Me Before You (Me Before You Trilogy)
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Giver of Stars and the forthcoming Someone Else's Shoes, discover the love story that captured over 20 million hearts in Me Before You, After You, and Still Me. They had nothing in common until love gave them everything to lose . . . Louisa Clark is an ordinary girl living an exceedingly ordinary life--steady boyfriend, close family--who has barely been farther afield than their tiny village. She takes a badly needed job working for ex-Master of the Universe Will Traynor, who is wheelchair bound after an accident. Will has always lived a huge life--big deals, extreme sports, worldwide travel--and now he's pretty sure he cannot live the way he is. Will is acerbic, moody, bossy--but Lou refuses to treat him with kid gloves, and soon his happiness means more to her than she expected. When she learns that Will has shocking plans of his own, she sets out to show him that life is still worth living. A Love Story for this generation and perfect for fans of John Green's The Fault in Our Stars, Me Before You brings to life two people who couldn't have less in common--a heartbreakingly romantic novel that asks, What do you do when making the person you love happy also means breaking your own heart?
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I loved this book and characters. It’s heart wrenching yet funny. I read it in three days. Now onto the next in the series!
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3/5
It was okay.
I watched the movie when it first came out in the cinemas, and was rather disappointed because it didn't evoke much feelings within me, apart from the fact that Lou was an eccentric, with her strange sense of fashion and all. I decided to give this book a chance anyway, because I've had many experiences whereby the book is better than the movie. I was, again, disappointed, hence the 3 stars. You can say that it's as... flat as the movie. There were hardly any rising or dipping in emotions. Perhaps it was because I watched the movie before reading it, that knowing what was going to happen next spoiled everything.
I have to, however, praise Jojo for being able to create such wonderful and beautiful characters. It was quite interesting to see how much Will and Clark changed with the influence of each other. The rest of the characters in this book was realistic as well, how there would be conflicts between siblings; how there would be favouritism from parents on one of their children and not see the wrong in it, and so on. Patrick was a major jerk, and I was very... disturbed that right until the end, he didn't even seem to care for Louisa at all. He'd played the act of a victim, even though Lou was as much the victim as he was. It was clear he didn't think he was in any wrong. I was sure the people around him could see how bad of a match he'd become for Lou. He's an egoistical git - that's my overall judgement of him, even if there were times at which he still showed he cared for Louisa.
One thing that saved this book for me was the last part. It was so well-written, and so full of emotion that it got me feeling what I wanted: the depressing emotions of the loss of Will. The movie couldn't convey that part properly, and I was disappointed that I left the cinema without so much as a tear. The book made it better.
Overall, an okay read, but I don't think I'll want to read this book again. I'm still thinking if I should go on to read the second book.
3/5
It was okay.
I watched the movie when it first came out in the cinemas, and was rather disappointed because it didn't evoke much feelings within me, apart from the fact that Lou was an eccentric, with her strange sense of fashion and all. I decided to give this book a chance anyway, because I've had many experiences whereby the book is better than the movie. I was, again, disappointed, hence the 3 stars. You can say that it's as... flat as the movie. There were hardly any rising or dipping in emotions. Perhaps it was because I watched the movie before reading it, that knowing what was going to happen next spoiled everything.
I have to, however, praise Jojo for being able to create such wonderful and beautiful characters. It was quite interesting to see how much Will and Clark changed with the influence of each other. The rest of the characters in this book was realistic as well, how there would be conflicts between siblings; how there would be favouritism from parents on one of their children and not see the wrong in it, and so on. Patrick was a major jerk, and I was very... disturbed that right until the end, he didn't even seem to care for Louisa at all. He'd played the act of a victim, even though Lou was as much the victim as he was. It was clear he didn't think he was in any wrong. I was sure the people around him could see how bad of a match he'd become for Lou. He's an egoistical git - that's my overall judgement of him, even if there were times at which he still showed he cared for Louisa.
One thing that saved this book for me was the last part. It was so well-written, and so full of emotion that it got me feeling what I wanted: the depressing emotions of the loss of Will. The movie couldn't convey that part properly, and I was disappointed that I left the cinema without so much as a tear. The book made it better.
Overall, an okay read, but I don't think I'll want to read this book again. I'm still thinking if I should go on to read the second book.
"Just live well. Just live."
This is the story of a woman who took a job caring for a man who had decided his life was over. She felt the same about her own. Together, they discovered what it was to really live.
To me, this is not a love story. There was a declaration of love, yes. But I found myself more focused on its other themes. The book provoked questions about life and why we are living it. What makes up a "good" life? When can we let go? Should we? How do we support someone in doing something with which we morally disagree? Can we?
I adored the friendship that blossomed between these two and found myself rooting for them in spite of myself. I held it together throughout the book, but the last 5 or 10 pages made me mist up a little.
Good read. I didn't expect to enjoy it as much as I did.
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