Me Before You: A Novel (Me Before You Trilogy Book 1) by Jojo Moyes (Epub)

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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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⭐ SPOILER ALERT.Here’s the thing. This is an excellent book; however, I am a simplistic person in some ways. I want a book to make me happy. I crave happy endings – and this book doesn’t have one. So if you want to end a book feeling disappointed, but knowing it was an excellent book, then go ahead. I just wish I hadn’t had my hopes up the entire time for a different ending. Maybe if I had read some reviews beforehand and knew how it would end, I would feel differently.

⭐ I watched the film first, and loved it so much that I watched it every day for a week. I watched interviews of the two lead actors and their take on the characters journeys… and that’s when I learned it was a book adaptation. Normally I don’t like to read books after I’ve seen the film, but this one, I had to- and I’m so glad I did. It filled in so much more of the emotion the film could barely touch on. It painted a far more realistic picture and timeline, of things that went on outside the relationship between Lou and Will, with her family, with Pat… and though this is a book review and not a film review, I have to say you won’t be disappointed in either, if you had read it first or seen the film first.I couldn’t put the book down, despite having watched the film several times, despite knowing the outcome… getting a little more insight into everyone’s world was addictive. I only wish we could’ve heard a little more from Will’s prospective.Being American, some of the references and language was a bit hard to follow, but overall, the sarcasm and humor translated very well.

⭐ It’s taken me a while to figure out how I actually felt about this book, so I’m going to give it a try.When i started this book, I assumed it was going to be another tragic love story (boy meets girl, they fall in love, and then he dies and she moves on, knowing she had the epic love story of her life and found that rare once in a lifetime love that so few people find)….but that’s not what this story is.Meet Lou, a girl in a small English village, her world overshadowed by her smart sister, her parents that constantly berate her and bring her down, and a boyfriend who doesn’t prioritize her above others. Willing to settle for a job as a waitress and heartbroken her job is suddenly not there, Lou is thrown into the world of unemployment under pressure from her family to find a job to help support the family. Then she finds a job as a caretaker to Will….Meet Will, a successful businessman, living in London, involved with a beautiful woman and active in many sports, adventures and activities. And then the unthinkable happens. Will has an accident and finds himself a paraplegic, in a wheelchair for life and no hope for treatment. He has no hope, no joy, and no wish to live. So he, in the backstory, decides to give his parents “six months notice” of his choice to commit suicide. His parents are reluctant and heartbroken, but choose to support him and go with him to Switzerland so he can do it.Here’s where my review begins, and I’ll start with the pros. I LOVED Moyes’ style of writing. It was intriguing and kept me on the edge of my seat, and I couldn’t put the book down. I enjoyed the entire thing until the last ten pages.As for Lou, I found her character to be rather frustrating. She has so much potential, so much gumption…and yet she is held back. She had a traumatic experience early in life that made her withdraw into herself and she is willing to settle. Having never gone what she went through, I can’t say I wouldn’t have done the same, but I had my own struggles in life too, as have many friends. And then she meets Will, and Will changes everything. He makes her see the good in herself, makes her see she has potential that maybe she can do something else. What I don’t like about this is that she finds a lot of her validation from men. In the world we live in today, women are fighting to find their way. They shouldn’t need a man to do all this. By her own admission, she never would have applied to go to college to work on fashion if Will had not suggested it in the first place. If the inspiration we’re looking for is that Will turned her life around for her, and then after death provided the way for her to live the life she chooses, then I’m sorry, I don’t find this inspirational at all.As for Will. Will wants to end his life, wants to believe there is nothing to live for. His character is taciturn, rude, and sarcastic. He tries to push everyone away so they will accept his decision to end it all. Yes, I am going to get on a moral high horse right now. I completely disagree with any type of assisted suicide. There is always something to live for, to fight for. No, I’m not paraplegic, I don’t have a disability. But I have battled depression, and lost more in my life than i care to admit. But there is always something to live for. Will is afraid of getting sicker, of what he’ll have to endure before death ends up taking him from some infection, some hospitalization, or possibly even old age. But what bothered me the most was that the entire book, there is an underlying false hope that Will can change his mind, or that Lou can change it for him by falling in love with him. When she finally kisses him, admits she loves him, Will tells her it’s not enough. The second worse part is that Will turns it to “[everyone else makes my choices for me, this is the only choice I have left that is truly mine.]” While this is true, his choice to LIVE is also his choice. Will could have chosen to live for him, not for everyone else. He still goes to Switzerland, still goes to Dignitas, and still dies, with those closest to him next to his side. But he could have chosen to live life to its fullest and choose to not be defined by his chair.When this book was over, I didn’t feel inspired, I didn’t feel happy that Lou goes to college and Will left a majority of his estate to her. I felt gross, like I myself had watched Will kill himself, and there was nothing I could do to stop it. There is no sweet, happy ending when it involves someone ending their own life because they have no reason to keep living. The short, two page epilogue filled with Will’s letter to Lou, proving he did indeed provide for her future, did not provide any reassurance or closure. It provided a sense of finality, of “Will actually did go through with it, and he’s dead.” I finished the book three days ago, and I still feel sad and wish that I had never read it.This is not heartwarming, nor inspirational. There is no courage or inspiration in suicide. There is always a reason to keep living, faith and religion aside.

