Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott, Mikki Daughtry (Contributor), Tobias Iaconis (Contributor)

With the movie coming out, of course I decided to read the book Five Feet Apart because that's just what I do. And because people keep likening it to The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, of course my expectations were pretty high. Now, I'm not going to say that this book is bad, because it's not. I just think the hype surrounding it is a little bit much. Again, it's a good book. I, however, did not find it to be the life changing miracle book that so many others did. I will also be posting a video where I talk about some of the other videos that I've posted about books I've read including some thoughts on this one.

Stella's character honestly annoyed me at first. She was very regimented when it came to her meds, which is a good thing, but my annoyance came from I saw that her controlling nature affected every aspect of her life. Now, seeing as how she had CF (cystic fibrosis), this is a good thing. I didn't like that she started forcing it on other people. Although, I am of the mind that to each their own and all that jazz.

Will's character didn't annoy me as much. He was what I would consider the stereotypical teenage boy. Yes, he has a deadly bacterial infection that feeds off of penicillin instead of being destroyed by it and he also could kill another CF patient if he were to get too close, but he wanted to live his life to the fullest. He wanted to travel and see the world and not travel around the world because of the hospitals and treatments he needed. All he had to do was bide his time until he turned 18 so he could go off on his own and live out the remainder of his short life doing something fun.

Now, this is a love story. A hate to love relationship. But honestly, I was almost 2/3 of the way through the book before someone dies and then it's like the domino effect. Suddenly everything starts to happen at once. Stella freaks out and almost drowns. Then she gets her lung transplant. Will leaves because he's turned 18 and wants to see the world. All in the last like 50-75 pages.

While this book was pretty lackluster, I did give it a 3 star rating. That seems to be my standard for books that are 'okay.' If you've read it and really enjoyed it, though, let me know in the comments!!