Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Five Feet Apart by Tobias Iaconis, Rachael Lippincott, Mikki Daughtry

76 reviews

nikmahie's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I was expecting a little bit more, but a nice read nevertheless. I had hoped for a little more depth. The story itself is very straightforward. And that’s the sad thing about this book; it’s all very shallow. And while there was a lot of potential, the author kept it safe and easy. 

A fun and fast read in between two bigger books. But I’m sure the story won’t stick. This one is just one of many love stories. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Death, and Medical content

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Grief

Minor: Abandonment

apricothopeful's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Death

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Confinement, Blood, Child death, and Gaslighting

Minor: Deportation, Dysphoria, Ableism, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, and Infertility

joey1914's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Child death, Death, Grief, Sexual content, Abandonment, Chronic illness, and Deportation

naddl0r's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Medical content, Chronic illness, and Terminal illness

mayabelang4's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, Child death, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Chronic illness

peachythi_books's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I liked it a lot and became pretty attached to the friendship formed between Will, Stella, and Poe. Especially Will and Stella since they were the main focus of the book. I do admit I kind of wish that the book was less fast paced and let us see into their characters a little bit more. At times the characters felt one dimensional and served the purpose of being only a romance and that their CF was just a tool to push them together. Nonetheless its a fun lighthearted read with a lot of emotional moments that really hit you in the feels. 

As the book progressed I definitely enjoyed it a lot more. Especially in the slower more detailed parts. Will and Stella’s conflict with the lives they lived was very compelling.

Ps) Poe remained both my favorite character and the one I’ll hold the closest to my heart <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness and Chronic illness

Moderate: Death

ishouldbereading's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Terminal illness, and Medical content

Moderate: Death and Cursing

Minor: Sexual content

candearangotobon's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

I cried.
You are going to cry.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Chronic illness, and Terminal illness

Minor: Deportation

britt_zonnebloempit's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I CRIED while reading this. Several times. It's amazing that they've written a book about cystic fibrosis, creating awareness, but I hate that it had to be such a completely heart breaking, painful, beautiful novel 😭 I breezed through this in only a couple of hours! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness

Moderate: Death

pastellymoon's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I didn't like certain parts of the book, but overall it's a good read.

There were tons of moments where I left the book because of some non emotional related hard moments to read, and it made it difficult to read the book. I definitely loved the cover art of it. It felt like being ill was kinda just thrown in to make this book have some sort of direction, didn't feel very strong to me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Death, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Medical content