Differences Between If I Stay Book And Movie

If I Stay by Gayle Forman is a wonderfully written book that has been produced into a movie. If I Stay the book and the movie are very similar. However, like all books revamped into a movies, there are several key events and ideas that did not happen in the movie like in the book or vice versa.

Some key details that were not emphasized in the movie were Mia’s relationships with some of the characters. Despite, Mia and Adam’s relationship being fully highlighted Mia’s relationship with other characters such as her grandfather, friends, and family were not. The book expresses more about how Mia loves her family and their experiences together. It explains how Mia was right there for Teddy’s birth and how her grandfather actually loved his sons’ lyrics, how Teddy

Even though, they did have their sarcastic conversations about being girlfriends who have boyfriends in college, like the book, Kim always reminded Mia not to become one of “those girls” who talks only about their boyfriends. In the movie, Kim was a friend that seemed to be beneficial to Mia, in the book Kim was so much more. For instance, their friendship began out of hatred for each other. It wasn’t until they get into a fistfight at school that they realized they have more in common than they initially thought. Mia actually considered quitting cello at one point, and Kim shows her the cellist from Nirvana and tells Mia’s parents about a music camp that would help serious musicians get more experience. Mia fell in love with the idea and never had doubts about playing the cello again. Even on the day of the accident, Kim knew that Mia would want Adam there. She personally went to Adam’s concert and told him about Mia and her family in person. Both came back to the hospital, and she helped Adam through his experience almost losing Mia. Kim is a much better friend than the movie leads the viewers to