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A review by caitlyncloud
In Five Years by Rebecca Serle
4.0
Knew it. What super busy doctor is gonna take their small amount of free time in a busy work day to get coffee for a patient’s friend? A doctor who is into said friend.
This was an unexpected ride. I can’t say I loved it. But it made me hurt and it made me cry, so 4 stars.
The writing is a bit robotic. I’m not sure if that’s a deliberate choice for Dannie’s character or if that’s just how the author writes. There’s a lot of added detail that seems pointless. Like when they’re in an Uber after the first round of chemo and Bella throws up, when the driver hands them a tissue box Dannie notes that it has clouds on it. Nothing that really adds to the scene, just “it was blue with clouds.” Or something basic like that. There’s all kinds of these little statements and they don’t feel pertinent to the scenes.
You go in thinking this will be some epic love story, and it is but it’s the story of Dannie and Bella. The men are just the sideline piece. The extra bit to add some conflict.
The story itself is brilliant. Like the concept and how it ends. Brilliant. I just wish it was less robotic writing.
I’m not gonna go gushing about it to everyone who lets me, but I also wouldn’t tell anyone to not read it.
This was an unexpected ride. I can’t say I loved it. But it made me hurt and it made me cry, so 4 stars.
The writing is a bit robotic. I’m not sure if that’s a deliberate choice for Dannie’s character or if that’s just how the author writes. There’s a lot of added detail that seems pointless. Like when they’re in an Uber after the first round of chemo and Bella throws up, when the driver hands them a tissue box Dannie notes that it has clouds on it. Nothing that really adds to the scene, just “it was blue with clouds.” Or something basic like that. There’s all kinds of these little statements and they don’t feel pertinent to the scenes.
You go in thinking this will be some epic love story, and it is but it’s the story of Dannie and Bella. The men are just the sideline piece. The extra bit to add some conflict.
The story itself is brilliant. Like the concept and how it ends. Brilliant. I just wish it was less robotic writing.
I’m not gonna go gushing about it to everyone who lets me, but I also wouldn’t tell anyone to not read it.