Friday, April 24, 2015
#4
Since writing my last book i read 19 katherines. It was perfect and magic and everything you want a book to be. read it. john green. awesome. However, i am going to blog about the book im getting ready to finish at the moment. One of my favorite books ive ever read is "If i stay" by Gayle Forman. Yes, they made it into a movie that followed the book perfectly and yes, it made me cry like a baby. The first book left you with a massive cliffhanger that can drive you insane for days. The book is about a girl who is a massive classical music prodigy with the cello and her new boyfriend who is becoming quickly becoming a celebrity in the indie punk world, and opening for bands like the Shins. In the beginning of the book the girl is in a terrible car accident and throughout the book it goes back to back chapter of real time in the ER to their amazing musically binded history together. In the end of the book her entire family dies and then you never really find out if the girl, Mia, ever wakes up. Book number Two is set three years later after the accident and you realize that Mia had in fact woken up and that she had left him, Adam, to go to Julliard and become and apprentice to Yoyo Ma. The book is written from Adams point of view in dealing with her loss and how he got famous in the last three years. While my summary gives the book no justice, it isn't anything like a goofy teen romance novel. The entire book is about how music brings love together and even though this particular book, book two, ("Where she went" by Gayle Forman") doesn't have any particular twists, you cant put it down because she puts SO much emotion into the book im literally left depressed when i put the book down. In the last three years Adam had become a celebrity for his recent album "Collateral Damage" all about Mia and Mia had been published in ever classical music website, magazine, book, bible etc... and been named Yoyo Mas apprentice and next to the throne. Adam was one night away from is 64 week tour around the world starting in london (he had hit rolling stone level fame) and Mia was on her way to a four month tour to Japan when he runs into one of her sold our concerts in Carnegie hall and they catch up the last three years ll in one night. basically the whole books takes place in a day and a half. The book is almost impossible to put down and the author has a fantastic taste in music, including music from Andrew Bird, Sufjan Stevens and The Ramones. If you love Indie Artists, and have a passion for live music then these books are awesome. Worth the read 100%.
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This novel sounds like the perfect teenage romance novel. I was a little confused on the whole plot structure and how she meets back up with him and then shes with Yoyo Ma and hes like a punk rocker. As you said your summary does not do it justice so ill take your word for it. This novel did seem very face paced and tons of stuff happen, no wonder you couldn't put it down. I was interested in the fact that the whole book happened in only the span of a day and a half. That is like Shakespeare and I've always been interested in seeing if those things could actually all happen in a day in a half. Awesome blog thought!
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ReplyDeleteI never read either of these book, but I saw the first movie last year when it came out in theaters. Are they supposed to make another?
You describe how the book is set up and that each chapter goes back and forth between the ER and Mia and Adam’s life together. This setup reminds me of Heaven Looks a Lot Like the Mall by Wendy Mass, where a girl goes into a coma and mistakes it as heaven, which, in her mind, looks a lot like the mall. The author goes back and forth, describing her parents in the ER and her exploring her past through experiences at the mall. I think that this framework for a novel is very interesting, because it provides sort of a puzzle for the reader.
Is the second book written in a similar way?
Overall, you seem to be a very observant reader and have a great taste in music. Happy end of the year!
Also, what did you learn from the novel being written in that particular format? How would the meaning of the story have changed if it were written more traditionally?
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