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In Five Years by Rebecca Serle

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lucymae0515's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.0

I have a lot of thoughts on this book. I didn’t love it, but I didn’t hate it.

Things I loved: Rebecca Serle’s plot lines and writing is always beautiful and so engaging. Her plots always have a touch of magic in them which gives a fun, whimsical but also emotional feeling. I loved the plot of this one as our MC, Dannie, is engaged and landed the job of her dreams only to wake up five years in the future with a different life. I also love the touch of romance but the main focus is friendship.

Things I didn’t love: I didn’t love any of the characters. I didn’t feel a really connection through the book. It got pretty boring, as the back only describes about the first three chapters. I felt like it was just not as entertaining as her other books.

Would i recommend it? Sure, if it sounds interesting, go ahead! But I personally didn’t love it, but also didn’t hate it. :)

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carys_roberson's review

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emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.0

I honestly don't know how to feel about this book. It was a quick read; I ended up finishing it in a day. I was not super invested in the story to begin with, but I found myself wanting to keep reading for some reason. Dannie and David were just not compelling characters, and it felt like we were going in circles with their relationship for the entire novel with hardly anything of interest happening to them; I'm aware that this was the point, but it just became tedious to read after a while. I feel like even more could have been done to build up the tension and unspoken understanding between the two. For me, Dannie was wanting as a protagonist. She was really just a workaholic who had trouble being honest with herself and David. However, I really loved Bella. I felt that Serle portrayed friends who are soulmates very well, and it was refreshing to read a love story about a loving platonic relationship. I honestly could have done with even more scenes early on in the book with Bella and Dannie and less with David.

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I am not usually one to cry at books or movies, but Bella's death had me quite emotional.

Aaron was okay, but the way he was written did not strike me as really suiting the role that he was supposed to play in Dannie's life. The very end of the book is what really brought the rating down for me. I liked reading the five years scene with context, but other than that, the last few pages were rushed and not a satisfying end to the story. All in all, this book was a good, quick read for a rainy day at home.

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im_just_vidu's review

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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

4.75

First of all, to everyone who recommended this to me as a "Romance" category, I HATE Y'ALL. Fuvk you. You made me believe this is a fluffy cute romance book. Yes, I knew it was something about you seeing yourself in 5 years but I didn't know a lot more than that. I was so anxious that this would become a "cheating with your best friend’s boyfriend" thing. Mainly because I hate the "cheating" troupe. But THAT? Well, I didn't expect that at all. If this was about a cheating, I could've just hate the story and easily let it go. But how am I supposed to even do that when it's nothing like that? Yes I still can blame on that one kiss, or that one glimpse, but you know it's not something like that. So how the HELL am I supposed to survive this? I still am having a freshly cut deep wound because of this book. And it frustrates me that I can't even hate it because, GOD I love this story but I hate it for making me feel this way.

My best friend is my safe place and I have a huge soft spot for that person. She makes me a better person. She becomes the reason I can't give up on my dreams. She makes me feel loved and I can do anything and everything for her. She was there with me in my darkest times and I've been there with hers too. She can easily paint a smile on my face. She can poke a hole in a garbage bag and wear it, yet she's so perfect and so beautiful. We still have dreams to do so many things together. We don’t have to do anything. Just being there is enough. Just the presence is more than enough. As I think about that, we spend most of the time without doing anything. We just stay together without saying a single word, and that fills me up. Her mere presence is enough to make me feel good.

This book reminds me of her. She is always there for me, no matter what. And that's why I can relate to this book on a whole another level. Not the story itself, but the bond between best friends. And that may be why I can’t dislike this book. How can I do so, when it perfectly portrays everything? I met my bestie when we were 6 years old. Dannie and Bella met each other when they were 7. Yes I’m not 28 years old yet, but still I know how it feels. The feeling of having someone throughout your whole life, sharing the present with them, having history together and not being able to let go of each other.

Dannie fell asleep the day her boyfriend proposed her and sees a dream. A dream is when she’s with another man, a complete stranger and she’s living together with that man. Even though she doesn’t remember anything, she knows that this stranger is her partner. Not her boyfriend who proposed her. But she share the same bed with him, living with that man, who she doesn’t even know. The puzzle she has to solve is, who’s this man and how she ended up with him after a small nap. That’s when she notice that it was not the present she used to live in. It’s 5 years after the present she remembered. She doesn’t remember a single thing that happened in past 5 years, and it feels like she woke up from a coma without remembering a single minute. Then she actually wakes up, and she’s living in the present. Not in the future, she saw after 5 years. The real present. Yes it was a dream but she felt so real that she can’t believe it’s a dream. This makes her go to the psychiatric even. And she just accept the fact that it was “just a dream” no matter how real it felt. That’s how the story starts. Beautiful, isn’t it?