⭐ #Daughternumber2 read Me Before You by JoJo Moyes back at the End of April, Beginning of May. She gave it 5 stars and was such an emotional mess after reading it that I think I was taken aback by it. I am ashamed to admit that it took me weeks to pick up the book. I think part of it was because I was afraid that I wouldn’t like the movie (and I really wanted to like the movie!) or that it wouldn’t live up to all the hype.I did however pick up the book. I made plans with #DaughterNumber2 to see the movie on a Sunday afternoon. So Friday night I picked the book up. I was impressed, and loved being in a English (British) book. There is just something about the language that I love. I started feeling connected to the main character, but also started to feel the pain, and sorrow that must of been going through Will and his parents. While this was a super interesting and REAL story, I was caught off guard by all the feels I had. I went through every emotion possible while reading this story! I latterly finished the book 20 minutes before leaving to see the movie! Now I am vary familiar with book to movie adaptions. And as far as those go, this was a pretty good adaption. I understand the scenes that were cut, and can understand why. I however had a few issues with the near end of the story and how things were changed for the movie verses the book. I wish that part was closer to the story.Overall I give the Book 4 1/2 Stars and the movie 4 stars.

⭐ “Me Before You”by Jojo MoyesMoyes is one of my favorite authors because she does not have a “type” or stayed formula for her books. Three of her books (“Giver of Stars,” “The Girl You Left Behind” and “Me Before You”) are favorites of mine and they’re all completely different in plot, era, character and style. Even though these books are great stories as opposed to prize-winning masterpieces, I love that kind of diversity in my reads.This is the story of Louisa Clark who is employed by a family to assist their recently disabled son and hopefully change his mind about taking his own life via euthanasia. The story and the characters aren’t necessarily groundbreaking but it’s still a wonderful read nonetheless. It’s much more than an easy, mindless beach read but less than a darkly nuanced character journey…it’s a perfect in-between to be enjoyed by most all readers.As I’ve mentioned before, Moyes’ writing is descriptive but simple and to-the-point. I love how she fleshes out her characters in tandem with their story arcs and I enjoy how her books usually have a twist but not in a downhill sprint twist-to-end sort of way. She tackles important issues (here: right to die) without any pretension or agenda (THANK YOU!)Highly recommend!DESCRIPTION: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?

⭐ There are so many reviews on this book I’ll spare the reader from going over what the storyline is.Which means this is: ***FULL OF SPOILERS***I found the pace of the book too slow. I also found the character, Louisa Clark, to be frustrating. She stayed in her shell for far too long in the book. I nearly didn’t even finish it due to these two factors, and since I’m reading several books at one time, I just turned to other material for a satisfactory read, but I kept coming back to this. The main reason is due that so many people love the book, but because I wanted to watch the movie, too, and I felt I owed it to myself to read the entire thing before seeing it. I’m glad I did because when the pace did pick up (about 75% into the book) it was good. I enjoyed the interaction between her and Will when she started to be who she really is.Was I looking for a love story? I guess I was. Not a hot, steamy romance, no, but at least something that would keep me up at night continuing to turn the page. It wasn’t there but a small bit. And for that I’m sad about the book; there should have been more romantic tension, I thought. In fact, Louisa missed all clues about Will’s feelings for her. Except for times like him looking at her in the red dress with her breasts showing more – she got that.I did enjoy that the author wrote different chapters from other points of view, especially Will’s mother and Nathan.All in all it’s a very good story. I just think it could have been written with a tad bit a faster pace. I don’t even object to the ending with Will dying. I think these stories are a must. We can’t always have happy endings – that’s not true to life. And I will not impose my beliefs upon the book regarding assisted suicide. That would not be fair to the book nor the author. Do I agree with assisted suicide? No, not at all, but none of my review has anything to do with my beliefs.The letter at the end really was great closure to the book and I finished it feeling satisfied, especially knowing Will actually did love her.I look forward to reading more of this author to see what else she has up her sleeve. I see there are two more books to read with Louisa. I took a gander at the second one, “After You,” and from the description I believe I will read it. I like the idea of her going to a support group. That will flesh out some of her feelings and pain, allowing, I hope, for more growth in this girl.I’m putting 4 stars, though I feel it’s more of a 3.5 star book.#TamaraJackReviews

