So I want to start off by saying that I’ve never met anyone who has CF and I am not sure how accurate this book is. I did think it was pretty eye opening and it gave me a new perspective on people with terminal illness.

I thought the book was pretty entertaining and well written. I did think that the book was a little bit too fast paced but that also helped keep it interesting. This book did make me contemplate how short life is and to appreciate what I have, especially my health. I did like pretty much every character although many of them did not have much development.

The romance was also pretty good. It definitely wasn’t one of my favorites but I was rooting for them the whole time. I did think this story was devastating and it definitely hurt my heart a bit. All in all, it was a quick and enjoyable read and now I’m excited to watch the movie!

Call me cliche, but I loved this book! Everything about it was positively thrilling and I would 100% read it again! Now, the topic of sick kids in love is something we've all seen before, but I'm a sucker for these stories. The relationship between Will and Stella was something I had never seen before. It was like they knew each other and could see each other's vulnerable side without even trying to look for it. Will makes himself out to be this "bad boy" who doesn't care about anything, including himself. When he says, "It's just life, Stella. It'll be over before you know it," I found myself suddenly drawn to him, because that is not something someone just says out of the blue. Will thinks he is hopeless and that looking for a cure for his B. cepacia is pointless. But then he meets Stella, this girl who needs to be in control of everything or she simply can't sleep at night. Everything about her is organized, from her life to her medcart. And their differences and how they are exactly opposite one another is so intriguing. Will practically gave himself over to her as soon as he met her, because he was simply so drawn to her that he couldn't stop himself.
But to stray from Will and Stella for a moment,this book really focused on a disease no one talks about and it deserves to be: cystic fibrosis. CF is a disease that really doesn't have a cure yet except for replacing your lungs with new ones. B. cepacia doesn't have a cure, either. This disease needs to be talked about, because how else will they find a cure for it?
I thought this book was wild, thrilling, lively, imaginative, exciting, suspenseful, and awe-inducing, and simply inspiring. Love wins above all.

4.5

Dit is een leuk boek als afleiding. Gebaseerd op de film dus het leest af en toe wat ‘films’.

Lippincott, Rachael. Five Feet Apart. Simon Schuster BYR, 2018.

Stella is in the hospital hoping for a lung transplant that will extend her lifespan, which has been shortened by her cystic fibrosis. She is creating an app for people with chronic conditions, to help them manage their medications and other treatments. Will, on the other hand, is fed up with treatments, hospitals, and the way his mom brings him from location to location to try every new experimental treatment in the hope that someone will cure him. As they both have CF, they are never supposed to be closer than six feet apart. Stella's organization clashes with Will's rule-breaking until they discover they are perfect for each other.

If you enjoyed The Fault in Our Stars or other books about teens with life-threatening illnesses, this is the perfect book for you. Stella's and Will's personality clashes are hilariously entertaining as the reader gets to watch each of them frustrate and be frustrated by the other one. The storyline is a pretty typical one for this type of story: boy meets girl, boy and girl fall in love but can't be together, boy and girl make unwise choices because LOVE, etc. etc.

This book wasn't necessarily my cup of tea, but I can definitely see it being popular with teens in the library, especially as the movie is slated to come out at the same time as the book. Recommended.

Recommended for: teens
Red Flags: some language
Overall Rating: 4/5 stars

Read-Alikes: Everything, Everything; The Fault in Our Stars

I received a complimentary copy of this book through Netgalley for the purpose of review.

Video Review: https://youtu.be/OoDg36K93GM

I laughed. I cried. It broke my heart. And it put it back together. This book is phenomenal. I could not put it down.