Yet, the latest in the genre, Five Feet Apart, somehow doesn’t feel quite as shameless as its predecessors.The premise is typically overwrought: two teens, Stella (Haley Lu Richardson) and Will Stella was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis when she was six years old. Saint Grace's hospital has become a second home for her through the years as she continues to battle the terminal disease. If there is one word that I could use to describe this book it would be powerful. Five Feet Apart told a story about two kids not giving up hope even when times were tough. The two main characters are Stella and Will. The book switches off between both characters point of view each chapter. March 1, 2019, 288 pages, ISBN13: 9781471184505 Calling all romantic-comedy and tear-jerker lovers! Five Feet Apart is for you! With a very ‘When Harry met Sally’ style romance and filled with beautiful, albeit, sad moments. Five Feet Apart is a gorgeous YA novel, with similar aspects to John Greens’ The Fault in Our Stars. Five Feet Apart Rachael Lippincott with Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iaconis. Simon & Schuster, $18.99 (288p) ISBN 978-1-5344-3733-3. Book Reviews Articles. All This Time. As it continued with its by-the-books plotting and tiresome clichés, the stellar lead gave the movie life and energy it was sorely lacking from its lame storytelling conventions. But then, the third act brought everything (everything) down. And it now gives me little satisfaction to note that Five Feet Apart repeats this film’s lethal offenses. I really loved this book even though it was a romance. Book Review: Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott. Rating: Title & Author: Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott Genre: Contemporary, Romance Release date: November 20 2018 Series: Standalone Publisher: Simon Schuster Books. Synopsis. Can you love someone you can never touch? In today’s blog, I’ll be comparing and reviewing two novels that have very similar themes. If you like one of these books, then you’ll likely enjoy the other as well. The two books are Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon and Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott with Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iaconis. Similarities: Young adult, Contemporary romance, protagonist dealing with chronic Read the latest reviews for Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott at Toppsta.com, the UK's largest children's book review community with over 135,000 reviews. Haley Lu Richardson saves Five Feet Apart from its treacly cliches: EW review Read a NSFW excerpt from former ballerina Melanie Hamrick's novel First Position The 27 best new books to take on your LTOfs.