Age recommendation: YA/15+
Hello, for my second post today (wowzers, considering I haven't done anything in a while) I'm going to review Five Feet Apart, which is now a major motion picture!
First, we meet Stella, who suffers from cystic fibrosis. She's been in hospital most of her life because of CF, and she always needs to be in control of everything else. Her biggest rule is never be within six feet of another CFer. 6 feet, if she ever wants the chance to get a lung transplant. No less. Then there's Will, another CFer, only he also has B Cepacia. He hates the endless trips to hospitals and wants to be in control of his life, which'll happen when he turns 18. If Stella wants to stay safe and be able to get her new lungs, she shouldn't hang around Will. One touch could be enough to jeopardize everything she's been working towards. But as they get to know each other, Stella starts to wonder, is everything, all the rules and restrictions, really worth it? What if they changed six feet to five, would it really ruin everything?
This book hit me hard. It's made me so grateful for everything I have, including my family, friends, freedom and perfectly good set of functioning lungs. It was a good book, which filled me full of emotions as I read. I had a good laugh, cringe and a bit of a cry, and suspense for the next chapter. If you enjoy contemporary YA romances with a roller coaster of emotions and friendships, this is for you! I read the whole thing in two days! It's defiantly a shorter book than I normally read, but was still well written and structured all the way through, and didn't seem to fast paced or like things were happening to quickly. I'm so looking forward to watching the movie!
This book really helped me to understand something like what it must be like for people who are stuck in hospital, and do have less freedom as most of us do. Most of us can be friends with whoever we want to be friends with, and we can hug them and do things with them without worrying about all the troubles which Stella and Will faced in Five Feet Apart. A wonderful, insightful love story which is short and sweet, this book is bound to make you unable to do anything else other than read and wonder about it! This book will teach you to be grateful for even the littlest things in life. I don't normally read a lot of contemporary, but Five Feet Apart was defiantly a good one, which should be added to your TBR pile as soon as possible!
I hope that science is able to find a cure for cystic fibrosis, and I can't believe the amount people who have to live with it, and anyone else with a life threatening disease. Best wishes to anyone who is stuck in hospital like Stella and Will, I hope you get well! Have any thoughts on Five Feet Apart? Post in the comments below!
Happy Reading, and don't forget to wash your hands!
Maddie xoxo
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