The Sequel to If I Stay is told from Adams perspective. Adam was Mia´s boyfriend in the first book, where she survived a car crash that killed the rest of her family. In the end of the book Mia decided to stay alive as she heard Adam beg for her to stay and vow to her that he would do everything if she lives, even leave her.
Where She Went takes place three years after the accident. Adam is now 21 and a famous rock star, living in L.A. with his girlfriend, who is a not-so-famous movie actress. It turns out that Mia left Adam at the moment she stept onto the airplain, leaving to attend Julliard, without an explanation. The pain Adam is in after Mia left is ironically what brought him to fame, because of the intensly emotional lyrics of his new album.
Where She Went takes place three years after the accident. Adam is now 21 and a famous rock star, living in L.A. with his girlfriend, who is a not-so-famous movie actress. It turns out that Mia left Adam at the moment she stept onto the airplain, leaving to attend Julliard, without an explanation. The pain Adam is in after Mia left is ironically what brought him to fame, because of the intensly emotional lyrics of his new album.
Adam never stopped loving Mia, but lost his love of music. He can´t stop thinking about her and bickers with everyone around him, even takes anxiety pills and smokes. He hates his life.
On a Band tour stopover in New York, Adam walks by a concert hall and sees that mia is performing there that evening. He buys a ticket straight away and spens the evening listening to the depressingly familiar music. Adam´s shocked when after the concert someone approaches him and tells him that Mia would like him to come backstage. After a short meaningless chat, Adam leaves, but Mia follows him and suggest to take him on a tour through New York. He hesitantly accepts and follows her, while talking about anything but important topics.
Adam and Mia reach the Brooklyn Bridge when it´s almost morning and Adam knows its time to go seperate ways. As he wants to light a cigarette, Mia birches him, saying:
"Quitting´s not hard. Deciding to quit is hard. Once you make that mental leap, the rest is easy."This overstepts Adam´s acceptance and he bursts out:
"Really? Was that how you quit me?"And finally, they start to talk and Mia tells him why she left him.
And again, Gayle Forman did a good job.
The writing more sophisticated, the characters more developed, all in all an enhancement compared to If I Stay. Though, the story of the first book is more interesting, the sequel has everything to keep you going. At first I thought nothing good is going to come out of it if Adams point of view is showed, but I was wrong. It was perfect. If you haven´t already, read it!
Rating:
Rating:
