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“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. It connects us when we’re happy, bolsters us in times of fear, excites us in times of passion and love. We need that touch from the one we love, almost as much as we need air to breathe. But I never understood the importance of touch. His touch. Until I couldn’t have it. So if you’re watching, and you’re able, touch him. Touch her. Life’s too short to waste a second.”
Five Feet Apart Story: A pair of love struck hospital patients trade love letters and latex gloves and the story offers an unexpected ending. A highly emotional film and none of the cheesy lines.
Introduction
It's been around 50 years since Love Story showed that people will pay good money to watch pretty youngsters in love dying slowly, and five since The Fault in Our Stars revived this death-obsessed sub-genre with notable commercial success.
Inhale. Take a breath. Take a full deep breath.
Those of us who have the advantage of taking breathing for granted get to choose when we consider bringing air into our lungs—to focus,to center our thoughts, to unwind, to relax, to sing, to blow up a balloon, to run.
For individuals with lung infections like cystic fibrosis (CF), every breath is a battle, a victory, and an excruciating reminder that it could be their last breath.
Originally published - 20 November 2018
Title - Five Feet Apart
Author - Rachael Lippincott
Publisher - Simon & Schuster Books
Genre - Contemporary Romance, Young Adult
Language - English
Theme - Life and death, First Love, rebellion
Major Characters - Stella Grant, Will Newman, Meredith Newman, Jeff and Erin Grant, Poe Ramirez, Dr. Hamid, Nurse Julie, Nurse Barbara
Narrator - First Person from Stella and Will’s Point of view
Awards - Goodreads Choice Awards Best Young Adult Fiction
Romantic love stories consistently have to have a reason to keep the couple separated and for this situation, that implies in a real sense separated, literally apart. As a result of their vulnerability to disease, CF patients need to remain at any cost six feet from one another.
They are like Romeo and Juliet if the Montagues were microbes and the Capulets were a set of new lungs.
So it's a note to you all, this book made me smile and laugh. It made me cry. In particular, it caused me to feel things and experience the highs and lows of the story in the most clear manner.
Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott with Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iaconis recounts the narrative of two young people diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis, a genetic disease that can significantly affect the lungs and digestive system.
I truly adored the book and needed to share a smidgen regarding why. Likewise, the film is out in theaters presently so make sure to look at that, as well!
Book Blurb
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“If this is all we get, then let's take it. I want to be fearless and free," she says, giving me a look, daring me. "It's just life, Will. It'll be over before we know it.”
-Rachael Lippincott, Five Feet Apart
Stella is a cheerful CF patient who utilizes social media to move and help other people who are additionally experiencing CF. She met Will, the complete opposite of her, miserable about his circumstance.
Stella helped with altering Will's perspective on being grateful and becoming more serious about his condition. However, like any other teenager, they are not hesitant to face challenges, regardless of the consequences.
Opening in the hospital room of deuteragonist Stella, who has cystic fibrosis (CF), Five Feet Apart is a YA romance that investigates the conflicts of individuals living with CF and other related illnesses. Right off the bat in the book Stella meets the other deuteragonist, Will, and she can't stand him.
Stella Grant likes to be in charge, in control—despite the fact that her thoroughly out of control lungs have sent her all through the hospital for the majority of her life.
Now, what Stella needs to control most is to keep herself away from any person or thing that may pass along an infection and endanger the chance of a lung transplant. Six feet apart. No special cases.
The only thing Will Newman needs to be in control of is escaping this clinic. He couldn’t care less about his medicines, or an extravagant new clinical medication trial. Before long, he'll turn eighteen and afterward he'll have the option to unplug every one of these machines and really go see the world, not simply its hospitals.
Will's actually what Stella needs to avoid and stay away from. If he so much as breathes on Stella she could lose her spot on the transplant list. Both of them could kick the bucket and die. The best way to remain alive is to remain separated. Yet, all of a sudden, this six feet doesn’t feel like safety. It rather feels like punishment.
Imagine a scenario where they could take back a tiny bit of the space their broken lungs have stolen from them?
Would five feet separated truly be so risky in the event that it prevents their hearts from breaking as well?
Loved portions among the Narrative and Characterization
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“I’m not going far. I’ll always be here. Just an inch away. I promise.”
-Rachael Lippincott, Five Feet Apart
Going to and fro among Stella and Will's first-person perspectives, Five Feet Apart consistently and unobtrusively shows the two drawing together. One can see all through the internal conflict each presents to the next.
Will's dark humor and desire to appreciate what life has challenged Stella's control-minded focus on remaining alive, while Stella's positive thinking and love for those in her life challenges Will's skeptical nihilism about the value of remaining alive. I particularly appreciated and was intrigued with Lippincott's representation of Will and Poe.
Another most sobbing part of the book is the one where admitting his affection for her, Will makes her close her eyes, as he says he won't be able to leave if she is looking at him. Stella shuts her eyes and Will walks away.
The Writing Style and General Criticism
Writing-wise, this book is all that I trusted it would be. The composing was honest, straightforward, and felt practically realistic to teens. I feel like large numbers of the "terrible" reviews on YA fiction scrutinize the impulsivity of the characters, or how "sensational" things are made to be.
The thing is, teens are sensational. At the point when you're youthful, each feeling can be all-burning-all-consuming through.
Teenagers aren't great, not perfect.No one handles a difficult situation with grace all the time, and Will shows so much of development and profundity all through the story that I was completely invested.
There are such countless amazing, genuine minutes with Will that I cherished. I will not ruin it, but one of my number one scenes included Will doing some serious sneaking to comfort Stella during a pretty scary time for her.
The Bottom Line
“You scare me Stella." I looked at him, frowning. "What? Why?" He looks into my eyes, his voice serious. "You make me want a life I can't have." I know exactly what he means. He shakes his head, his face somber. "That's the scariest thing I've ever felt.”
-Rachael Lippincott, Five Feet Apart
Though the love story is fairly unsurprising but yet entertaining to read. In contrast to different stories about teenagers, this book does come with deep questions. It essentially makes one keep thinking about whether it is sufficient to stay alive or if it is equally as important to actually live life.
Engaging for both passive and critical readers, Five Feet Apart is a fantastic story that re-articulates established story elements into a modern context setting, and it’s as deep as one might want to look.
My ratings for the book - 3.8 on 5
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Written By - Prakriti Chaudhary
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