Thanks to Simon & Schuster Canada for providing an eARC in exchange for an honest review.

So, I don't think it's a secret that I didn't like Five Feet apart. I started a whole youtube channel just to talk about it (video here, if you're interested https://youtu.be/ZtRCA1-DNrs ). But every time I go on a rant about it (and it happens frequently) I can't help but give credit where credit is do. The writing is good. Great even. So the second I found out the team behind it had a new story out, I couldn't wait to read it.

As of writing this, All This Time has a ton of excellent reviews from people who haven't even read the book yet simply because of their love for Five Feet Apart. So here I am as someone who hated Five Feet Apart who actually has read it to tell you that this is a really good book.

The writing, if anything, feels a lot stronger than Five Feet Apart and I think that comes from a better capability to examine characters inner emotions than was allotted with this team's previous work because of the original Screenplay medium Five Feet Apart was always meant for. A lot of people are going to love this book for its twists, a lot of people are going to hate it for it. I'm kind of in the middle and would be interested in seeing if this was originally where the narrative was going because a lot of the first half of the book had me certain this was going to end a completely different twisty way (I'm obviously not going to say what I thought that would be but a lot of clues reminded me of those in another book that I won't name to keep it spoiler free. Message me if you want that rec though because if your mind went the same way mine did with this, you need to read the book I'm thinking of).

At the end of the day, maybe All This Time isn't all that realistic so if that's what you're looking for I think you'll land in the "I hated it until the twist" camp. But if you choose to view it as a symbolic representation of grief, healing, and moving on I'm sure you'll love it as much as I did. I'd definitely recommend it whether or not you liked Five Feet Apart.