dislike this book, I will be reading the sequel because someone gave it to me. Hopefully it will be better

I didn't realize this was a series when starting it, and found the ending a bit abrupt (to set up book #2, I realize now). I'm not sure if I'll continue the series, but I like to consider different explanations of what happens when people die and what happens in the "in between" when people are alive physically but not present mentally, and I liked the possibilities that the book presents for a young adult audience.

No es un libro espectacular, puede que no sea una obra maestra, pero es de esos libros que aparecen e la nada, no tienes motivo aparte para leerlo pero te llenan el alma de maravillosas sensaciones :')

In this heart wrenching novel, a young woman clings to life after a terrible accident, trying to decide whether to fight for life and stay among the living or pass on into death. As she observes her loved ones grieving and trying to cope with the accident, she reviews key moments from her life that impact her decision-making.

Loved the nonlinear narrative. The pieces really fall together nicely in the end, but they aren't in the order you usually expect in a story. There is a lot of jumping around from past to present to a different past. An interesting way to tell a story. The supporting characters are amazing. So colorful and dynamic.

K, so I ended up watching the movie before reading the book, which was a big fail on my end, but whatever. I finished this book in a little over 24 hours, that's how much I enjoyed it?? It was draining and excruciatingly sad, but I was captivated the whole way through. The majority of the book is told through flashbacks of Mia's life, while the actual story is set in the present time, with Mia in the hospital, in a coma. It was a very effective way to tell the story, however the only thing I had an issue with was the fact that the flashbacks were not told chronologically? Which I totally get was an artistic choice and whatnot, but it was just an itty bitty detail that bugged me. Other than that, A+ WOULD RECCOMMEND, KEEP A BOX OF FUCKIN KLEENIX WITH YOU.

Could not stop crying with this book. Thank god it wasn't super long. It seriously tore me up. This is totally a Printz contender. Should be called "If you Want to Cry." Reminds me of Lovely Bones.

If I Stay is meh. Mia and her family are involved in a fatal car crash. Mia is the only survivor. She hovers between life and death in the hospital for the duration of the novel.

I bought this book at a store that has a "blind date" basket: books wrapped in brown paper with a description written on it. I failed to notice it was YA, otherwise I would have chosen another one. It ... definitely reads like a YA novel.

You know how it ends as soon as it becomes clear she's a "ghost" despite her quibbling over whether she should just die or try to live. Her friends, extended family and boyfriend all visit her, and she chooses life (no shit, though choosing death would have made for a great surprise ending). At times silly and boring, there were still a few moments where my throat tightened since Mia has, after all, just lost her parents and little brother. Overall, however, not a great read.