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In Five Years: A GMA Book Club Pick (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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Readers say *In Five Years* by Rebecca Serle is a poignant exploration of friendship, love, and life’s unexpected twists. Many praise its emotional de...
Interesting read about a woman who wakes up in a different life, only to realize it’s actually her life in the future.
WOW! I can't tell you how many times I was so close to tears. This plot was so fleshed out and pulled together beautifully. I initially thought it would be a simple romance, but as this book proves, love is never simple. I relate to Dannie's love for Bella so much that it was physically heartbreaking to read.
4.5 stars. Oh boy. This one is almost impossible to review without spoilers. I knew this book would be different. I'd read Rebecca's Serle's The Dinner List and loved it, so I knew her capacity to make me feel many things. The Dinner List was magical, heartbreaking, and thought-provoking, so I prepared myself for more of the same with In Five Years. And while in one way, it was exactly what I expected, in other ways, it still surprised me.
Let me tell you about the things I enjoyed without giving away any spoilers:
I loved the characters. Dannie is an unexpected character. She has unpredictable nuances that make her realistic and memorable. And while I never really felt like I got to know the other characters as well, it was okay, because this is Dannie's story and the other characters were just there to support her.
I loved the setting of New York. I'd finally travelled to New York for the first time Christmas before last, and knowing the places she named made the book come alive even more for me.
I loved how the author built the tension up slowly. I kept turning pages hesitantly, never knowing when the thing that was bound to happen would happen, whatever it was that was going to change Dannie's life. And when it finally did happen, it was not what I expected at all.
I read this one in a few hours, but be prepared to be immersed. And while it was almost a five-star read for me, there was one little issue that kept it under. I kept expecting something from Dannie's past to rear its ugly head. Something that made Dannie the way she is. Not that the death of her brother isn't enough, but it just seemed like the author was hinting at something Dannie had forgotten because Bella was always having to jog her memory. But that never happened.
Overall, I loved it, and once again, I highly recommend Rebecca Serle.
Thank you to Atria Books and Netgalley for the advance reader copy!
#popsugarreadingchallenge2020 (prompt #35)
Let me tell you about the things I enjoyed without giving away any spoilers:
I loved the characters. Dannie is an unexpected character. She has unpredictable nuances that make her realistic and memorable. And while I never really felt like I got to know the other characters as well, it was okay, because this is Dannie's story and the other characters were just there to support her.
I loved the setting of New York. I'd finally travelled to New York for the first time Christmas before last, and knowing the places she named made the book come alive even more for me.
I loved how the author built the tension up slowly. I kept turning pages hesitantly, never knowing when the thing that was bound to happen would happen, whatever it was that was going to change Dannie's life. And when it finally did happen, it was not what I expected at all.
I read this one in a few hours, but be prepared to be immersed. And while it was almost a five-star read for me, there was one little issue that kept it under. I kept expecting something from Dannie's past to rear its ugly head. Something that made Dannie the way she is. Not that the death of her brother isn't enough, but it just seemed like the author was hinting at something Dannie had forgotten because Bella was always having to jog her memory. But that never happened.
Overall, I loved it, and once again, I highly recommend Rebecca Serle.
Thank you to Atria Books and Netgalley for the advance reader copy!
#popsugarreadingchallenge2020 (prompt #35)
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