The story is told in alternating points of view, and that approach works well here. It's enjoyable to see the characters give each other important emotional gifts. As they get to know each other, they grow emotionally and add a needed balance to each other's life. Stella and Will have serious emotional struggles because of their disease and their family issues.
Their verbal sparring early in the book sounds forced, but as the story progresses, the banter becomes more engaging and the characters gain more depth. Stella's a straight arrow who's super organized and into coding, while Will's a rule-breaking artist. Five Feet Apart starts out on the formulaic side. In this bittersweet romance, two teens struggling with cystic fibrosis find love where they least expect to: the hospital. They hope to fight together, but they might not get to make that call. Balancing the desire to live a carefree life with the responsibility of taking care of themselves presents an ongoing and difficult battle. They grapple with tough decisions and the way their illnesses have had an impact on their families.
As the two teens work through the physical barriers to a relationship, they're also working through emotional barriers: the ones that keep them from enjoying normal teen life and activities. This is especially important for Stella, as she is waiting for a lung transplant. Because of these factors, he has to stay six feet away from the other patients on the ward. The bacteria infecting Will is easily transmitted and drug resistant, and it drastically shortens the already short life span of CF patients. When Stella and Will first meet on the CF ward, they infuriate each other, but in true opposites-attract fashion, romance eventually blooms. cepacia, the bacteria he's contracted that's complicating his CF. He's a rule breaker tired of medications, hospitalizations, and drug trials for B. Stella's an organized achiever who has her life in order and manages her medications and treatments efficiently. FIVE FEET APART is about two teens with cystic fibrosis (CF) dealing with first love and the uncertainty of their futures.
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