Reviews with content warning for Car accident - Me Before You

not sure how or why this has so much widespread praise when its just the manifestation of the author's ableist thoughts. this could have been a decent tragic love story if there wasn't so much pity and hatred for people in wheelchairs as subverse

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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veganecurrywurst's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

First things first: I did enjoy the writing style of the author and I look forward to reading a different book of hers.
However I will not be continuing the "me before you"-series. Although JoJo Moyes has made some points about how badly we as a society and as individuals often treat people with a disability, by excluding and forgetting about them, her writing and storyline in and of itself felt abelist. It also seems as though she has not done sufficient research on the topic.
I also found the topic of assisted suicide to be very important and interesting. However I found it mixing the topics (physical disability and assisted suicide) more than difficult. I could imagine this book being quite harmful to the disabled community, even though it is "only meant to represent Will's story". I also think readers should question themselves while reading this book. Will seems to be suffering from some form of depression (I am by no means an expert, so I am very sorry should I have gotten something wrong). Let's imagine he wasn't disabled and he was """"""just"""""" depressed. Would we be okay with him taking his own life ? Or are we okay with him committing assisted suicide, because he has a disability.

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emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Bit of a long read, but it was worth it; so sweet and so sad. I loved the characters; vibrant and diverse and flawed and so loveable. This book also has underlying messages about coming-of-age, independence, and so on.

It also handles the topic of euthanasia very well; in a nuanced and honest way

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Overall, a very touching and gently inspiring read.

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menomica's review against another edition

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emotional informative sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? N/A
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

Je me souviens que ce livre est sorti il y a des années. Tout le monde en parlait; sur l’homme riche et tétraplégique qui se tombe amoureux de la femme typique et régulière chargée de prendre soin de lui. J’avais lu le livre pendant cette période, et récemment j’ai décidé de le relire. Et, honnêtement? Ce livre me semblait un peu ennuyeux. Les personnages, sauf le petit Thomas, n’était ni aimables ni insupportables. Ils avaient tous ses moments bons et ses moments mauvais. C’est essentiellement une autre histoire de l’amour hétérosexuel. D’ailleurs, il y avait des passages pas nécessaires, et Louisa avait des temps où elle était un peu trop mélodramatique. Donc, je crois que je peux dire que l’histoire en elle-même n’est pas si intéressante.
Mais, clairement, je crois que la raison pour laquelle tout le monde a aimé ce livre, c’est pour la conversation qu’il a invoqué sur la Dignitas et sur les handicaps, bien que c’était clair que l’auteure est pas handicapée.

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lostinpaperbacks's review against another edition

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challenging emotional reflective tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

the ending just ruined the whole 409 pages i had just read, i had such high expectations

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faizoo's review against another edition

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emotional fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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challenging emotional funny informative lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

A heart breaking story of two people brought together by a tragic, life changing accident.

It was raw, romantic and discusses themes such as the class system, the use of drugs, assisted suicide and the effect it has on families and friends. These are raw topics that some authors choose to shy away from, not Jojo Moyes. She moves towards these themes in the book and discusses them in a broad and open way.

Amazingly I didn't cry while reading the book although I was very, very close. It really did pull on the heartstrings.

This book was raw and romantic, the love story was amazing. The book was funny and endearing. It was also laugh out loud funny.

would highly recommend this book - already reading the next book, After You.

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