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In Five Years

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In Five Years

Written by: Rebecca Serle
Narrated by: Megan Hilty
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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 modern classic and powerful 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. Contemporary Fiction Friendship Genre Fiction Women's Fiction Heartfelt Romance
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What the critics say

"Megan Hilty delivers a stellar narration as Danny in this unforgettable story of love and friendship. The novel opens on the last day of 2019, when an engagement is on the horizon. Danny dozes off and wakes in a new apartment, with a new guy, five years in the future. Hilty adds so much to the narrative and dialogue with pauses and emphasis that listeners will feel Danny's anxiety and perplexity. Back in 2020, the story takes a sad turn, and Hilty adjusts her pacing and tone to enhance the mood. Hilty's talent especially shines again at the end, when listeners revisit the scene from five years earlier. Now, knowing the path that led to that night, Hilty delivers the same scene with reverence, clarity, and longing."

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I went on audible looking for something easy and light and was intrigued by the blurb, the reader really breathed life into the characters.
Now, to be honest the writing and the characters weren’t amazing but they were okay and felt fine to read with how well the plot was going building anticipation and excitement. For the first 70% of the book, I loved it! I had no idea how the protagonist was going to end up where the author has showed us she will and I was excited!
Even when she wrote whole scenes that had no added value to the plot or character development, I was still in!
Unfortunately, it was all a bit anticlimactic, it was so cliche and predictable that I had completely dismissed the possibility of it ending how it did. The only thing more cliche is if they had another flash forward and .... ***SPOILER ALERT**** Dani married Greg.
The main choices the protagonist made, made absolutely no sense whatsoever, unless the author expects us to believe that Dani is essentially delusional and all the markers she had laid out identifying her as a Type A person who was logical and methodical were greatly exaggerated???

Either way I’d say it’s a good book to pass the time, particularly as an audiobook. The end is just a tad disappointing is all, but we’re here for the journey right?

Mostly good book 🤷🏾‍♀️

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It’s a book you will definitely remember a long time. So good. Couldn’t put it down. It’s so different in the style and in the plot got it free on Audible, but don’t hesitate to buy it or spend a credit on it. The narration is amongst the best that is out there on Audible. Just listen to it and you will be really surprised.

Amazing

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I loved how the story was told because from the first chapter we all know information that we shouldn’t. I enjoyed how it wasn’t as predictable as it seemed.

Great Book

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I loved this book. The storyline was great and the ending was definitely not what I expected. I highly recommend it.

Super good

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From start to finish, it grabs you and keeps you entertained! highly recommend for anyone looking to lose themselves in a story.

Great listen!

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