In Five Years by Rebecca Serle
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Web ID: 12621105Worth the hype?…
No, I know it sounds blunt, but honestly I could’ve saved my time and money if I’d chosen not to buy/read this book. First, let me start off by saying she is an amazing author! However I felt the plot could’ve been written better. It seemed predictable, and it honestly disappointed me that Dannie choose to get with her deceased best friends man. It kind of just seemed off to me.
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Post Deja Vu
Deja vu and premonition is one of those things that I deal with on a very personal level. I don’t know how we got here, but I know for certain I’ve been here before. You try everything in your power to make events fall into place, as long as the outcome is what you want it to be. If not, you must do all in your power to negate it. ..but do we ever truly know the whole story? If we see but just a snippet in time, are we ever truly seeing the whole story or are we making to be true what we know deep in our hearts? Serle gracefully captures the heart in uphill battle of trying to find oneself, between jobs, friendship, balancing life, knowing what direction to go—a struggle most everyone seems to go through so often in life, and more than once for that matter. While I really appreciated the book and the story in itself, I feel that the ending was almost cut short. Yes, left me wanting more, but there was such an intense buildup of surrounding events, and I feel the ending was quite anticlimactic and didn’t do justice for the entirety of the book. There were several feel good moments and quite inspiring to a degree, it just left me with a sense of meh. I was so absorbed in it, I was not entirely fulfilled with the ending.
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Don't Bother Reading.
For such an intriguing concept, I've never seen an author fumble as hard as this one. I read this book a year ago, and it remained on my mind as one of the worst books I'd ever read. Having read others' reviews before reading this story, I was disappointed that I'd been practically lied to. This story wasn't revolutionary, devastating, or moving. It was simply a gross depiction of what a good friend should never do when their beloved friend is on their death bed. The author, Rebecca Serle, sets up the story to be interpreted as a unique romance novel with the fantasy elements of Danny going to sleep and finding her life, five years in the future, is drastically different from what she'd planned. I was excited. I thought I may have finally found a romance book I could appreciate. Apparently not, and this story is about her friend who is suffering from cancer... and the guy she thought was her new lover - five years in the future - was actually her dying friend's lover. Whom she cheated with. Whilst her friend was dying. I can't begin to express my disappointment. Almost none of the characters are likable, and the only moderately likable one dies. I wish I could get the hours I spent reading this story back. I think the worst part was that it had every opportunity to be a lovely story, but that potential was thrown away for... shock factor? Truly disappointing.
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hard to put down
this is one of the best quick reads!! it talks about life, love, friendship, and death. highly recommend if you want to feel all the emotions!
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What matters in life
I started with very high hopes for this book. It is hard to review without giving away the plot, but here goes. Contrary to many other reviews, I did not find the main character very likable, according to her I get the impression you need to make a lot of money to live well, and get engaged to someone who also makes a lot of money. The book never explains how come the main character could go to sleep and wake up 5 years in the future inly to fall asleep again and then wake up in her time. The main character has a best friend and at times I wondered who was more important, the best friend or the fiance. Then the resolution of the book left a lot of questions and I am sorry but it was not satisfactory for me. I wish I could explain why, but it would gived the plot away.. The book is well written, hence 3 stars, but honestly I was disappointed , specially the last 1/3 of the book.
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A Sob Story w Book Funk on the side
I read this book Christmas Eve 2023 and here it is, the second of February, and I have not been able to pick up a single book since. This book broke me so bad, that I literally had to talk the entire plot out loud, to make myself sob, so I could get it out of my system. If you like the books that make you curl up in a corner- this is for you. I've treated this book like Jumanji- I won't be able to read it again and am therefore passing it along to the next poor soul. I'm usually amazing at picking up the ending to books but this one hit me like a truck on the freeway. I couldn't see it coming. Amazing writing, absolutely heart wrenching- and I will never, ever, EVER, read this book again :)
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In Fiver Years Review
I honestly loved the book. I saw a bunch of reviews of people talking about how they hated it and how they didn't like how the story went, but me personally I loved it. I loved the back and forth and the short chapters. I loved the way it was written as well. I can see where people are coming from when they say the main character has no development and how they feel robbed with the ending. But like I said, I loved it. I couldn't put it down.
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Made me cry
This book was a very well written book that tugged on my heart strings. I absolutely fell in love with this book. The only reason I docked a star is because of the ending. I felt as if it was rushed and wasn’t a fan of the ending. But the book itself was amazing.
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