Clara's relationship with Christian is intense from the start, and like nothing she’s ever experienced before. But what starts as devotion quickly becomes obsession, and it's almost too late before Clara realizes how far gone Christian is—and what he's willing to do to make her stay.
Now Clara has left the city—and Christian—behind. No one back home has any idea where she is, but she still struggles to shake off her fear. She knows Christian won't let her go that easily, and that no matter how far she runs, it may not be far enough.... (from Goodreads)
I picked up this book with apprehension. I knew it was about a relationship gone wrong, and I don't normally read those. But I had heard great things about it, so I decided to give it a try, and I am so glad I did.
Stay wasn't about a relationship that was physically abusive. Christian was literally obsessed with Clara staying with him, and that was even scarier than a physically abusive one, because it can be hard to tell.
The one quote that really got me comes from the middle part of the book when Clara says, "In their mind, you are theirs and will always be their and your own choice about that matters very little...A person shows signs...of jealousy, of guarding you...But these signs can be so small they skitter right past you. Sometimes they dance past, looking satiny, something you should applaud" (158). This made me realize that there is a very fine line between 'falling in love' with someone and being obsessed with them, and that it's very hard to distinguish the two.
The one quote that really got me comes from the middle part of the book when Clara says, "In their mind, you are theirs and will always be their and your own choice about that matters very little...A person shows signs...of jealousy, of guarding you...But these signs can be so small they skitter right past you. Sometimes they dance past, looking satiny, something you should applaud" (158). This made me realize that there is a very fine line between 'falling in love' with someone and being obsessed with them, and that it's very hard to distinguish the two.
Stay was told in two parts. They alternated every chapter, and really helped the reader feel what Clara was going through. The first part was during her relationship with Christian - how everything went from fairy tale to horrible. The other part was her life the summer after Christian - how she got over him and met a new guy, Finn.
There was only one part of this book I didn't like: I felt her relationship with Finn moved too quickly. If she was getting over Christian, wouldn't she be more wary of getting into a relationship with someone?
This book was excellent.
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