Book Review: Five Feet Apart 

By Mikki Daughtry, Rachael Lippincott, and Tobias Iaconis 

5 Stars 

Five Feet Apart is a novel about a forbidden love. Something they shouldn’t feel but end up feeling. Stella, who is a cystic fibrosis patient, lives by routines and restrictions. Most of her time ends up getting spent in the hospital.   

She ends up missing her senior trip to Cabo. Instead of spending time with her friends and having fun, she ends up stuck in the hospital once again, but this time her hospital trip will lead her to feel new emotions, experience new things and live a life she didn’t know she would live. After meeting Will, who is another cystic fibrosis patient. The polar opposite of her, a rebellious teenager.   

They both end up growing attached to the other even when they are five feet apart from one another to avoid cross-contamination.   

I loved the book incredibly. The writers did a great job in the writing. Each sentence was beautifully written and descriptive. The pacing of the book wasn’t rushed or slow-paced, which I really enjoyed. The scenes kept me on edge, especially when Will and Stella started to get to know each other more.   

I especially loved how Will and Stella had polar opposite personalities but still managed to overcome their differences and fall deeply in love with the other.   

This was one of my first books that I read where both main characters were patients. Which was refreshing to see as I didn’t know what would happen. Each page that I flipped made me more and more curious and excited.   

Overall, I’ve no complaints about the book whatsoever. It was a beautiful read, and I wouldn’t want it any other way.   

Reviewed by Deyaksaya 

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