Being a male reader on a booksite you kind of expect to be outnumbered when it comes to the sexes. But that doesn't keep alarm bells from blaring like a convoy of reversing trucks when practically every reviewer of a book is of the female gender. And when the author in addition is touted as the winner of multiple romance novel awards your primal male instinct is to run like your being chased by some primordial predator.

So it was really against my instinct and better judgement that I began readin More...

I'm sitting here with tears running down my face having just finished this book. I know I should probably let my emotions settle before reviewing but I want to get all the feelings down...

Firstly I want to say that the cover does not do this book justice. It gives the impression of a bland and fluffy read when in reality this is a heartbreaking story, with subject matter that may be difficult for a lot of readers.

The characters begin as likeable, yet maddeningly realistic in all their egocentri More...

I'm not going to write a proper review about this book . I dont want to spoil anything for you. Just read it,you wont regret it.

Oh my god this book was so mind blowing but mostly heartbreaking.



Will
Best before : 19 March 2007

Lou


Lou has to work for Will and in the beginning things are very difficult for both of them . Given the circumstances Will is all the time cranky, rude , vile to her because his life is miserable. However, they start getting along because Lou is the only person who contradict More...

5+++ Remarkable Stars



I can’t even put into words how incredible, heartbreaking, and beautiful this story was. Me Before You by Jojo Moyes was without a doubt why I love reading. It moved me, really moved me. When an author can invoke a readers emotions, someone who can make you feel genuinely sad when the characters are sad and make you feel genuinely happy when the characters are happy. It’s just an amazing feeling so thank you Ms. Moyes.

The story is about Will Traynor’s life internal struggl More...

I'm sitting here with tears running down my face having just finished this book.


Reading about the six months Louisa Clark and Will Trayner spent together made me laugh then cry.I have not stopped thinking about this book since I put it down and it will stay with me for a very long time.....




Will Traynor lived a full adventurous life until it was cut short one rainy London day. Will is a quadriplegic who needs care for his physical ailments but for his emotional state-of-mind his mother has hired More...

Me Before You is NOT a romance nor is it romantic, despite what the blurbs on the silly front cover claim. It is however a very moving and thought provoking LOVE STORY.

Reading about the six months Louisa Clark and Will Trayner spent together made me laugh then cry, then laugh and cry again. I have not stopped thinking about this book since I put it down, and it will stay with me for a very long time.

Jojo Moyes treats a difficult and controversial topic with sensitivity and a realism that isn't f More...

“Just live well. Just live.”

This is such a hard book to review. There is so much I could say, but I know I would simply ramble on and on about how wonderfully written this book is, how the characters affected me, how the story broke my heart but made me feel so happy.

I smiled, I laughed and I cried buckets of joyful and heart wrenching tears.

Will Traynor lived a full adventurous life, until it was cut short one rainy London day. Will is a quadriplegic who needs round-the-clock care for his phys More...

10 stars!!!!! More review to come after I process and dry my tears.

After two days, my tears have dried, but my heart still aches for Will and Lou. What a well written, wonderfully told story. The journey of these two is simply amazing, the gifts they each bring into each others lives. This is truly a story of love, determination and tough choices. I cannot even imagine being put into either of these situations. This is such a powerful book that will stay with me for a long time to come. If you More...

I wasn't prepared for this book.
I wasn't prepared to the range of the emotions i felt while reading it, how emotional invested i truly was.
I wasn't prepared for the beauty of it.




Me before You is not a romance but it's indeed a love story,and how they changed each other lives irrevocably.

I told him a story of two people.
Two people who shouldn't have met, and who didn't like each other much when they did, but who found they were the only two people in the world who could possibly have understo More...

I told him a story of two people. Two people who shouldn't have met, and who didn't like each other much when they did, but who found they were the only two people in the world who could possibly have understood each other.



Oh my god. This book took me on such an incredible, beautiful, real, inspiring and touching journey. It's probably one of the hardest reviews I'm going to have to write. Throughout the story I was so anxious, nervous, excited and panicking, because I had no idea how it was gon More...

Wow! Not an easy read - as other reviewers have said don't be fooled by the cover - it is not MY usual lighthearted romantic read. Is it Romance? Yes I think so but it is so much more ... very emotional - I laughed, I cried, had a sappy grin on my face and did I mention that I cried but don't let that put you off - give it a chance - it is a beautiful story.... Just reading all a the wonderful new reviews about this book brings a tear to my eye.















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5 huge Stars

Gripping, funny and strong. A great love story - a book to love!

The previously successful Will is severely handicapped after a traffic accident. Lou living a small life takes a job as his assistant. They affect both each other's lives and a wonderful story begins.

The story about Lou and Will is a wonderful story about life, the transience of life, our fortunes and great tenderness and real love. This novel is not a traditional romance but a great contemporary love story. This story w More...

3.5 stars.

Warning : There is an extremely misleading cover blurb on this book.

'Gorgeously romantic and partner-ignoringly compulsive.'

Is the story gorgeously romantic? Yes, it was in parts. Make no mistake though. This is not a "romance" book in the traditional sense.

Me Before You is the story of a quadriplegic man who had everything and lost it all in the blink of an eye after an accident left him helpless. Before the injury, Will lived on the edge and took risks. He had money, love, adventur More...

Will changed. He used to live life to the fullest and enjoy it, but now his life is nothing but a torture. He is quadriplegic after a horrible motorcycle accident.
His desire to live was taken. Will is only miserable now.
Best before : 19 March 2007

Lou has a comfortable life. She lives in a shell and refuses to come out of it.
She just lost her job but her family really needs money so Lou is ready to work nearly everywhere.
Will's family on the other side is searching for somebody chatty for W More...

