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Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott

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lt_tara's review against another edition

3.0

3.5 stars

I really had no intention to read this book but I found the audiobook and just decided to give it a try. At first I didn’t really care about the story or the characters but as the story went on I really started to like Stella and Will. They were very cute together but their romance was a little insta love-y to me. I also really loved the side characters. They were well developed and added life to the story.
The ending was actually really great in my opinion. It was a little sad but also cute and hopeful.
Overall this was a pretty standard YA romance with okay writing but with a very well done story line. I enjoyed it quite a bit.

kirklanddm98's review against another edition

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5.0

THIS BOOK WAS BEAUTIFUL. The movie was also really good, and I would say it does really good justice to this book. I loved every minute of it. The ending was perfect.

jaycie_90's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring lighthearted sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

It was an solid YA book. It had good character development, plot, and start, but it fizzled out at the end. The ending was disappointing, but after thinking it through, I'm still trying to figure out what I was expecting. Overall, It was cheesy, but I like how you must come to your conclusions. Recommend to people who like Kasie West’s stories.

genhuggins's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

poatoe's review against another edition

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emotional sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? N/A
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

olamisamigos's review against another edition

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4.0

I had found this book while cleaning out my closet, and with its discovery came the flood of memories I had long tried to keep shut away.

While my story does not include CF like Stella's, Five Feet Apart was incredibly relatable. It was, truly, the little things that made me cry. Will telling his mother to look past his illness and see him, only to realize that he knows nothing about his mother. A character dying just moments after they were all having fun. Stella and Will wanting to live. The lack of hope, and on the contrary, the overwhelming drive to survive for someone else. Because while you can understand death after life, you don't know how it will affect those around you. Namely, your parents.

It is a really simply written book; and the first few chapters (up until she meets Will) are not very complex or detailed. However, the juxtaposition between Lippincott's simple writing and the deep messages, implications, and themes worked so well. I managed to finish this book in a relatively short amount of time (1-2 hours in a sitting), and even then, I managed to experience the full spectrum of emotion and understand the entire story fully.

I would greatly recommend this book to absolutely anyone. The writing style may be for younger audiences, but the overall story is for all. And to my fellow hospital visitors, beware of the potential tears that may randomly make way onto the pages of the book.

rating: 4.5/5
great story