A review by elsaaaqazi
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes

5.0

4.75 stars

Me Before You left me numb to this world. That is honestly the best way I can describe the way I felt after I was done crying over Will Traynor. I finished this book late last night and I just lay on my bed staring at the dark ceiling thinking about what Will had done.

To begin with I thought the book was off to a slow start. But that slow start was the story just building up so I say sorry for that.

I seriously hated Will for what he was doing to Lou. And as I cried because of him I think I don't need to explain just how much I love Will Traynor. That is what I call some seriously good character development.

The most evident character development though I think was Louisa Clark's. She started out as a girl content with her small life, by the end of the book she was a girl with broadened horizons.

The brilliant thing though was the fact that in the beginning I thought Mrs Traynor was a monster for letting her son die. I thought it was ethically wrong. But Will, or rather Jojo Meyes using Will, made me realize that it was not me who had to decide whether it was morally long or not. It was Will's decision. He wanted to end his suffering and spare himself any further pain.