Cody’s best friend, Meg, just committed suicide. And Cody has no idea why. They were practically sisters. She thought all was well with Meg in college on a scholarship, even though they lived three hours apart and their dream of living together in college was dashed. Until she goes up to Meg’s college town to pick up her stuff from where she lived with her roommates. She realizes that Meg had kept a lot of things hidden from her, and Cody is determined to find out what, even if it’s what led Meg to take her own life.
I enjoyed the beginning of the book, because Cody was actually making progress to uncover Meg’s hidden life. The middle was becoming a bit dull because it was mostly just Cody doing research with a little side story involved. The story line was completely different from Gayle Forman’s previous series, If I Stay, which was good because too often authors try to reuse plots and story lines from their previous book. Some other good parts were how you learned more about the characters and their pasts through mini- flashbacks, but with them blended into the story, not whole separate paragraphs.
One memorable thing about this book is how Meg’s parents were practically Cody’s second parents, and they didn’t stop acting like it even after Meg was gone, even though the circumstances had changed.
Reviewed by Ria, grade 6, Twin Hickory Area Library
Published by AdrienneTheLibrarian
ABOUT … Adrienne, Teen Librarian & Digital Media Lab Librarian at Libbie Mill Library.
Hi, I’m Adrienne, and I’ve been a Teen Librarian at HCPL since 2006. I started at Twin Hickory and moved to Libbie Mill in 2015. Come visit our Teen Room and check out all we have for you -- books, great study and hanging out space, free computers, free classes in 3D design & printing, Coding, Photoshop and soooo much more!
Random stuff about me:
* Favorite book: Hmmmm, this is hard, since it changes all the time as I read new stuff and depending on what mood I’m in. However, there is one book that I know will still make me snort with laughter even when I’m 80 years old — The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams.
* Favorite food: perfectly made toast
* Favorite band/music: Cake. I will never get enough Cake.
* Favorite reference question: Q: How long does it take the galaxy to rotate once? A: It’s called a galactic or cosmic year and it takes about 225-250 million earth years.
* Pets: I have two cats and a dog. Marcus and Grey are the cats who were rescued from a box in the woods when they were just little puffballs. When they are not acting insane, they are very sweet and purr loudly. My dog is named Peter and he's a medium size poodle mix (we call him the substandard poodle). He's got floppy ears, snores and loves green beans.
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