Dieses Buch ist einfach so wundervoll! Ich muss zugeben ich hatte ein bisschen Angst es auf Englisch zu lesen weil ich dachte ich verstehe dann vieles vielleicht nicht, aber so war es nicht. Das Buch hat mich trotz der anderen Sprache zum weinen gebracht und ich glaube ich kann nichts anderes sagen als das ich das Buch liebe! Es geht einem so unter die Haut und man versucht die ganze Zeit einfach nur die Scherben seines Herzes wieder aufzusammeln.

„Human touch. Our first form of communication. Safety, security, comfort, all in the gentle caress of a finger, or the brush of lips on a soft cheek. We need that touch from the one we love, almost as much as we need air to breathe. I never understood the importance of touch, his touch… until I couldn’t have it.“

Ich wusste auf was für eine Art von Buch ich mich einlasse, aber das es SO traurig wird hätte ich nicht gedacht. Die letzten Kapitel habe ich wirklich durch geheult. Ich war von Anfang an sehr mit der weiblichen Hauptcharakterin verbunden. Den männlichen Hauptcharakter mochte ich jedoch nicht direkt, er hat sich aber zum Glück im Laufe des Buches verändert. Der Schreibstil war sehr einfach zu verstehen und dazu kommt, noch, dass es ein sehr kurzes Buch ist. Insgesamt bin ich sehr schnell durch das Buch gekommen. Ich mochte die Storyline sehr und es wurde nicht langweilig, obwohl es nur im Krankenhaus gespielt hatte. Insgesamt ein super gutes und trauriges Buch.

Eine sehr schöne und traurige Story. Dieses Buch steht für andere auf demselben Podest wie "The Fault in our stars" und "All the bright places". Für mich aber nicht. Eine schöne Handlung, ich mochte Poe und die kleine, süße Liebe zwischen Will und Stella. Auch wenn die beiden noch lebendig sind, können sie ihr Glück leider beide nicht vollständig gemeinsam ausschöpfen. Irgendwie schade :-( Aber nun zum Ranking: 1. All the bright places 2. The Fault in our stars 3. Five feet apart Vielleicht schiebt sich das Buch noch etwas weiter nach unten, sobald ich Bücher finde, die in das Ranking mit hinein passen (wie z.B. "I fell in Love with hope" - das auch bald mal gelesen wird)

"Lighten up, Stella. It's just life. It'll be over before we know it." I finished "Five Feet Apart" yesterday in the morning, before leaving for work and boy, did I make a mistake... I think I saw the movie trailer at some point in January and it already made me tear up since I'm a serial crier. (I have no regrets). After watching the trailer, I thought the movie was based on a book but after doing my research I found there was an unusual concept at play? First, the movie was made and then the book came out (sometime in November, if I'm not mistaken). I don't know if this is really dumb or really smart or if it matters at all - usually, the book comes out and then (years and years later) it's made into a movie (if the book community gets lucky enough) and we get to imagine what the characters alook like. With "Five Feet Apart", I did imagine Will looking like Jughead from Riverdale at all times. That's probably just a side effect when a producer, casting supervisor or who knows what else picks Cole Sprouse as the male protagonist: I just couldn't get his cute face out of my mind while reading Will's chapters or about him. But let's get to the book: Stella and Will are in a hospital when they meet each other, both suffering from the terminal illness cystic fibrosis (short: CF). But that's where their similarities end. Stella likes to be in control and does everything to get better, for her family's sake. Will on the other hand, can't wait to turn eighteen to finally be able to make his own decisions. Those do not include extended hospital stays. Instead, he wants to see the world. Despite of their different mindsets, these two become friends and maybe even more until everything turns into a serious mess. What I thought about the book: As soon as I saw the movie trailer, I really did want to read the book first, I just like it better that way: Book first, movie second. I learned a lot about CF while reading "Five Feet Apart" and also, the characters really grew on me: Stella, the good girl, who is very controlling and organized - you'll understand why she wants to extend her life as much as possible. You'll also understand why Will wants to live life to the fullest while he can. And the best part is, how they make each other understand their points of views and how they learn from each other, what a change they both go through. The last pages made me bawl my eyes out... and despite being very emotional about the ending, it still left me hopeful.

I knew the whole story because I've already watched the movie... but even so, I cried my eyes out. This is one of my all-time favourite Story's. Both book and movie. It's beautiful and sad. The writing is amazing. It's definitely a highlight, and I would recommend it to everyone. But just know... You will cry.

A love story of two terminally ill CF patient teenagers that wait for the ultimate failure of their lungs. The only hope, a lung transplant. They are allowed to come as close as 6 feet any closer and their unique strands of sickness could kill each other. But how can you love on a 6 feet budget? With all this in mind you can already imagine what kids would do, when blinded by love and that is exactly why this isnt a flat 5 star review. Go read it!

