People may not read or see If I Stay on its own merits, when they should be viewing it as a work that's moving and important for reasons entirely different than The Fault in Our Stars. And while comparing the two works may be understandable on a financial end, doing so is a disservice to both books, as well as their movies. Yet they're still constantly compared much of the promotion for If I Stay has called it "the next Fault in Our Stars ," with studios banking on moviegoers running to the theaters for anything featuring a sad plotline and a teen girl narrator. Past the surface level, the two books are nothing alike, with totally different tones, storylines, and themes. Its other aspects -Mia's relationship with her boyfriend, her love of music, her fears about the future - are secondary, as they should be the book is all about her, and her decision. Instead, the book and, most likely, the movie, focuses on the choice of its young narrator to live or die.
If I Stay has that, too, but it's far from the primary focus. The Fault in Our Stars, at its center, is a love story between two teenagers, with cancer and adolescence as background. Both books, too, have become movies - The Fault in Our Stars an acclaimed June blockbuster, and If I Stay a Chloe Moretz-starring drama set for release August 22.Īnd that's where the similarities end.
Both books are part of the recent, fast-growing "realistic YA" trend, preferring real, relatable topics like sickness and school to sci-fi and fantasy. Just like the John Green book, If I Stay is a popular, beloved YA novel about a heartbreaking subject matter and led by a nuanced, likable female protagonist. At first glance, it's nearly impossible not to compare If I Stay to The Fault in Our Stars.
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