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A review by qilovik
Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott
2.0
The love story is fully shoehorned into the book. I like the friendship between Stella and Poe, how they have been united by having to spend a lot of time in the hospital since they were little, and the things they share with each other. However, the relationship with Will seems to me to have neither head nor tail. Everything happens super fast and out of the blue. Basically, Will and Stella go from not knowing each other (and almost not being able to stand each other) to deadly in love with each other in a couple of days.
Well, I also want to talk about the good things about this book. I loved that this book was dedicated to spreading appreciation and awareness to readers about what people with CF are going through and really putting ourselves in their shoes and making us feel a little bit (because we can't even imagine the pain they go through) about it. However, it is worth mentioning that I did not like many of the actions of the protagonists in relation to their illness at all, and there were times that I saw them as two teenagers in love who made irresponsible decisions like the time he and Stella ran away and she didn't want to take the new lungs just to be with him. Sacrificing your life for someone you met for a couple of days? Really?!
Well, I also want to talk about the good things about this book. I loved that this book was dedicated to spreading appreciation and awareness to readers about what people with CF are going through and really putting ourselves in their shoes and making us feel a little bit (because we can't even imagine the pain they go through) about it. However, it is worth mentioning that I did not like many of the actions of the protagonists in relation to their illness at all, and there were times that I saw them as two teenagers in love who made irresponsible decisions like the time he and Stella ran away and she didn't want to take the new lungs just to be with him. Sacrificing your life for someone you met for a couple of days? Really?!