I Have Lost My Way, follows three characters whose lives intersect. It takes place over one day and is told from the point of view of each character. Freya is a singer who has suddenly without any known reason lost her ability to sing. Harun is gay and afraid to come out to his family as they are deeply religious and Nathaniel's live is falling apart, he is very lonely and depressed.

An incident causes their lives to come together and these three lost souls, who are struggling alone find solace in one another.

The characters are each very distinct in a variety of ways from culture to personality yet in a short amount of time they connect and are able to offer each other comfort, something they can't find from others in their lives.

This is a lovely story about friendship, youth, feeling lost and then connecting with someone and feeling more a part of life.

I enjoyed this novel and would recommend it. My main complaint was that the ending was to abrupt. I felt it had a few more chapters in it.

As a fan of Gayle Forman I was thrilled to sample her newest book. I loved this sneak peek it introed all the main characters and set up some background.

I know now why I thought I would not review this excerpt!
Exzerpts are torture when you love them and this one was so absolutely amazing that I need the whole book now!
This diverse and amazing cultural cast of main characters is more than I ever hoped for, and they lured me in! The description of the different cultures and young adults clashing together and weaving their stories into one made so much fun reading and I could even smell and feel what the characters did. As always the writing style is wonderful and elaborate and I can't wait to hold the whole book in my hands to get to know what will happen next to Freya, hard and Nathaniel (who is my favorite so far).

Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin Teen for the ARC.
I was so in love with this book then I realized it was a Sneak Peek. Still great and I can’t wait to purchase the book and finish to give an actual review.

This one is a little hard for me to review because it was just a sneak peek (didn't realize that when I requested the title!). I think Forman has a great writing style - it's easy to get invested in the characters. I also appreciate that her characters are diverse (an Ethiopian-American singer, a gay Muslim teenager, and a Caucasian with a disability) and have a lot of depth to them. I'll probably check this book out from the library now so I can read what happens to the characters - which is a great sign of how into this book I was. I can definitely see why Forman is popular with YA readers - her work is so fluid and captivating.

It was a bit too dramatic for me. I thought a lot was overly embellished and could have been subdued and still achieve the author's intention. Though I'm not the intended audience and I think teens will relate to this.

This sample was my first taste of Gayle Forman's work, and while her writing is simple, it conveys emotion with little effort. I don't read many contemporary young adult novels, but the premise of I Have Lost My Way intrigued me in its exploration of loss from multiple perspectives. And those first chapters following the three main characters set things up nicely. Yes, I was a bit turned off by the pop culture references, which initially made the plot seem candy coated, but it quickly became clear that the loss experienced by each character had far reaching impacts -- and a literal impact, as they crash into each other's lives. While this may not be the first book I pick up again, it's now on my list to finish reading, to see how these intertwined broken livescan somehow become whole again.

It's a good start and I am excited to see how the characters developed! It's my first Gayle Forman and I am intrigued :)

Gayle Forman does it again. She never fails do deliver a captivating read that draws you in from the start.

Thank you to ayle Forman, PENGUIN GROUP, Penguin Young Readers Group, and NetGalley for the advanced reviewer copy of “I Have Lost My Way” in return for an honest review.

I love Gayle Forman. I love, love, love Gayle Forman. I have read almost every single one of her books in less than twenty four hours, because I have so deeply loved and been moved by her books (bested brightest favorites If I Stay and For Just One Day).

This book is another departure from the topics she was writing earlier, and it’s another new foray of writing type. I feel a little sad this sample was only a sniper, but I am very interested in where it is going so far and quite inclined to pick up the full copy and continue on where this one stopped.

Another great book by Gayle Forman. I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves Forman's previous works or to anyone who is interested in reading something by this author.

Pleasant read in her signature style. It was a bit predictable and on the short side. I did, however, love the character building.

I have read Gayle Forman before and have really enjoyed her. That was not the case with this one. I didn't enjoy anything about this book;; it just was not my cup of tea.

This book was a compelling and interesting read. Kept me until the end. Gayle Foreman's writing is so distinct and I recommend anything she writes to readers.

I love Gayle Forman's books so I had high hopes for this one. While it had the promise of being a good book, it was a little farfetched and unbelievable. I liked the characters but I feel like something was missing.

Not a fan of books that jump from one person to the next telling different stories all at the same time. I was confused when the Freya story started and just when I started to understand it it jumped to the next guy... and then the next. Glad this was just a preview. I won’t both with the rest. A little disappointed cuz I liked this author’s other stuff.

Update: I have completed this story now. And it was even better than I expected from the teaser.

Harun, Freya, and Nathaniel meet accidentally in Central Park. Each of them is going through something big, it’s a hopeless situation and none of them can see a way out, but they connect in such a profound way that they each begin to heal the other.

This story was beautifully written and I felt an overwhelming sense of loneliness and isolation from the three main characters. I also felt the shift and the small spark of hope, and their realisation that this chance meeting might actually be the thing that saves them.

I only got a sneak peak of this book, and what a wonderful teaser it is!
These three teens are so intricately written and their own and interconnecting issues are so delicately handled.
I am eagerly awaiting the release of this book so that I can read the rest of it!
Thanks to Penguin Books and NetGalley for an ARC/sample of this book in exchange for an honest review.I only got a sneak peak of this book, and what a wonderful teaser it is!
These three teens are so intricately written and their own and interconnecting issues are so delicately handled.
I am eagerly awaiting the release of this book so that I can complete this story! I will post a full review once I’ve read the rest of the book.
Thanks to Penguin Books and NetGalley for an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

They may be complete strangers, with different lives and different problems, but there in the that examination room they are measuring sadness the same way. They are measuring it in loss.

This was the condensed version of I have lost my way.

Freya has lost her way by loosing her voice. She is on the verge of stardom when the unthinkable happens. She reflects on her family life, the abandonment of her father, the love/hate relationship with her sister, and the mother who controls everything in her life. She has had enough, she knows she has lost her way and a walk in Central Park brings her to a crossroads.

Harun is a Muslim and being Muslim, his family has expectations. Harun also has a secret and keeping his secret he has lost his way. A walk in Central Park brings him to a crossroad.


Nathaniel of the three that has lost his way is not by his own doing. A father that never grew up, a mother fed up, Nathaniel never had anyone to show him a way, until he took a walk in Central Park.

Loosing their way is really a cultural prose of individualism. Because of that, did not have any real connection. Even though the three connected at the park, their connection was based on fears which is easy to connect with others but emotion was a little dry for me.

A Special thank you to Penguin Group Publishing and Netgalley for the ARC and the opportunity to post an honest review.

Freya is a singer who can't sing. She's running away from the harsh reality of it, seeking solace in central park. She loses her balance, and falls right into the path of two people who will change her life completely: Harun and Nathaniel. Together, these young adults discover a lot about themselves and each other. Fate is not to be denied. Just when things seem to make sense, a sudden turn of events puts the three in motion, decidedly unlike the paths they set out on that morning. This changes _everything_.

This book is well worth reading. You'll feel this one in your gut.

Honestly, I’d read anything Forman wrote after If I Stay - but so far, this one is looking very compelling. I’ll be picking it up as soon as it’s released.