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Title: Me Before You

Author: Jojo Moyes

Page count: 369

Published: July 2013

Publisher: Penguin Books

Genre: Contemporary

Received: Bought my self

Rating:  4/5

Summary:

Louisa Clark is an ordinary young woman living an exceedingly ordinary life—steady boyfriend, close family—who has never 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, 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?

My Thoughts:

Did I enjoy this book? Yes. Did I cry? Yes. This book through me for a loop. One minute I was smiling a laughing and the next think that I notice I’m on the verge of crying and possible ugly cry because of the things that Lou and Will went through. I wanted to read the book before I watched the movie and when I did get to the movie I knew what was going to happen, so I was getting all emotional before certain things did happen.

Will’s story is heart breaking because he used to be an active guy a then next thing that he knows he’s in a wheel chair, he feels trapped and wants to be able to do the things that he used to. He just wants to find a way out.

Lou she is such a sweet person. She lost her job as a waitress and she was looking for another job because she still lives at home where everyone there depends on her. By chance Will’s mom is looking for a new care taker for her son and when she meets Lou she thinks that she is going to be the perfect fit.

When Will and Lou first meet Will doesn’t make it easy for Lou, but she doesn’t let it get to her because she is happy working for him. Well that is until she over hears a conversation that will says that he’s giving her 6 months and after that he is going to go to Switzerland. With finding this out she is first wanting to quit her job but then she decides that she is going to change his mind.

When Lou starts to get feelings towards Will and he gave her, her favourite pair of socks I cried. A little while later in the story when Lou tells Will about her feelings Will’s response gutted me because I didn’t think he was going to react that way.

The ending though????????? WHY????? I couldn’t believe it. I really had hoped for a better outcome.