I Was Here (March 2016 Spoiler-Free Review)

I Was Here

Gayle Forman

SUMMARY: Cody's best friend Meg has just committed suicide. She has lost her other half and is beginning to lose her self. When Cody finds in an encrypted file on Meg's computer that might prove the Meg's suicide is more than she let on. Now Cody is determined to find out what happened to her best friend while she was at college.

RATE: 2.5/5

FAVORITE QUOTE: "Life can be hard and beautiful and messy, but hopefully, it will be long. If it is, you will see that it's unpredictable, and that the dark periods come but they abate — sometimes with a lot of support— and the tunnel widens, allowing the sun back in. If you're in the dark, it might feel like you will always be there. Fumbling. Alone. But you won't — and you're not."

PLAYLIST:

•I Was Here- Beyoncé

•I Need My Girl- The National

•Holding On and Letting Go- Ross Copperman

•Oceans (Acoustic)- Hillsong

WHAT I LEARNED: Death affects everyone in different ways.

FINAL WORDS: I was very disappointed with this book. It had a great beginning and the plot was going somewhere, but it fell flat at the end. This is not my favorite Gayle Forman book and I wouldn't recommend this book as the first book to read if you want to get into her work.