Where She Went by Gayle Forman

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Where She Went by Gayle Forman

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Where She Went is the sequel to the book If I Stay by Gayle Forman. I enjoyed every minute of reading this book! I loved how the author used Adam's perspective and it was amazing to see how him and Mia's future played out together. The ending was beautiful too. Just literally everything about this book was beautiful. I really can't wait to pick up more of Gayle Forman's books! I bet she would not disappoint me.
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I actually enjoyed Where She Went more than it's prequel If I Stay. The dual character moments were fantastic and I really loved getting to know Adam more. In the first book he just seemed like an entitled boyfriend that loved Mia, but wouldn't give an inch to her on her career until he was going to lose her. In Where She Went, he finally made sense. And I loved how the showed how Mia had moved passed no longer having her family, but still managing to keep them with her. And the ending I felt was such a wonderful resolution to the conflict between the two of them throughout the whole duet of the books. I really hope they make this one into a movie as well!
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I liked this books better than the prequel also. And it was one of (very few) books where i was completely okay with the ending and didnt feel like i needed more closure from the characters.
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I actually liked If I Stay better then this one. I felt like the ending to If I Stay was very sweet and open to the future, and I was perfectly happy leaving it where it was. But this book was also very sweet, and I liked reading about what happened to Adam and Mia, I just don't think a sequel to If I Stay was necessary.
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I read this book 3 years after I read If I Stay and I loved it just as much. I love reading about Adam and Mia and I think I cried during this book about a dozen times. I love the way Gayle Forman writes books and how she makes the characters so real to me. Where She Went was a fantastic read and I could read it over and over and love it even more. :D
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Where She Went by Gayle Forman is part two of If I Stay. Where She Went was an amazing book. I was pulled into the book and found it hard to put down. I don’t know how she does it. It’s another one of her books that you don’t want to end. After I read If I Stay, I knew that I needed to read Where She Went. I need to know more. It’s a romantic series. The story of Mia and Adam is very heart warming. After the accident Mia and Adam split up. They end up bumping into each other three years later and what happens is amazing. The story is romantic, sad, and funny. It’s a very good read.
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I also enjoyed Where She Went more than it's predicessor. Something about Adam's insight and devastation over the events that occurred, destroyed me. I don't remember crying during the first book, but I cried at least four times while reading this book. I had a deeper emotional connection and I wanted to know the outcome immediately. I think it comes down to If I Stay had an interesting premise and Where She Went tied that original idea together with a bow filled with turmoil, sadness, and hope.
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I enjoyed this, and If I Stay, but I did not think it was the best. It took me a while to get into, and was not the best. Not really worth reading
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I didn't like this book at all.
I didn't like the prose, I didn't like the way it developed, it was so predictable. I always get disappointed when books are predictable, depending on how that prediction was developed. Sometimes it's reasonable, but not with this book. I was disappointed.
But then, it's not my kind of book. Guess I've learned the lesson.
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I liked this book, when I read If I stay it seemed to unfinished so naturally I had to pick up his book to see where the story went. I did enjoy reading it and found it to be an easy quick read, finishing it in about a day. It is a great book for a lazy rainy day or summer beach day. These types of books i find it quite easy to get lost in.
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I did not enjoy this or its prequel.

I thought If IStay was slow and I thought Where She Went should have been a stand alone and not a sequel. Just change the character's names and it'd be fine.

I felt as though the characters in Where She Went had totally different personalities than If I Stay.

If you read Where She Went without reading the prequel it's a great novel. But considering it's prequel I don't think it worked.
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I read the first book, much better than the movie btw, but I was wondering if I should start the sequel?
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Gayle Forman's Where She Went is an amazing sequal to her very popular book and movie If I Stay. This book takes place three years after the accedident and after Mia walked out of Adam's life. Adam is a famous rock star and Mia is a rising star at Juilliard. When they meet again for only one night and things change for the better. This story had me on a emotional rollercoaster and i was loving every second of it.
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I really liked If I Stay. It got 4/4 stars from me. But Where She Went, on the other hand, was a major disappointment.
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