Reviews tagging 'Death'

In Five Years by Rebecca Serle

270 reviews

livslibraryy's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Car accident, Death, Eating disorder, and Death of parent

lucyatoz's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

"This is a love story...but not the love story you're expecting" and it really was. 

In Five Years is the story of Dannie Kohan who appears to have it all sorted with her life. She has the perfect fiancé, David, an investment fund manager, the perfect apartment, in New York City, the wonderful, yet flighty best friend, Bella, and the perfect job, as a corporate lawyer at a top firm. But does having it all mean that she is truly happy? Soon tragedy strikes and it is about to test the boundaries of her friendship, engagement and outlook on life.

This novel is an emotional read and really pulls at the heartstrings. It will make you laugh and cry, in equal measure.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Death, Sexual content, and Cancer

Moderate: Child death, Car accident, Toxic relationship, and Grief

Minor: Vomit and Cursing

skyba3's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Grief, Death, and Terminal illness

jeandie_leone's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Cancer, Vomit, and Terminal illness

Minor: Car accident

erica_reads_things's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

A great, heartbreaking read. I liked the twist and where the story lead to. A different take on a love story, but a heartfelt love story nonetheless. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Terminal illness

Moderate: Alcohol, Death, Grief, Medical content, and Sexual content

Minor: Vomit, Pregnancy, and Child abuse

kellimalea's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

A fast read about the unexpected paths life takes us down, despite our plans for the future. The book had more emotional depth than I anticipated. The characters felt real and flawed. Overall, I enjoyed it and would recommend it.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cancer and Death

catsandmetaphors's review against another edition

emotional sad fast-paced

3.0

Would you throw away a life you were perfectly content with simply because of a thirty-minute dream? 
Well, that’s what the protagonist of this book did. It felt out of character for Danni to do so, based on how level-headed, detail-oriented and allround conscientious and thorough she had been shown throughout the novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, and Cancer

kaitlynk_thatpageturninglife's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Cancer

celinereads's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Heartbreakingly beautiful. That’s the best way to describe this book. It wasn’t what I was expecting at all but that doesn’t mean I didn’t love it. We need more stories focusing on as well as cherishing the power of female friendships and I feel that that’s exactly what this did at its core. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer

Moderate: Death

my only disappointment is the event that takes place at the very end with Aaron and Dannie. I think their entire “romance” timeline was rushed & honestly the only thing that i felt between the two characters was platonic friendship that stemmed from their love of Bella and the trauma of her cancer diagnosis and eventual death. They didn’t develop beyond that enough throughout the bulk of the story so by the time december 15 rolls around, it all felt so sudden and rushed and out of place? like i get what the author was trying to do but also….mmm left a bad taste in my mouth given the the timing of it all. I personally think the author could have just had them kiss and that be the end of it but to go further than that? Yeah no can’t get behind that.

addyisnothere's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.25

It was good. I was bored in the beginning, but it got better in the middle section.

Cancer always breaks my heart because of my grandpa’s fight with cancer. So when Bella was getting her affairs in order and telling Dannie that she was ready to go, I was crying a little.

Other than that, the book was alright.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness

Moderate: Medical content and Vomit

Minor: Death