Working in Pulmonary, this one really was interesting to me because I see Cystic Fibrosis patients daily. I absolutely loved Stella and Will and it broke my heart knowing they can't be together. And Poe? Omg. Insert ugly cry here...
Anyways, I really did enjoy this one, even if the ending wasn't exactly what I wanted. I think it is wonderful to spread awareness about CF and even so, this book was a good read!

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Even though this was my first experience with this story, Five Feet Apart reminded me of this feeling I used to get as a preteen/teen who devoured every single book put out by Lurlene McDaniel. If you loved her books like I did, or have a certain fondness for "newer" books like Invincible by Amy Reed or The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, you're going to appreciate this one.

Centered around a cast of characters with Cystic Fibrosis, Five Feet Apart is entirely about life and the love we find along the way. If you're looking for a book that will make you feel in such a brief amount of time, this is it. There's something so gentle about Five Feet Apart, but not in the sugar-coated way that is often YA contemporaries--make no mistake, this book is gentle but it is real.

And sometimes reality is ugly. Sometimes reality hurts. Boy, did this book make me feel a lot. I was unable to put it down and became so invested in the well-being of Stella, Will and Poe. I found that there were so many qualities to this coming of age story--I loved every moment of it and truly embraced these characters instantly.

Here are the things that Five Feet Apart will make you feel:

⇢❤ Hope
⇢❤ Love
⇢❤ Loss
⇢❤ Joy
⇢❤ Everything under the sun

Which is remarkable, given the fact that the novel itself is under 300 pages.

Now, I cannot attest to the way the illness is portrayed. My medical knowledge is limited. What I can say is that these characters feel like very real young adults and each plotline is handled with care. This is a coming of age story that will tug on your heartstrings, fill you with ALL THE FEELS, break your heart and then piece it back together.

While this book won't be for everyone, and others made find it too short, or too prone to teariness, I felt so much for it and cannot recommend it enough to those of you who can tolerate books that are bound to make you cry. I really loved this book.

Das einzige Wort, welches mir zu diesem Buch einfällt ist: Emotionen pur! Auf einer Seite lachst du mit, auf der anderen brichst du in Tränen aus. Alle Menschen, die mit dieser Krankheit leben und diejenigen, die mit Menschen dieser Krankheit leben, spreche ich meinen größten Respekt aus!❤️

I loved it! (partly credited to my love for Cole sprouse tho) the story was beautiful and I cried at least twice.

Can you love someone and do you dare to let go

I've read 71 books so far in 2020, and this one has by far been the worst.
The word that kept coming to mind was "maudlin. maudlin. maudlin."

During the boom of "sick teens" YA lit, I really adored TFIOS and Everything, Everything. This book, which was published in late 2018, was marketed (and perhaps even written?) with the heartbreaking, star-crossed, hospital-bound lovers' bent that failed to resonate here.

Throw together some under-developed characters (some of whom read as props, or worse, tropes), a plot that moves far too quickly to feel authentic, and some technological references that will date this book in a hot second, and you've got 'Five Feet Apart.' I thought it might be a curious read during this pandemic, seeing as how we're all at risk of a respiratory infection, but I was not endeared.

I commend the efforts to bring awareness to a terrible disease, Cystic Fibrosis, but the writing was terrible, the plot predictable, and the characters jeopardized their health at every turn so that I as a reader couldn't even take the severity of their illness with the seriousness it deserves.

Five Feet Apart is about two teens with COPD that have agreed to stay at least five feet away from each other for their safety, but eventually it becomes hard to stay away and more important to just live.

This was a beautiful story, and I was mad at myself for listening to reviews and putting it off so long. I was also mad at myself for the internal tears.

It's always hard to read a story about any type of illness or disease because as a person with a heart, you don't want people to be sick. I always have trouble reading about these things, and this was no different.

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Love, peace, and dope reading!
-NJ