After watching the movie, I decided to read the book, and it suppressed every expectation I had. It's so good how accurate the movie was made to the book. Since the book was first and it is so heartbreaking, I think I cried at least for the last 75 pages, if not more. So definitely recommend with a side of a box of tissues

You can also read the review on my blog Blattzirkus. Plot High School senior Stella has cystic fibrosis (mostly mentioned as CF; a genetic disorder that affects mostly the lungs) and returns to the hospital regularly, if to go to check-ups or 4 weeks stays to make the sickness better. At the beginning of her new 4-week treatment she meets Will, a teenager of her age, who just recently got into the hospital and not only got cystic fibrosis but burcholderia cepacia complex (mostly mentioned as b. cepacia; a bacterial infection) as well. As cystic fibrosis patients, they are not allowed to come closer than 6 feet, so they don’t catch each other’s bacteria, get sicker than even before and possibly die. Will, who lost hope of ever getting better, is in a special treatment in which he gets send from hospital to hospital all over the world, in hope to find a treatment for b. cepacia. Stella realized that Will doesn’t do his treatments at all, and can’t stand it one second to stand there and not help him. So if Will wants it or not, Stella is carrying him along her own journey. My Opinion First of all: oh wow, this book has one pretty cover! I love the idea, the connection it has with a certain object mentioned in the book and the colors are just beautiful. Naturally, I heard of this book not because I stumbled upon it or because I saw it at other blogger’s social feed, but because a movie adaption with Cole Sprouse as Will and Haley Lu Richardson as Stella is coming out and the trailer was super cute and it had a feeling of a cute, sad but well-made film. The movie opened on March 22nd, 2019 in the United States while there isn’t a date for Austria/Germany/Switzerland yet (usually they get the same date because the movie gets dubbed into German). But enough of the movie! Let’s talk a bit about the book. I had the feeling that it wasn’t a very long book since I read it basically in one day, two sittings maximum. Which says that I really was stuck with the story since I couldn’t stop reading. I loved the writing style. It was easy-going, yet not too easy and with the material mentioned, the atmosphere of it just felt right. The diseases get explained, jokes are made without the plot getting ridiculed. Nothing of this book felt over the top for me, it might be cheesy but it was the right amount, considering everything that happens in Five Feet Apart. You can say that the writing is very plot driven, which I personally like if it doesn’t go to hard into the side of plot-driven. Some beautifully worded descriptions don’t hurt a book either. And while writing this review I have read that the book is based on the movie! Which might be an explanation for this very plot- and dialogue-focused book. The characters are sympathetic, lovable and understanding. The real villain in this plot his sickness and there obviously doesn’t need to be a person who starts chaos in the clinic. Although, if you consider Will being the one who doesn’t want to participate in the treatment first, you could say it stirrs up some angry emotions. 🙂 One thing that I didn’t like so much that the book was a bit too short and Stella’s and Will’s background could have gotten more details. Same goes for all the mentioned side characters. Also I have read from fellow reviewers that the book is a good-ish representation of CF, but that the book doesn’t have CF patients in focus but those who first have to learn about the sickness. Basically to spread awareness to this awful disease. Which I guess happens when the movie industry wants to spread awareness, but also want to have a broad audience. From the movie promo (as well as reading up more on Five Feet Apart), there has been a CF patient called Claire Wineland who strongly influenced this movie but sadly passed away last year, in September. To learn more about the disease you can visit Claire’s Place Foundation, where you also are able to support children who are living with cystic fibrosis. For my Austrian readers, there is an Austrian foundation where you can inform yourself about cystic fibrosis: cystischefibrose.at Conclusion I give Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott 5 out of 5 stars because it was a cute, quick read with no real negative points to mention (at least when it comes to me, opinions tend to vary).

