Where She Went by Gayle Forman - review

Wow! I recently finished Where She Went and it was perfection in my eyes. Maybe even better than If I Stay.


Everything was perfectly tied up by the end and the whole thing gave me insight into what it's really like to be in an incredibly popular band (which made it VERY interesting to go and see The Vamps last Wednesday which was insanely good and also got me fascinated on the real lives of the band members).

 One thing's for sure, I never want to be in a popular band. It sounds miserable.

Where She Went is told from the perspective of Adam, three years after Mia woke up from her coma and went of to Julliard, basically stamping Adam out of her life. Since then, the band, Shooting Star, completely took off with the album that Adam wrote after his break-up, the songs of which ended up winning numerous awards.

On the subject of the album, named 'Collateral Damage', the lyrics of all the different tracks were written at the beginning of the chapters and I've got to say; Gayle Forman would make an AMAZING song-writer.

The lyrics were so powerful and meaningful, and it really made me want to hear the song with the instruments and tune. Here are my favourite lyrics and the song I would want to listen to most:

First you inspect me
Then you dissect me
Then you reject me
I wait for the day
That you'll resurrect me"
"Animate" Collateral Damage, Track 1
AMAZING! The best songs always have amazing lyrics.

Anyway, in my eyes the ending was brilliant, though I pretty much guessed it was going to happen (it really needed to).

I loved the transformation of Adam throughout his night spent with Mia, ending with his many revelations about the band, his new girlfriend and Mia herself.

I also picked up on Mia's change too, becoming less like the professional, world-renowned cellist Mia and more like the old one, whose love of music brought her and Adam together.



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