Nearing the End of If I Stay by Gayle Forman

              At times within this book, as I turn the long and exhausting pages over and over again, I realize that most information that is given through the author's tone is very meaningless to the main character, Mia. This may sound a bit on the mean side, but I am really starting to get extremely bored with the plot line of this novel! It is so confusing when Gayle Forman jumps back and forth with the decision- making process of Mia, and her past life. As I near the ending, I extremely hope for some sort of twist to keep me interested just a little bit longer. The story line really upsets me because I know that it has so much more potential than what Gayle Forman is giving it.


              Although the plot line messes with my head, I really adore the love that Adam has for Mia. With the actions that he displays, such as choosing her over everyone else and loving her for the similarities they have together, not the differences that slit them apart. One night, when Adam takes them out to one of his concerts, Mia doesn't act like herself, with her Halloween costume on and her fake attitude, but Adam looks beyond that and still sees that shy girl in the Orchestra room, and loves her for it. All these aspects of him lead up to the emotion that the reader feels when he finds out that Mia may be dead forever. This part of the novel was probably the most effective for me because it showed that Adam would literally do anything to see her, even if it involved cursing in front of the nurses and collapsing under his own weight. The aspect of their love that really upsets me though is that Mia does not seem to love him the same, and just takes their relationship day by day, until the accident. This part of the story line shows that Mia really does need Adam, or she is just a body floating into oblivion.


             With the conclusion to this blog post, I want to contemplate on some improvements to the novel. In the next few pages of the book, I want to notice a love for Adam that Mia has never felt before, to the point where she is screaming for him from the deepest corners of her soul. I would also love to see Adam become forever changed, seeing Mia's body plugged into all of the machines to keep her breathing. And my final request is that I start to see a change to the plot structure, to make it more understandable and interesting to read. If these changes were made, if they aren't already, then it would make the book so much more fun to read and actually drag the readers with the emotions of the characters, and put them in the same situation.







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