Life transforms in a twinkle of an eye for young Mia Hall after a car accident puts her in a coma.
she must decide whether to wake up and live a life far different than she had imagined.
If I Stay never explains whether Mia's is a special case or if everyone who hovers between life and death has that decision to make. And if it's the latter, does that mean your gramps and meemaw simply didn't love you enough to stick around?
The title refers to Mia's fraught decision-should she cling to existence or just give up?-and, well before the end, even loyal viewers will be begging her to hurry up and choose.