Five Feet Apart

Story: I really enjoyed reading about Stella, who is is constantly challenged by Cystic Fibrosis, which basically makes her feel as if she's drowning in the mucus that her body is unable to cough up itself. She knows her time here is limited but seems to live her life mostly for her parents and almost seems to forget about her own wishes. Of course there are plausible reasons for that, I could most definitely see where she was coming from. Then, out of nowhere of course, there is this guy who thinks "YOLO"... (pun intended, I know it's a bad one...) Will, despite having to live with the same condition plus an extra infection which made sure he won't be able to undergo a lung transplant, seems to have lost any will to live any longer than even the basic medication can support him with. This mostly seems to be caused by the feeling that he is being used as an experimental guinea pig and his mom spending an awful lot amount of money , but no time actually with him personally. As she reconsiders her "options" and takes a risk. (An enormous one, mind you, in her situation. Would not recommend.) He learns to be a bit more relaxed and thinking before jumping into situation you might not come out of alive... Characters: When living with a chronic illness from a young age people seem to be more mature than sometimes is good for them. In other ways the teenage stubbornness can be quite tough, which is very realistic for all I recognise, and therefore did not annoy me in any way. Writing style: I think the author did very good simplifying very, extremely complicated situations. I liked how I flew through the book. Reread? Yes I will, also very interested in seeing the movie.