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Sorry I haven't been posting for the past weeks! My laptop broke and I'm waiting to get it back! 

Can't wait to start posting again! I have a lot of reviews in my phone waiting to be posted! 

Hopefully it gets fixed soon! Can't wait to start posting! :) 
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Barnes & Nobles | Amazon
Title: Where She Went
Author: Gayle Forman
Genre: Young Adult
Rate: 2.5 out of 5 stars (More than the 1st book)

Synopsis: Good Reads
READ MY REVIEW TO BOOK #1 "If I stay"
Review:
Again!! It happened again.. I really thought this one would be different, because it was in Adams point of view, it's three years later, and there's a conflict/plot that gave it a more appealing factor. I didn't like or love both books.. But it wasn't to the point where I read fifty pages and couldn't continue because it was bad, the book was tolerable enough for me finish both.. And for this one I was intrigued by why she left him.. They both seemed so in love, and she was unconscious in the whole first book. I didn't feel the agonizing pain and betrayal Forman was describing.. A lot of the time she was telling and not showing. I found that in both books Gayle Forman focused too much on the past and not enough on the present. And a lot of the "flashbacks/past" chapters were so irrelevant, nothing but fillers!! I found myself skipping chapters! (Which I do not do, ever!!)  She gave too much of a back story that she might as well had released a Prequel to both the books.. I did give this novel a half more star because it was a happy ending, and of course I love happy endings. But other than that nothing changed besides the characters actions.. Mia is still the same girl, but now she's famous. Adam is sort of the same.. Not really. He's an asshole, he's cold hearted, smokes, and gets panic attacks.. (Which is the only difference from both the last book and this one!) I love romance so naturally, I love Adam and Mia together which is why I decided to give this book a chance.. But I did not feel the chemistry at all with them. I thought this one would be different since well she isn't unconscious and a spirit the whole time. After three years of both of them yearning for one another the get together in a heart beat! And the whole reason on why she left was basically just a misunderstanding and could have been avoided.. UGH. This just frustrates me..
I do advise you to look up many different reviews with or with out spoilers, read the overview, and ask your friends if they've read/enjoyed it.. There's nothing more frustrating than spending your money on a book you didn't love.. I'm glad I didn't purchase the second book, but instead decided to download the PDF version from Google onto my e-reader.
I'm looking forward to the movie maybe this time I'll enjoy it more than the book..
Everyone's different maybe you'll enjoy it. Try it, and good luck..
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Barnes &Nobles | Amazon
Title: If I stay
Author: Gayle Forman
Genre: Young Adult
Rating: 2 out of 5 stars!

Synopsis: Good Reads

Review:
I'm really disappointed with this novel. I've read so many great reviews on good reads, amazon, and even barnes and nobles! I'm not satisfied at all. I couldn't relate. The way it was written just didn't work for me. One chapter you're in the present the next you're in the past and it was just a repeating cycle each chapter. I found myself bored out of my skull, wanting to skip all the "past chapters" but didn't. I feel like this book is just one HUGE filler, that if I read the first and last chapter I would totally understand and wouldn't have to read the rest. Also I found it to be a bit unrealistic, how does a person see their fathers "brain on the floor" and just continue walking with out feeling anything/ no emotions.. Still I didn't feel the "sad, heart wrenching moments" other people felt. I will say though that, I found one thing to be sad. Which was the part where Mia's Gramp's came into talk to her and the last chapter which was Adam's vow. I also did enjoy one other thing, which was when they talk about Mia and Adams past. I felt as it was the only entertaining factor to me.
  • Mia has to be one of the most boring characters in a novel. She's suppose to be this huge different girl, that is born into a Rock and Roll family but happens to love Classical music and plays the cello. But nooooooo she's simple and lifeless.
  • Adam is Mia's boyfriend who's a year older. Again, I found him to be a bit too perfect to be a character in this "heart-wrenching" novel. He's suppose to be dark, punk rock, but I found him to be the opposite.
And of course being the hopeless romantic I am, I needed to know what happened to Adam and Mia.. So I read the second book.. Sorry Gayle Forman it just wasn't for me..
I would never say "I don't recommend this" because everyone is different. I didn't enjoy the way she interchanged the chapters. Of course someone else will. It wasn't a great plot,  wasn't moving or heart wrenching as everyone described but it was tolerable. Good luck, maybe you'll enjoy it.

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