Cody and Meg were inseparable…Until they weren’t. When her best friend, Meg, drinks a bottle of industrial-strength cleaner alone in a motel room, Cody is understandably shocked and devastated. She and Meg shared everything—so how was there no warning? But when Cody travels to Meg’s college town to pack up the belongings left behind, she discovers that there’s a lot that Meg never told her. … that Meg never told her. About her old roommates, the sort of people Cody never would have met in her dead-end small town in Washington. About Ben McAllister, the boy with a guitar and a sneer, and some secrets of his own. And about an encrypted computer file that Cody can’t open—until she does, and suddenly everything Cody thought she knew about her best friend’s death gets thrown into question.
”I Was Here is a pitch-perfect blend of mystery, tragedy, and romance. Gayle Forman has given us an unflinchingly honest portrait of the bravery that it takes to live after devastating loss.”
—Stephen Chbosky, author of the #1 New York Times bestselling The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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This was a pretty good story.
Finally! Finally! A Gayle Forman book I loved is there a word better than loved? Well if there is I that. You know I have loads of problems with her other romance books, but GAYLE FORMAN YOU HAVE IT SPOT ON. This book. Gosh I am gushing over it. I loved this book it told a tale about friendship and love and just family, everything it was …
Underwhelming.
It’s an emotional story. It made me sad from the beginning. Meg’s suicide was so unexpected for everybody. Her best friend Cody couldn’t believe that Meg killed herself and doubts herself for not helping Meg.
Cody questions her friendship with Meg and if she could have somehow prevented her best friend’s death. Why didn’t she ask for help? Why …
the story, the characters pulled me in quickly and kept me thru the entire journey. it’s a painful subject that has touched my family more than once. I’m thankful for the telling of this story and hopeful it may save lives
This book was intense. I had to keep walking away from it when it got too heavy. If you have suffered from depression or know someone who has, or anyone who has taken their own life or thought about it, this might get to you. That’s my PSA.
While everyone struggles with the loss of someone close to them, what is often not portrayed quite as …
I fell in love with this book, it was amazing the way the author wrote everything about how Cody was feeling in that moment, it made me feel the same way. The author does a great job explaining everything and there wasn’t a time where I was confused about what was going on. The way Cody felt after meg dies is unexplainable, she was so sad and mad …
This book provides a way to open discussions for those that might be struggling as well as the people that seem to push them in the direction of no return. The emotions are raw and the reader is able to get this through the words chosen. The romance level is not needed but leans towards something that links them in the emotional struggle they both …