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A review by saramercedes17
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
4.0
“Sometimes, Clark, you are pretty much the only thing that makes me want to get up in the morning”
I first watched the movie adaptation of the book when it first came out in 2016 and I was in love with the story. I was devastated by the ending and, afterwards, I bought the book though I never finished it for some reason. After watching the movie for a second time (and me being in the mood to read something that took place in the UK), I decided to give this book a shot.
At first, I wasn’t fond of the characters at all. Louisa was kind of likeable but definitely not my favourite. The story started a bit slow for me, but I think that maybe this was done purposely so as to show us how Louisa felt when she first started helping Will. Speaking of him, I did find him quite rude and bossy at times. I do appreciate Will and Louisa’s character development throughout the story though. It evolved really well.
However, (spoilers!) the assisted suicide. I thought that it was tackled in a quite questionable way. Another thing which bothered me was how problematic the book was regarding disbaled people. As an able-bodied person, I believe it isn’t my place to speak about this subject but I would love to learn more about it!
I do have to say that the ending did hit hard, probably because I was going through a tough time with a loved one and the conclusion did help me with this personal issue so I’ll recognise that.
On the whole, this was a nice love story but it does mention some subject matters that I believe should be talked about more and that we should learn more about.
Rating: 9/10
I first watched the movie adaptation of the book when it first came out in 2016 and I was in love with the story. I was devastated by the ending and, afterwards, I bought the book though I never finished it for some reason. After watching the movie for a second time (and me being in the mood to read something that took place in the UK), I decided to give this book a shot.
At first, I wasn’t fond of the characters at all. Louisa was kind of likeable but definitely not my favourite. The story started a bit slow for me, but I think that maybe this was done purposely so as to show us how Louisa felt when she first started helping Will. Speaking of him, I did find him quite rude and bossy at times. I do appreciate Will and Louisa’s character development throughout the story though. It evolved really well.
However, (spoilers!) the assisted suicide. I thought that it was tackled in a quite questionable way. Another thing which bothered me was how problematic the book was regarding disbaled people. As an able-bodied person, I believe it isn’t my place to speak about this subject but I would love to learn more about it!
I do have to say that the ending did hit hard, probably because I was going through a tough time with a loved one and the conclusion did help me with this personal issue so I’ll recognise that.
On the whole, this was a nice love story but it does mention some subject matters that I believe should be talked about more and that we should learn more about.
Rating: 9/10