In Five Years: A Novel
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A Good Morning America, FabFitFun, and Marie Claire Book Club Pick
“In Five Years is as clever as it is moving, the rare read-in-one-sitting novel you won’t forget.” —Chloe Benjamin, New York Times bestselling author of The Immortalists
Perfect for fans of Me Before You and One Day—a striking, powerful, and moving love story following an ambitious lawyer who experiences an astonishing vision that could change her life forever.
Where do you see yourself in five years?
Dannie Kohan lives her life by the numbers.
She is nothing like her lifelong best friend—the wild, whimsical, believes-in-fate Bella. Her meticulous planning seems to have paid off after she nails the most important job interview of her career and accepts her boyfriend’s marriage proposal in one fell swoop, falling asleep completely content.
But when she awakens, she’s suddenly in a different apartment, with a different ring on her finger, and beside a very different man. Dannie spends one hour exactly five years in the future before she wakes again in her own home on the brink of midnight—but it is one hour she cannot shake. In Five Years is an unforgettable love story, but it is not the one you’re expecting.
A Good Morning America, FabFitFun, and Marie Claire Book Club Pick
“In Five Years is as clever as it is moving, the rare read-in-one-sitting novel you won’t forget.” —Chloe Benjamin, New York Times bestselling author of The Immortalists
Perfect for fans of Me Before You and One Day—a striking, powerful, and moving love story following an ambitious lawyer who experiences an astonishing vision that could change her life forever.
Where do you see yourself in five years?
Dannie Kohan lives her life by the numbers.
She is nothing like her lifelong best friend—the wild, whimsical, believes-in-fate Bella. Her meticulous planning seems to have paid off after she nails the most important job interview of her career and accepts her boyfriend’s marriage proposal in one fell swoop, falling asleep completely content.
But when she awakens, she’s suddenly in a different apartment, with a different ring on her finger, and beside a very different man. Dannie spends one hour exactly five years in the future before she wakes again in her own home on the brink of midnight—but it is one hour she cannot shake. In Five Years is an unforgettable love story, but it is not the one you’re expecting.
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3.5 stars
Mixed feelingsâ¦I cried for a lot of the second half, which usually helps a books rating for me. However, I really struggled with Dannieâs character. I found her frustrating and also did not agree with her choices in the end. I did feel like the book was predictable what happened too. I did go into this book blind thinking it was more of a romance with some deeper lesson which definitely surprised me about 40% of the way in. Overall, good but I felt like there could have been more depth.
Mixed feelingsâ¦I cried for a lot of the second half, which usually helps a books rating for me. However, I really struggled with Dannieâs character. I found her frustrating and also did not agree with her choices in the end. I did feel like the book was predictable what happened too. I did go into this book blind thinking it was more of a romance with some deeper lesson which definitely surprised me about 40% of the way in. Overall, good but I felt like there could have been more depth.
Thank you NetGalley for a free galley in exchange for my honest review. I'm not quite sure why I requested this book as I'm not much for romances or love stories, but I am glad I got the opportunity to read and review In Five Years because I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed it. This is not a Rom Com or a typical love story. It's a cleverly written story that keeps you guessing, flipping pages to figure out what exactly is happening only to get hit with a massive twist you never saw coming and leaves you a bit astonished and teary-eyed. A fantastic story that reminds us (at least us Type-A personas) no matter how much we may plan out our lives, the universe (and/or God) usually has it's own plan for us... that usually is so much better than our own.
I also received a free audio version of this book through Libro.FM advanced listener program and the audiobook is ace! Highly recommend on audio.
I also received a free audio version of this book through Libro.FM advanced listener program and the audiobook is ace! Highly recommend on audio.
Didnât capture the same magic as Expiration Dates to me. I wanted a more fully formed romance on top of the friendship between the leads. The friendship also didnât feel as well flushed out before the illness as I wanted it to be.
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