This
month’s book selection was my book club’s choice. We have read several rather
heavy-duty, fiction and non-fiction books in the last months and were hoping
for a lighter, less serious option. On the surface, In Five Years by Rebecca Serle appeared to fit. This novel turned
out to be a surprise.
Initially,
the premise seemed fun. A very controlled, tightly-wound heroine falls asleep
and wakes up five years in the future. Everything she knows to be true has
changed. The next time she wakes, she is back in the present. This touch of
magical realism was fanciful and full of promise for a light read. This was not
the case.
Try
as she might over the next five years, our heroine could not shake her vivid,
waking/dream experience. If it was to
come true and was a peek into the future, it would alter her life irrevocably.
The
novel examines all relationships from friendship and romantic love, to family
dynamics. It also examines quality of life, the stereotype of women in the
workplace, and death. In short, what we thought would be a simple, easy read was
anything but. Well written and artfully rendered. Lesson learned.
Recommend.
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