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A review by meaghunt
Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott
1.0
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.
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.