Month: September 2024

Book Review and Movie Comparison of Five Feet Apart

Five Feet Apart
Authors:

Rachael Lippincott
Mikki Daughtry
Tobias Iaconis
Published: November 10, 2018
288 Pages

Reviewed By: Jessica
Dates Read: July 30- August 30, 2024
Jessica’s Rating: 5 stars

Book Description:

Can you love someone you can never touch?

Stella Grant likes to be in control—even though her totally out of control lungs have sent her in and out of the hospital most of her life. At this point, what Stella needs to control most is keeping herself away from anyone or anything that might pass along an infection and jeopardize the possibility of a lung transplant. Six feet apart. No exceptions.

The only thing Will Newman wants to be in control of is getting out of this hospital. He couldn’t care less about his treatments, or a fancy new clinical drug trial. Soon, he’ll turn eighteen and then he’ll be able to unplug all these machines and actually go see the world, not just its hospitals.

Will’s exactly what Stella needs to stay away from. If he so much as breathes on Stella she could lose her spot on the transplant list. Either one of them could die. The only way to stay alive is to stay apart. But suddenly six feet doesn’t feel like safety. It feels like punishment.

What if they could steal back just a little bit of the space their broken lungs have stolen from them? Would five feet apart really be so dangerous if it stops their hearts from breaking too?

Jessica’s Review:

I first read this book back in 2019, which was before the whole world changed.  It was interesting reading this one again in a Post-Covid world: These kids were wearing masks and keeping six feet apart long before it became the ‘thing’ to do in 2020!  LOL, but seriously, I looked at my review and can’t really say anything more than I did back then, so I will give the link to that review. And it was apparently a double review with Kim, so you’ll get her thoughts on it back then too.

And the book cover is just…. I love it! 

Here is the link to both Kim and I’s reviews of Five Feet Apart.

Kim also recently re-read it and said she wouldn’t change a thing on her thoughts, though the teenage drama got to her a little bit more this time around.  She still really enjoyed it!


Movie Comparison

Movie Trailer

Jessica’s Thoughts on the Movie Compared to the Book:

I thought they did good  with the movie compared to the book. A lot of my thoughts on the book are the same for the movie.  The biggest thing for me was that Poe seemed to be more of a minor character in the movie.  I wasn’t as attached to him in the movie as I was in the book.  I adored ‘book Poe’. Parts of the movie seemed rushed compared to the book. So when the movie got to a certain point through the end it just wasn’t as emotional for me.

I’d give the movie 4 stars on it’s own not comparing it to the book. Comparing the movie to the book, then movie would get 3.5 stars.Will I watch the movie again? No. But I do have a copy of the book.

Purchase Links:
Book
Amazon US
Amazon UK
Movie
Amazon US
Amazon UK

Audiobook Review: My Daughter’s Revenge by Natali Simmonds

My Daughter’s Revenge
Author: Natali Simmonds

Narrators:
Izzy Meikle-Small

Claire Storey
Published: August 14, 2024
Audiobook: 10 hours 20 minutes

Reviewed By: Jessica
Dates Listened To:  August 7-15, 2024
Jessica’s Rating: 5 stars 

Audiobook Description: 

My first mistake was raising my daughter to be just like me…

His death is reported on the morning news. The man my daughter’s been dating. Dead. Gone…
I blink slowly – once, twice, three times. The hair on the back of my neck rises as I grip my coffee harder. My breath comes in short bursts.
I didn’t even know he existed until recently. Leah doesn’t tell me anything anymore. But I found the letters she hid. I know she fell head over heels for him. That he broke her heart.

And that he’s dead now.

I wish more than anything that the news is only shocking because of who it is, and what’s happened to him.
But I know my daughter too well for that.
My first mistake was raising my daughter to be just like me.

My second mistake might be what I do to protect her… 

Jessica’s Review:

This was the kind of thriller I needed!  It was intense and I thoroughly enjoyed it! This is a revenge thriller with some spice added in along with unlikable characters and unexpected twists! I loved it!

My Daughter’s Revenge has a dual pov with mother (Jules) and daughter (Leah), so that gave it another plus for me!  The book begins with a murder announcement on the news. It is a bit of a slow burner, so don’t be expecting anything super-fast.

The spice was almost too much for me, so if you don’t read books with that, you might want to stay away from the book. But the journey IS worth the read, you could skim through the spice.

I reached the ending right when I got to my apartment after working all day and my mouth just dropped. “WHAT!?!?!” It was great!   

The narrators did a god job portraying both mother and daughter.

Many thanks to the publisher for granting me a copy to listen to and review. I’m going to have to purchase myself a physical copy to go in my personal library. I really enjoyed this one!

Purchase Links:
Amazon US
Amazon UK

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Audiobook Review: The Guilty One by Kiersten Modglin

The Guilty One
Author: Kiersten Modglin

Narrators:
Mia Hutchinson-Shaw

Chad Ackerman
Evan Sibley
Melissa Kay Benson
Published on Audio: September 3, 2024
Audiobook: 6 hours 24 minutes

Reviewed By: Jessica
Dates Listened To:  August 26-30, 2024
Jessica’s Rating: 5 stars

Audiobook Description:

Your husband was involved in a fatal accident.
One horrific sentence, delivered in an impersonal phone call, changes Celine Thompson’s life in a second. But when she’s asked to identify his body, what she discovers sends everything she thought she knew about her life crashing down.

This man is not my husband.
But who was the man who died driving Tate’s car? How did he have Tate’s possessions and, more importantly, why do they sport identical tattoos?

We’re going to find him.
When Tate doesn’t answer his phone or arrive home after the accident, Celine fears the worst. Still holding on to hope her husband may be alive, Celine is desperate to track Tate down and figure out what’s going on before it’s too late. The only problem? There are dark truths waiting to come out that are so atrocious she won’t ever be able to look away from them.

As she begins to put together the pieces of the mysterious day her husband went missing, it paints a picture of a man she never really knew. Is it possible Tate is still alive, or is she wasting her time searching for someone who will never be found? And if he is alive, how will they ever survive all that she’s unearthed?

With time running out, Celine must push the limits of the law and her safety to shed light on the secrets that have been hiding in the dark corners of their life together. In doing so, she may just uncover the final missing piece to the puzzle surrounding her husband’s fate.

Someone is lying.
Someone is missing.
Someone is guilty.
 

Jessica’s Review:

This book and this author: Kristen Modglin is a must read/listen for me now! Of her books that I have listened to (I’ve only listened to her novels thus far), they are very quick and intense reads that are not super long! I can’t wait to listen to her backlog of novels and listen to/read her future ones!

The Guilty One begins with a phone call that every wife never wants to receive: A call from the local police department informing you that your husband was in a car accident and did not survive. Then when you go to identify the body: It’s not your husband!  But then questions begin to comes up:  Why did this person have your husband’s wallet, why was he in your husband’s car, and why do they have the same tattoo!?!?!

This is just the beginning of this fast-moving story. There was no way I would have figured out the way that this one went! You go on a journey with Celine to figure out just what is actually going on!

There are four narrators and they all did a great job with their narrations.

Many thanks to the publisher for granting me a copy to listen to and review!

Purchase Links:
Amazon US 
Amazon UK

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