Kristen Radiant

I don't usually review movies, but I feel like I have to say something. After reading through a lot of the reviews, I can easily tell that the reviewers know nothing about cystic fibrosis. They are just here because it was a romantic movie about people dying. Why do they always romanticize disease and death??? My sister has had cystic fibrosis ever since she was 4. My grandmother also has it so my sister and grandmother haven't touched each other since my sister was 4. She's 29 now. Anyways, my sister has not spent her life in a hospital waiting to die. Yes, she's been in and out of the hospital her entire life, but Five Feet Apart overly dramatized everything. I think it was great to get CF out in the open, but they should've at least portrayed it properly. My sisters and I have spent many birthdays and holidays in the hospital with my older sister. My grandmother is on the worse end of CF, but she is in her seventies, even though the average life expectancy of a CF patient is 44. Yes, some things they did accurately depict, but I can't handle the things that this movie is promoting. This movie is promoting two teens who are putting their lives in danger because they find the other person attractive. They are literally trying to die. They did depict the six feet apart rule properly and the relationship with their parents. That was a great part because I've seen how much my sister depends on my mom for encouragement. Also, how come they never cough? My sister always is coughing and having trouble breathing, but I guess they didn't want to put that actual CF fact in it. They put in their own CF facts to make it more interesting. My sister has b cepacia. She knows what Will's going through. She might not receive a lung transplant because of it, but she very easily could. It depends on the clinic. Some are willing to give lung transplants to b cepacia patients. I think that this movie had great potential and great actors who take their work seriously, and I know that they did interview some CF patients, but everyone's CF experience is different. Not a lot of the CF patients drag around oxygen tanks with them. That's another thing! My sister spends hours on her treatments each day, but she has never had to carry around an oxygen tank with her. Overall, if this movie made some changes to how they portrayed the disease, I would've loved it. My mother who has watched her daughter struggle for 25 years, could not bring herself to cry at the movie based off how unrealistic it was. Cole Sprouse and Haley did a great job, but in the end they weren't able to give their roles justice because of how it was written.

Angels of Angeles is one of my favorite books. I was browsing on Amazon and just happened to see it. The cover drew me in and I'm so glad I bought it. Colt and Adrian are the ultimate couple. If you want a good read highly recommend this book. I spent my whole Saturday reading this. Julianna Rotondo is now one of my favorite authors. I hope she continues to write more books. The fact that she is so young inspires me.