And Dannie lives in the present. The actual present she lives in. The present her boyfriend proposed her. The present she said “yes” to that proposal. With her boyfriend besides her instead of that stranger that she don’t even know of. And she slowly accepts that. That it might be actually a dream even though it felt real. The thing is she didn’t told her best friend about this ridiculous dream. She should have. But she didn’t. Why? Maybe it’s not that important. There’s nothing important about a dream you saw. And I still think, she missed the point. That’s the whole point of this story. And I know it’s that she forgot to tell Bella, that this became the story. It’s the reason this story flowed the way it did.

To Dannie’s boyfriend; I respect him. I respect him for being so patient. Not saying a word even though they didn’t get married for 4 years even after proposing her. For being the perfect match for Dannie. For being there for her every time she needs him. For understanding Dannie so well. For letting the Dannie the way she is. In my eyes, he is THE perfect boyfriend. The perfect boyfriend for Dannie. I feel sorry that he didn’t have enough time to spend with Dannie. Yet it’s so beautiful how makes the whole relationship do beautiful. He’s the reason that Dannie is the girl she is. His giving Dannie freedom is what made this so beautiful.

Bella; is the perfect best friend in the world. You cannot ask for someone else better than her. Yes, she falls in love so easily, but how beautiful that is.? To be able to give your heart to someone even though it was broken by so many people before. In my mind, she’s such a bubbly character. Such a strong character, who’s not afraid of being the real version of herself. I really admire how confident she is. I love how she pushes Dannie for being the best version of herself as well. She’s the perfect best friend anyone could ask for.

And lastly Dannie; I wanted to hate you. I really did. But I don’t hate you. Instead, I admire you. I admire you for taking every action you have to prevent happening the worst. For making hard decisions for her loved ones. I like her for doing everything in her power to make others feel better. It’s not easy to give up on your own self for someone else’s happiness. And I love how good a friend she is. (Except for that one small mistake, she is the perfect friend for Bella) I was supposed to hate you since the moment you woke up from that dream. Dannie gave me the worst anxiety with her dreams and reality. The way she bounce back from reality to her dreams is fascinating. And I don’t hate Dannie. I believe her small mistake she did because she wasn’t in the right headspace can be ignored with what she has done for her loved ones. Because she did her best to prevent the worst. And I love Dannie for that.

Lastly, I love this book. And I hate this book. I love it for how beautiful and perfect it is, and I hate it for making me feel things so deeply. And for the common question “Did you cry?”, the answer is no. But that doesn’t mean it’s bad. I’m an emotionless monster and I normally don’t cry over books. I don’t think I ever did. That’s why I didn’t shed tears. Not because this wasn’t emotional enough. However this broke my heart into pieces. It wrenched my heart and I have to pick all the broken pieces one by one because I’m weak now. If you like sad books, you might like this. But I recommend going through the trigger warnings first. And yes I love this book.

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challenging emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

Another one in the column of Books That Made Me Ugly Cry!!! Hooray, for I so dearly love a story that brings such emotions to the forefront. (Not sarcasm, btw)

I had no idea what to expect going into this book. Well, that’s a lie. I knew it was a love story, and I’d heard it would make me cry.

But I did not anticipate in the slightest, why it would make me cry. Or what kind of love story I’d feel very deeply apart of.

You very easily slip in to this story. It reads like any other, until it doesn’t. And when it doesn’t, you simply must keep reading to see where it leads. Love, heartbreak, celebration, tragedy, compromise, friendship. Life, changing without approval, no matter how much you plan for it not to. Life, out of your hands.

“In Five Years” is as comforting as it is devastating. It’s both a tight, warm hug and a fierce, bitter wind. It answers the questions you’ve never even thought about before, and asks of you things you’ve never had to give.

Give it all. The characters in this novel deserve it.

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milenasbooknook's review

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emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character

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jillkaarlela's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.25

I thought this was pretty interesting. I wasn’t super emotionally connected to it, it was very short. But it was a good representation of real life and not just sugar coated romance. I only give it a 3.25 stars because i like my books to be gripping, exciting, and super entertaining, and this book was not. However that’s okay, it was still very well written and clever concept, that would be really moving and emotional to some, just not me. Strictly romance novels where romance is the only plot are not my thing. I like action novels or murder mystery’s with romance as a part of the plot but no the sole plot.

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I didn’t think she should end up with the doctor, because he is too much older, and she didn’t have chemistry with him. I thought she really loved Greg/Aaron. I do like the ending as ambiguity’s, and like she is for fitting control now, since she has struggled with being controlling throughout the book.

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writtenbydnicole's review

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emotional inspiring 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

4.0

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