In Five Years

Books, Coffee & Passion
In Five Years was the opposite of what I was expecting. The blurb is a little deceiving to say the least. The premise is amazing and that's what made me read the book, I mean a girl got engaged to her boyfriend in 2020 and then suddenly wakes up with a different man and a different engagement ring 5 years in the future, an hour later she wakes up again in 2020... This sounds amazing, right? Unfortunately, in my opinion the execution wasn't. This is not a love story. I expected a light love story with some twists and turns, I wasn't expecting a story of friendship, loss and grief.
If you want to read this book and don't want spoilers, stop reading this review now.
One of my main problems while I was reading the book was that I couldn't empathize with any of these characters except with Bella, Dannie's best friend, but not even with her as a person, it was mostly because everything she was going through and had to endure. I couldn't stand Dannie, the main character, she was so judgy when it came to Bella's lifestyle and relationships. I disliked Dannie even more because she was so obsessed with her life plan. Her obsession went to the point she kept a loveless relationship just because she felt safe and wanted her plan, to marry in a few years and having kids a few years after that, to come true. She was narcissistic, self-entitled and annoying. Her boyfriend was just a bland character and Aaron... I couldn't get Aaron at all.I love plot twists when they're done right, I just felt like it wasn't the case here. Some of Aaron and Dannie's interactions felt forced in order to keep the readers thinking they might be interested in each other. Like the intense looks Aaron gave her occasionally. That meant nothing, it was only inserted in the plot as a way of keeping the readers guessing if they were going to fall in love. It didn't make any sense when the scene Dannie had dreamed in the beginning of the book was wrapped up. It just felt like lazy writing and it really bothered me. I couldn't get Aaron because I think his main role in the story was just to keep the readers believing in a possible romance between Dannie and him. His character development was nonexistent.
Overall, it was disappointing even though it was a page turner.