Meine Meinung Ich habe dieses Buch auf Englisch gelesen, was für mich eines der ersten englischen Bücher war. Vor allem mein erstes, wo ich die Handlung vorher noch nicht kannte. Das Englisch war sehr einfach zu verstehen und ich hatte keinerlei Probleme. Anfangs war ich etwas zwiegespalten, da die Figuren relativ eindimensional und vor allem klischeehaft waren. Der todkranke Junge, der trotz allem rebelliert und sich kein Stück um seine Gesundheit kümmert? Das hat bei mir erstmal für Augenrollen gesorgt. Außerdem hat mich das gesamte Buch relativ stark an “Das Schicksal ist ein mieser Verräter” erinnert. Die Geschichte plätschert angenehm vor sich hin, es war ein lockerer und humorvoller Umgang mit der Krankheit und man war immer ein Stück neugierig, wie es weitergehen würde. Es passierten auch ein paar unerwartete Dinge, sodass ich am Ende doch tatsächlich weinen musste. Die Romanze selbst konnte mich jedoch nur wenig abholen. Ich habe die Gefühle, welche Will und Stella wohl haben, kaum gespürt. Auch die Entwicklung der Charaktere konnte mich nicht ganz überzeugen. Während Will eine nachvollziehbare und positive Entwicklung durchgemacht hat, ist Stella ein völlig anderer Mensch geworden und handelt vollkommen irrational. Kurze Übersicht + man hat viel über die Krankheit erfahren + eine süße Geschichte, die meistens Spaß gemacht hat + leicht verständliches Englisch + am Ende musste ich doch weinen – Stellas Entwicklung war weder nachvollziehbar, noch positiv – Die Romanze war wenig überzeugend Fazit Eine nette Geschichte, die mich gut unterhalten hat, nachhaltig aber nicht beeindruckt. Ich würde eher zu John Greens “Das Schicksal ist ein mieser Verräter” greifen. 3,5 Sterne.

I received a free e-book over NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. First of all I have to say that this book is the book adaption of a movie, not the other way around. When I discovered that fact, it immediately changed some thoughts I had on it. My most important take away from this novel is that the movie will probably be better. First time I said that, but it's the truth. If you're interested in this story, I recommend you go to the movie, the intended format of this story, and I bet you will enjoy that more. I might even go and watch it for myself, even though I didn't really enjoy the novelisation of it. Anyway, first the things I liked about this book. I liked that it focused on characters suffering from CF. I didn't know anything about that sickness and I feel like the book did give me a somewhat accurate experience of what it's like to suffer from it. It definitely put it on my radar and that's something. The cover is also pretty. Now the things I didn't enjoy. Almost everything about the romance. Some people said this book has a The Fault in Our Stars Vibe, but I would say it is more like Everything Everything, especially when it comes to the love story. The protagonist Stella and Will fall in love over the course of two weeks and Stella, who was always completely set on living as long as possible, even wants to give up a GIANT chance for this random guy. It just didn't make sense and with how short this story is, there just wasn't any space for development. There's also a death that's simply for shock value and has no other importance on the story. I wish it had made me sad, but at that point I was just so done with the whole plot. Overall, the dramatic moments in this book just happened and then it was like they never happened in the next "scene" and everything just went on. Just skip this one and go straight for the movie. That's all I have to say.

3,5 stars I finished this book in less than a day, so you can definitely tell that this is a quick read! The writing makes the book so easy to get through, but it still manages to really hit hard when it comes to the things that happen in the book. Not going to lie, I might have also shed a tear or two. Definitely looking forward to watching the movie now and see how they adapted this story!

Klappentext: Stellas einzige Überlebenschance ist eine neue Lunge. Bis es soweit ist, muss sie sich von allem und jedem fernhalten, um ihr ohnehin schwaches Immunsystem nicht zu gefährden. Ohne Ausnahme. Will ist ganz anders – er lässt sich nicht unterkriegen und ist bereit, auf volles Risiko zu gehen. Sobald er 18 ist, wird er dem Krankenhaus den Rücken kehren, um endlich mehr von der Welt zu sehen. Vor allem aber ist Will jemand, von dem Stella sich fernhalten muss. Wenn er sie auch nur anpustet, könnte sie infiziert werden. Beide könnten sterben. Aber je mehr Zeit die beiden miteinander verbringen, desto mehr fühlt sich der vorgeschriebene Sicherheitsabstand zwischen ihnen wie eine Strafe an. Wäre ein bisschen mehr Nähe wirklich so tödlich – vor allem, wenn sie verhindert, dass ihre Herzen brechen? Meine Meinung: Was für eine Enttäuschung. Die Story hat mich weder berührt noch war sie gut. Es war öde und langweilig. Die Charaktere flach und ich hab keinen Bezug zu den Figuren entwickeln können. Dann passiert endlich mal was emotionales und das wird in 5 Seiten abgehandelt. Unverständlich. Daraus hätte man viel mehr machen können. Ich habe mir das Buch geholt, weil ja der Film bald rauskommt und der Trailer gut bzw interessant war. Der Klappentext liest sich interessanter als das ganze Buch. Ansonsten ist das Buch für Englischanfänger gut geeignet. Das einzige was interessant war, dass man einiges über die Krankheit Mukoviszidose erfahren hat.

3.5/5 stars!! I liked this book. I didn't dislike it, I didn't love it. I was pretty eh about it. I think the book, the way the story was told was on very safe grounds, like the author wanted to play safe and just make the reader feels certain emotions. I think if I was a 15-year-old, I would have enjoyed it a lot more. My present age lunatic brain wanted to live a little more dangerously and would have liked to see a not very happy ending. Otherwise. It's a cute story. One time read. :)