In Five Years: A Novel

I hate this book, well, I loved it. But it made me cry like a baby and that I hate! I thought it was a freaking romance, nothing like this! Nothing could prepare me for this. It is a love story, but not one that we expect. I stayed up at night crying because I hated what was happening to Bella. I lost my best fur friend (yes my dog) to ovarian cancer and it just hit so closed to home and made me realize that I haven’t processed her death. And I live my life very much like Dannie. I didn’t know I would go through this, and it wasn’t planned. Who could plan this?Great job at making me feel so much! Rebecca Serle is an amazing writer. A must read if you like to appreciate life and need a stern reminder that we need to be present.

This is why I read. To feel like this. I took my time, it demands to be read at an even pace. Grab tissues. It takes a lot to make me shed a tear. I’m sure I’ll think of this story for a bit.

This book made me think of Barbara Delinsky books, real life situations that are difficult to maneuver through but that's what you've been given and there is no choice. It makes me search inside myself & wonder how would I cope? At the same time, the book is interesting, maybe even intriguing, makes me search my soul. This is the first book I've read by this author but I will be checking other titles by her out. It's not what I refer to as 'fluff' even though I also enjoy fluff books, lighter reading that you know basically how it's going to end. I normally dislike books written in the 1st person because I only get the one viewpoint but this one held my attention from beginning to end. I definitely recommend it.

In Five Years starts with an interesting idea—what if you saw a vision of your life five years in the future, and it was nothing like you planned? Unfortunately, the execution doesn’t live up to the potential. The writing style is overly simple. The sentences are short and lack depth.The main character, Dannie, seems flat, and her relationships with others, besides Bella, don’t feel plausible.There isn’t enough character development or personality to believe the love and loyalty she seems to have.

Book was in fantastic shape and was exactly as pictured... the story however was not what I expected. I got this book as a palate cleanser, a light read to give my brain a break from all the heavy novels I had been reading. I picked this book up at 9pm and I read it in one sitting. I did not take one break. This story kept me pulled in and left me in absolute shambles. I cried and cried, and my heart felt like it was crumbling into a million tiny pieces. Love and friendship were explained in these 250 pages. I was destroyed, and I would give my left kidney to experience it for the first time again, and I will never not recommend this book to everyone I meet. A million times yes.

The four rating was only with regardsto the ending not matching my expectations. Despite my comment it is a great read.

This book took me by surprise. I wasn’t sure if I wanted to read it, but I am so glad I did.The story is written so well and sincere. I read it in one sitting. I couldn’t put it down. Rebecca Serle is an excellent author and an excellent storyteller.

This story captures ever aspect of living, loving, befriending, and dying. The death of a friendship and the renewal of it almost in the same breath. It will make you laugh and make you cry. So many emotions and truths and realizations.