If this book were any longer, i would have marked it dnf right after reading the first few chapters. The film stars chloe grace moretz, mireille enos, jamie blackley, joshua leonard, stacy keach, and aisha hinds. Move to new york city to pursue her true love music or stay with her boyfriend. Taylor schilling orange is the new black and aidan quinn legends of the fall deliver heartfelt performances as abbey and dermot, a couple struggling to find their way in life. Mia hall chloe grace moretz thought the hardest decision she would ever face would be.
Tanya burr accused of ripping off if i stay movie poster for her. Cutler and screenwriter shauna cross have stayed true to its backandforth structure, and the small tweaks in details here and there are improvements. Joe, the dog, turns her life upside down and gives her a new take on the world and herself. This contemporary drama novel by gayle forman is the first in the if i stay series published by dutton books, a division of penguin group usa inc. While the rest of the book wasnt all smooth sailing, it was humorous and enjoyable. Nothing found for film see the new poster for if i stay starring chloe moretz.
As mia has an outofbody experience that enables her to observe all that is. A passionate and talented cello player from oregon, mia is likely juilliardbound after she read full character analysis. Seventeenyearold mia is faced with some tough ones. If i stay popular book to movie adaptations reading sanctuary.
She lives in brooklyn, new york, with her husband and daughters. Aug 22, 2014 movieinduced tears, though they may be involuntary, are not necessarily simple and are always worth subjecting to chemical analysis. The book follows margaret and casey brewer, whose father has been acting very strange since losing his job as a botanist at a nearby university. Quotes book if i stay ideas stay quotes, new quotes, movie quotes, book. If you actually watch this movie and dont cry, you have no soul. Advertisements the download link to this book is available for your kindle and other ereaders for purchase from amazon using the link below. Stay is a 2005 american psychological drama film directed by marc forster and written by david benioff. According to goodreads, i first read this book in october of 2011. Mia, a cello prodigy with dreams of attending juilliard, is enjoying a snowy morning with her mother and father mireille enos and joshua leonard, former rock n rollers whove toned it down but maintained an irreverent sense of cool, and her younger brother, teddy jakob davies. She is the author of just one day and just one year, and the companion enovella just one night, as well as the new york times bestsellers if i stay and where she went.
Spoiler alert i will be talking about many areas both in the book and the movie, so please do not go any further if you are still in the process of readingwatching this story. Dont be misled by the cover, as this is more of a human relationship story than a woman and her dog story. It stars ewan mcgregor, naomi watts, ryan gosling and bob hoskins, with production by regency and distribution by 20th century fox. Brewer goes out of town, his obsession with his plants gets out of hand.
If i stay is a book that seemed simple when i read the synopsis but within the first few pages i realised that this would be a book that i loved mias family are simply fantastic, and i loved that she wanted to be with them as much as possible. Aug 17, 2014 the paperback edition of if i stay helpfully lists all the songs mentioned in the book, and the one from mias best day ever isnt included, but the music people for the movie totally nailed the song for the scene where mia brings her cello out and jams with her family, friends, and adam. With john cho, haley lu richardson, parker posey, michelle forbes. If i stay is a gorgeous book that deals with death, family, love, and grief so as you can tell it is quite a complex novel that deals with complex issues that all happen between a really short time period. Because of this, a movie may differ from the novel. The film represents intense relationships centering on reality, death, love and the afterlife.
If i stay is also adapted from a bestselling ya novel, this one by gayle forman, and if it isnt technically sicklit, it does aim for the same weepy sweet spot of young people having to. The characters in if i stay live in a small town near portland, oregon. The story follows 17yearold mia hall as she deals with the aftermath of a catastrophic car accident involving her family. Marc forsters psychological thriller stay stars ewan mcgregor as sam foster, a psychologist who begins to feel his grip on reality slipping away because of one of his patients. This novel will stay with me for a long, long time. Sep 22, 2014 tweet books have been written, years have passed, and movies have been created, but the age old question still lives. If i stay contains teen romance, the importance of family, and highlights the way people bond in tragic situations. If i stay by gayle forman is the story of a gifted cello player named mia whose whole life changes in a split second. Aug 19, 2014 its easy to see why chloe grace moretz wanted to be in if i stay its an adaptation of a hit ya book, shes a rapidly rising star and the role is her first fullfledged romantic lead. Fans of gayle formans bestselling novel will be happy to see that director r. Parents need to know that this is a book for teens about a girl who loses her family in a car accident and is now in a coma.
Stay is about a girl named clara oates who is your average girl, shy, content and never was the very bold or daring kind, that is till she first seen christian nilsson. Gayle forman is an awardwinning, internationally bestselling author and journalist. Media type, print hard cover, paper back, audiobook, ebook. Stay is a 2005 american psychological thriller directed by marc forster and written by david benioff. Stay may have been the first book i ve ever read from this author, but it definitely wont be my last. If i stay is on my top books i recommend to people. In if i stay, clothes and music are used to define a persons identity, and almost every character is obsessed with looking cool or listening to cool music. Fans are accusing the beauty vlogger of taking inspiration from a movie poster to design her book cover. Stay surprised me in the absolute best way possible. Adobe sparks wattpad book cover maker can assist you with brainstorming and designing a cover that piques curiosity and engages your readers on a whole new level. If i stay answers the burning question of what the sixth. Find images and videos about if i stay, chloe grace moretz and jamie blackley on. With chloe grace moretz, mireille enos, jamie blackley, joshua leonard. A horrible car accident that kills almost the entire family instantly.
