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A review by rahafhelmi
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
5.0
It all started when Louisa, a twenty Six year-old woman, is left with no job, as the cafe she used to work in, ends up closing all too suddenly. With limited knowledge and ability. She soon finds herself unable to decline the only job at hand, which is both the best and worst job you could ever think of..
a Care Giver to a Thirty Five year-old quadriplegic. With Will, being Very rude, arrogant, challenging, impossible to bear and so closed of! Mind you, she had to be around him for 8 hours a day, five days a week, for six months!!
How will it go? What do you think could happen in six months?
Let me just say: WOW!! Oh My Goodness!!
I mean, I did watch the movie long time ago but still.. this book got to me like it’s my first time I’ve ever known this story! And let me tell you straight away: this book got so many lumps in my throat! And it made me cry my eyeballs out! It is very inspiring yet very emotional!
I was just saying this the other day;
We often take our lives and health for granted, to the point we forget to stop for a second, just to take it all in and truly appreciate it. And only until we are, or a beloved ones in bed or a wheelchair that we begin to grasp the idea of it all ending, within a blink of an eye!
And I could never, in a million years, understand how it feels to be disabled, to think you’ve become a liability to others, to not have the ability to do anything yourself not decide for yourself.
And I get it, being in Lou’s shoes would’ve been difficult, being in Will’s shoes must have been even worse..
and I’ve seen it with my own eyes..
how in a blink of an eye, your life can turn upside down!
And so, part of me LOVED this book because of the simply complicated way Jojo Moyes had put each and every word, each and every scene of this book.
But also part of me LOVED and Connected with it because I’ve been there! Not necessarily having to make a decision as much as having to stand there, while one was made, where I waited.. for what I knew the inevitable.
And no matter how prepared you are, now matter how much you make of the time you had left with the loved ones..
It was never enough ..
It was never easy ..
It still hurt as much ..
And so, my advice to you is:
DO NOT TAKE LIFE FOR GRANTED
DO NOT TAKE YOUR HEALTH FOR GRANTED
DO NOT TAKE LOVE FOR GRANTED
DO NOT TAKE ANYTHING FOR GRANTED
a Care Giver to a Thirty Five year-old quadriplegic. With Will, being Very rude, arrogant, challenging, impossible to bear and so closed of! Mind you, she had to be around him for 8 hours a day, five days a week, for six months!!
How will it go? What do you think could happen in six months?
Let me just say: WOW!! Oh My Goodness!!
I mean, I did watch the movie long time ago but still.. this book got to me like it’s my first time I’ve ever known this story! And let me tell you straight away: this book got so many lumps in my throat! And it made me cry my eyeballs out! It is very inspiring yet very emotional!
I was just saying this the other day;
We often take our lives and health for granted, to the point we forget to stop for a second, just to take it all in and truly appreciate it. And only until we are, or a beloved ones in bed or a wheelchair that we begin to grasp the idea of it all ending, within a blink of an eye!
And I could never, in a million years, understand how it feels to be disabled, to think you’ve become a liability to others, to not have the ability to do anything yourself not decide for yourself.
And I get it, being in Lou’s shoes would’ve been difficult, being in Will’s shoes must have been even worse..
and I’ve seen it with my own eyes..
how in a blink of an eye, your life can turn upside down!
And so, part of me LOVED this book because of the simply complicated way Jojo Moyes had put each and every word, each and every scene of this book.
But also part of me LOVED and Connected with it because I’ve been there! Not necessarily having to make a decision as much as having to stand there, while one was made, where I waited.. for what I knew the inevitable.
And no matter how prepared you are, now matter how much you make of the time you had left with the loved ones..
It was never enough ..
It was never easy ..
It still hurt as much ..
And so, my advice to you is:
DO NOT TAKE LIFE FOR GRANTED
DO NOT TAKE YOUR HEALTH FOR GRANTED
DO NOT TAKE LOVE FOR GRANTED
DO NOT TAKE ANYTHING FOR GRANTED