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A review by livreads7
Five Days Left by Julie Lawson Timmer
5.0
**4.5 stars.
I got to read this book through Penguin's First Reads program.
This book follows two characters' lives. One of the protagonists is a woman diagnosed with Huntington's disease and in her degenerate state she begins to think about suicide. There is talk about the people she knows and will miss, leaving them behind, as well as those she might not know so well but will still miss. I like how this book deals with that.
The other is a teacher who decides to foster a child. He grows very close to him, even when he finds out that his wife is pregnant and he can soon have his own family. I like how the novel also deals with the aspect of foster children and being a foster parent.
Some parts were very painful truths and I think it was important to include them because it gave a truer nature to the disease and how it not only affects the patient but her family as well.
I also think the females in this novel were a bit heavy in their personalities; they were a bit too strong. I don't think I would get along with them if they were real people (and in reality, we could all know one or more females who are like them).
The ending left me bittersweet, but I liked how both points of view ended. It was happy/sad yet satisfying in a way. I definitely recommend this book; it was quite good. I only took 0.5 stars because the female characters made me mad at their choices or outbursts but that's all.
I got to read this book through Penguin's First Reads program.
This book follows two characters' lives. One of the protagonists is a woman diagnosed with Huntington's disease and in her degenerate state she begins to think about suicide. There is talk about the people she knows and will miss, leaving them behind, as well as those she might not know so well but will still miss. I like how this book deals with that.
The other is a teacher who decides to foster a child. He grows very close to him, even when he finds out that his wife is pregnant and he can soon have his own family. I like how the novel also deals with the aspect of foster children and being a foster parent.
Some parts were very painful truths and I think it was important to include them because it gave a truer nature to the disease and how it not only affects the patient but her family as well.
I also think the females in this novel were a bit heavy in their personalities; they were a bit too strong. I don't think I would get along with them if they were real people (and in reality, we could all know one or more females who are like them).
The ending left me bittersweet, but I liked how both points of view ended. It was happy/sad yet satisfying in a way. I definitely recommend this book; it was quite good. I only took 0.5 stars because the female characters made me mad at their choices or outbursts but that's all.