⭐ I’ve been wanting to read this book for a long time. I absolutely fell in love with Will and Lou’s moments together. Characters with that kind of chemistry are rare. These two came to life on the page. But Lou’s characterization and growth from beginning to end was problematic for me and I couldn’t overlook it.The banter between Will and Lou was so great. Will had a dry and dark sense of humor, with a hint of bitterness. At first, Will was quite standoffish to Lou, but he warmed up to her after awhile. I loved how Lou just shot it right back at him. I enjoyed them together so much. As I read I couldn’t help but smile and laugh at them.One of my favorite moments of the book was when Lou takes Will to the castle gardens. Lou gets lost in the maze and starts screaming for Will to find her. After this, she shares with Will why she was so upset (I don’t want to spoil it for you so I won’t say). But after this emotional moment, she grabs his hand and thanks him. That moment just really stuck out to me because she gave Will something he probably hasn’t had in a long time—a feeling of being valued, like he was helping someone.I thought Jojo Moyes did a wonderful job painting the darkness in Will’s mind. I can’t even begin to imagine how terrible it would be to lose the use of all of my limbs. To one day be hugging the person you love the most and the next be unable to lift your arms—it’s heartbreakingI liked Lou when she was around Will. He gave her a personality. But for most of the book, I found her to be extremely boring and bland. We knew nothing about her except her family and boyfriend are crap and she likes quirky clothes. She had no interests, no ambitions, and no aspirations. I thought that maybe the author was going to use this as a spring board for a massive character change in the beginning, so I just rolled with it. But in the end, she didn’t really grow or evolve as a character. She enrolled in a fashion program because her job with Will was for a finite period of time and she needed something to do—not because she really wanted to better herself..Lou’s family was the WORST! Every freaking time her crappy sister or her parents would put her down, she said nothing to them! In fact, towards the end before Lou leaves, her mom freaks out and threatens her. This would have been the most opportune time for her to say something, anything, to make them shut up. But she said nothing.*****SPOILERS BELOWMy biggest grumble about the book was the absolute potential there was for Lou and Will’s relationship—not necessarily in the romance department. I felt cheated. I didn’t cry in the end of the book like I thought I was going to because honestly I was too angry at what transpired before that moment to get emotional. I wasn’t angry about Lou’s inability to change Will’s mind, but rather the opportunity the author had to build more on Lou and Will’s relationship. Let me explain.I get that this is a love story that’s meant to be one that never truly could be. So perhaps that’s why the author opted to give the reader breadcrumbs when she could have given us the whole croissant. But dammit, I wanted more time with them on the page, not with her family or her boyfriend, even if just as friends. As I read the book, I was reading for the next Will and Lou scene. So when we FINALLY got the moment Lou bares her feelings to Will, I was hoping we would at least get a little more time with them before Will’s end. I wanted them to talk about his decision, rather than a huge fight and then separation.Lou stays with her jerky boyfriend for almost the entire book. The reader knew the relationship was over, Will knew it and so did Lou, but she stayed. Why? I assume for the same reasons she kept her job at the diner or put up with her insanely manipulative parents—it’s comfortable and easy. Everything Lou does is what’s expected of her or what she’s told to do, even after Will. She couldn’t make a decision to save her life. Even when she and Patrick broke up, it was him who ended up. I’m quite certain that she would probably still be with Patrick if he hadn’t ended it first.*****END SPOILERSI loved Lou and Will together. Those rare moments where she was able to pull Will out of his darkness and into a period of happiness, albeit brief, were beautiful. The scenes of them bickering back and forth made the book for me. I would recommend this book if you like emotional reads featuring a couple with great chemistry.

⭐ I am angry I read this book to the end. Time and tears wasted.**Spoilers**Six months is enough time with Lou since he can’t pin her to a wall or something. With how many close calls he suffered. Why the rush? His ego is his excuse for bowing out prematurely.It didn’t help that he is just not a nice guy. The way he talks to her was way too close to verbal abuse for me to like him. Who is he, and her family for that matter, to tell her she isn’t doing anything with her life. These comments loop as she works to support and care for all of them!

⭐ I loved this book! Hated for it to end. Jojo Moyes is my new favorite author! She has woven a tale of two modern British families; one immensely wealthy, one rather poor, both struggling to survive. Each set of characters is skillfully drawn with a minimum of words, but enough info to let your imagination do the rest. Unemployed Louisa, the main character, becomes the link between the two worlds, when she is hired for a six month contract, as a caretaker for Will, the quadriplegic son of the wealthy family. What transpires during that six months will change all their lives, forever. If you’ve seen the movie, and loved it as I did, it is still worth reading! If you like romance, tragedies, love stories, and coming of age novels, you’ll probably like this book! It reminds me, somewhat, of another of my favorite UK authors, Catherine Cookson. Thank you, Jojo, it was just perfect!

⭐ I have watched the movie multiple times before I ever knew a book. I even watched the movie while taking my time to absorb the book. The movie captures the essence and tone and important moments of the book. I understand why the author changed the screenplay for the movie a bit and omitted certain characters for the movie. A very well written book about how fate can bring two strangers from different walks of life and change each other for the better. It’s an important lesson that even if we don’t agree with someone’s choices, they still should have the right to make their decison and respect it. Life and love is more gray than black and white. It’s better to love and loss than to never have loved at all. How meeting one person even briefly can change your life forever.

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