If i stay begins with seventeenyearold cellist mia hall waking to a thin layer of snow on her lawn. Make adam a bit less of an immature jerk, and if i stay becomes a sweet little movie with a broad appeal. The book follows mias stories and the unfolding of her life through a series of. In oregon, this small amount of snow is enough to cause school closures. If i stay is a tearjerker that will illicit emotions about things buried deep inside you. The book had a lot of her thoughts and feelings in it and the movie did a great job at showing them. Even astounding writing cant always speak for itself. Summary in the hours after a devastating car accident, teen cellist mia hall must. Mar 11, 2015 last night, i watched if i stay, the film staring chloe moretz, that is based on the book of the same name by gayle foreman. Cutlermaking his narrative feature debut following documentaries including the the september issue. The accident takes place on a rural road outside the town. Stay follows a teenage cellist, mia, who must decide whether to. If i stay author gayle forman discusses the movie adaptation of her. Family in lots of young adult novels, the protagonist either doesnt associate much with his or her family or outright despises them.
If i stay trailer the antagonist death the antagonist in this book is death. Mia hall is the seventeenyearold protagonist of if i stay, and the novel is told from her point of view. If i stay movie tiein by gayle forman, paperback barnes. Other than that, there really arent any changes to the movie that would completely change the dynamic of it. If i stay is a 2014 american teen romantic drama film directed by r. If i stay collection by gayle forman, paperback barnes. If i stay, gayle forman, book to movie, book quote, delicious reads. Granted, a lot of this stuff works better on the page.
There are so many words i could use to describe this story. If i stay, based on a novel by gayle forman, hits the. Seventeen yearold mia seems to lose her memory after the car accident which kills her parents and causes her brother and her severe conditions. If i stay is a young adult novel by gayle forman published in 2009. I didnt even read the synopsis or watched any of the trailers for the movie. Following the accident, mia is taken to the intensive care unit icu of an unnamed hospital in portland. If i stay is a boring story that can be told in few sentences but has been dragged into a 200 page book. Stay out of the basement is the second book in the original goosebumps book series. The next thing i knew it had only been a two days and i was finished reading it. A special anniversary edition of gayle formans breakout bestseller, if i stay, in a brand new look and with an additional chapter to. Stay may have been the first book ive ever read from this author, but it definitely wont be my last. If i stay weighs teenagers prospects after horrific crash. Aug 26, 2014 if you go into this book expecting not to cry, you are a fool.
For mia, in if i stay by galye forman, shes being given the rare opportunity to reflect on her life thus far. If i stay is heartbreaking and heartwarming at the same time. All throughout the book she has doubts about why she should even consider living and. If i stay author gayle forman discusses the movie adaptation of her ya book. Jan 16, 2015 and of course, as i always say if a book makes you cry, it is a good book, therefore if i stay is an excellent read and i would definitely recommend it to those who are looking for a sad yet.
Both the book and the movie take you on a torturous journey into mias past to show her backstory, and then continue reading if i stay movie vs book. Cutler and based on the 2009 novel of the same name by gayle forman. Life changes in an instant for young mia hall after a car accident puts her in a coma. Free wattpad cover maker with online templates adobe spark. Mia and her family get to enjoy a snow day at the beginning of if i stay. And, the best part is that you dont need to have a design background to come up with a stunning image.
The story follows one day in the life of seventeenyearold mia, who has been critically injured in an accident that took the lives of her parents and younger brother. She can see and hear everything that goes on, but her ghost is not seen by others, and she cant feel anything. Oct, 2014 gayle forman, if i stay people think i like chick flicks, and i always have good excuses for reading books that are apparently, chick flicks. If i stay weighs teenagers prospects after horrific. In december 2010, it was announced that a film based on the novel if i stay was in the works at summit entertainment and that dakota fanning, chloe grace moretz and emily browning were in talks to play mia. This book is a great example of the healing power of a pet. Producers often use a book as a springboard for a movie idea or to earn a specific rating. Aug 17, 2018 the link is to if i stay pdf from amazon, due to issues i cannot offer the download to if i stay for free. I read it again last august before the movie came out in theaters, and again last friday. Its a testimony to the beauty of family and friendship that moved me as a mother, as a daughter, and as friend. Our book club is going to watch the movie together soon and then discuss it again. Through this coma, however, mia has an outofbody experience.
For any person that went into any book store prior to this day, the person would come to realize that if i stay is a book by gayle forman that on the cover mentioned it was soon to be a major motion picture. Mia is the only member of her family to survive, and she finds herself in a coma. Stay by allie larkin goodreads meet your next favorite book. Snow days should be less bloody, but mia doesnt have a choice yet. She can only recall what is happening, watching her own damaged body being taken from the wreck. How my book if i stay got made into a movie in pictures. Zendaya from bad to cursed book trailer in high quality hd duration. A koreanborn man finds himself stuck in columbus, indiana, where his architect father is in a coma. Sep 12, 2014 on august 22, 2014, if i stay was released in theaters.
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