I Was Here
Author: Gayle Forman
Publication Date: January 29th 2015
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
~A copy was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review~
From the bestselling author of If I Stay - this summer's YA blockbuster film.
This characteristically powerful novel follows eighteen-year-old Cody Reynolds in the months following her best friend's shocking suicide.
As Cody numbly searches for answers as to why Meg took her own life, she begins a journey of self-discovery which takes her to a terrifying precipice, and forces her to question not only her relationship with the Meg she thought she knew, but her own understanding of life, love, death and forgiveness.
A phenomenally moving story, I Was Here explores the sadly all-too-familiar issue of suicide and self-harm, addressing it in an authentic way with sensitivity and honesty
I hate comparing books, especially these type of books
because they are on the same level. Theme wise. Storyline wise. Writing wise.
Character wise, but I think the only way to talk about this one properly is to
compare it, and the difference between the two is that I cared more for one
than the other. The former being All the Bright Places and the latter, I was
Here. Maybe that's because I Was Here was
dealing with the after of suicide and not the mental illness, whereas All the Bright Places is now and you see the mental illness and the decisions
and experiences and stages it goes through. Maybe it's because we only saw one
side, in here, Cody's, and in All the Bright Places we have Finch and Violets.
The effecter and the affect-ee. That is
the major difference to why All the Bright Places affected me more, because
we're in the middle of it, and I Was Here deals more with the after effects
with who that person touched, it dealt more with moving on and getting through
and ultimately understanding, and hope.
