(Summary from Goodreads). 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. 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, who broke Meg’s heart. 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 Gayle Forman at her finest, a taut, emotional, and ultimately redemptive story about redefining the meaning of family and finding a way to move forward even in the face of unspeakable loss.
I have been a big BIG fan of Gayle since the beginning and this book does not disappoint. Her books are not lighthearted reads… they always have big meanings and I honestly loved this book. It is a captivating read that touches on the really important issue of depression and suicide.
I loved Ben. He was hard to love because he had a past with Meg, but after you find out what happened… it is hard not to love him. There is so much that goes on in this story and it is just so good and heartwarming.
This book is everything. I love it as much as I love her other books.
Five out of five stars.
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