I wonder whose bright idea it was to dress up the cover of this book like a loud Valentine's Day card. It's not an accurate reflection of the tenor of the book.

There are always those novels that, when it comes to writing a review, don't require pictures, visual aids or gifs. They just don't need that. Once you hear about the story, it's something that you just have to read in order to experience it for yourself.

Louisa 'Lou' Clarke is a 26-year-old with a simple, boring, lacklustre life. She's recently lost her job that provided her family with the financial support they so desperately need. Her boyfriend, Patrick, has become obsessed with his physical More...

I can't giving this anything other than 5 stars. It's more than a love story, it's more than a paraplegic and his caregive, it's more than poor girl meets rich boy, it's just so much more than that. This was a lovely, wonderful, heart breaking book and I so got it why it turned out the way it did. I got it from the beginning.

Jojo Moyes was not really on my radar. I'd seen her name a couple of places, memorable because of its uniqueness, but had not really marked her down as an author whose work I suspected I needed to experience. Still, when I got an unsolicited ARC in the mail, I determined to go ahead and read it, because it's British and has gotten overwhelming acclaim. In this case, I deem the buzz and all the positive reviews to be completely accurate.

The novel opens in 2007 with Will Traynor, successful, fabul More...

I can barely see through my tears! This book! OMFG! Read this in one sitting. I need a moment to process it all!

Having not read the synopsis of this book before I started, I had no idea what to expect. I only saw it appearing on my feed and every single one of my friends that read it, loved it. As soon as I marked it "to read", some of these same friends were reaching out to me and offering their support....BEFORE I STARTED READING! I should have taken that as a sign ... but I didn't. And once More...

A copy of Me Before You was provided to me by PENGUIN GROUP Viking and Netgalley for review purposes.

My heart was not prepared for those kind of feels... *sigh*


'The thing about being catapulted into a whole new life - or at least shoved up so hard against someone else's life that you might as well have your face pressed against their window - is that it forces you to rethink your idea of who you are. Or how you might seem to other people.'

Louisa's life is lackluster and she's completely content More...

O wow!!
This book touched my heart in so many ways, it opened my eyes to Will's situation and why he wanted what he wanted. It broke my heart but also in the end I was satisfied with the outcome. I knew what was inevitable but the friendship and love that came out of the 6 months was amazing.
Full review to come. Amazing story!

Ok i heard about this book a while back,i always meant to get it but as soon as i added it to my TBR list i guess it kind of got lost in the other books. But i finally down More...

I’m always happy when I’m right about a book. I usually have very good instincts about a book and can tell within the first few paragraphs if I’m going to like it or not. Sometimes I’m wrong (wow, have I been wrong), but with Me Before You by Jojo Moyes, I was spot-on. This is a lovely book I read way too quickly. I blame the author for that. The characters are so interesting and I liked them so much I had to know what was going to happen next. This isn’t an extraordinary book or one that captiv More...

Louisa Clark is 26 years old and lives at home with her parents in a small English village. She’s just lost her job as a waitress at The Buttered Bun café, a position she loved and held for seven years. Now she’s casting about, trying to figure out what to do next. She needs to find something fast; her family can’t afford for her to be out of work. She turns to the local job center for help but is underwhelmed, to put it mildly, by the positions on offer. More out of desperation than anything el More...

I am blown away. My eyes are probably puffy right now because of too much crying over this book last night. The agony still lingers and I couldn't stop lamenting about it. I was surprised about this novel. The cover screams that it was chick lit so I guess it didn't really do justice. This novel is everything that you want in a book all rolled into one. It was touching, entertaining, amusing, enlightening, thought provoking and heartbreaking at the same time. It tackled on a very sensitive issue More...

I have loved this book. There have been lines which made me laugh out loud, I've been absolutely compelled to keep playing this for hours at a time to find out what happens next, it has also made me cry like a baby. The final one and a half hours had me gasping and choking like a mad-thing. I don't think a book has ransacked my emotions like this one has for years, possibly since Love Story in the nineties. This is probably 'Love Story- the 21st Century version' in fact.
Me Before You remind More...

I was tempted to give this 5 stars as this book affected me in the same way as Tell the Wolves I'm Home...... I cried my eyes out. Not just because it’s a great story but because a lot of things that happened were almost too close to home for comfort.

Please don’t be put off by the silly pink frilly cover (what idiot at the publishing house approved THAT?) as its not a chick lit romance novel but deals with difficult issues and real human emotion.

I will most definitely read more of this author.
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Great characters, great story, great dilemma. Jojo Moyes writes a book that will make you laugh, cry, swoon, and rage at various points.

While it's marketed as an adult novel, there is definitely some crossover appeal for the teen audience who will certainly eat up the romance, the humour, and ultimately, will help them to see how one's interactions with people can change their lives forever. Will's life lacks color ever since a motorcycle accident two years before left him with a spinal cord in More...

Oh My Gosh...
I recommend this book to 'ALL' my friends!

This really 'is' a "CAN'T-PUT-DOWN-BOOK". My guess, is most people who start this book will keep reading until they finish-(one or two days tops)!

Once you begin this book, you'll only STOP reading if you 'must' do something else in life. You'll pass on a favorite TV show. You'll pass on a walk. You'll pass on going to the movies or out to see a friend....
UNTIL....
You've finished reading "ME BEFORE YOU"

LOVED IT!!!!

elyse

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The thing about being catapulted into a whole new life - or at least, shoved up so hard against someone else's life that you might as well have your face pressed against their window - is that it forces you to rethink your idea of who you are. Or how you might seem to other people.

Firstly, let me just say that this cover makes this seem like Me Before You just might be a lighthearted, sweet romance. While it does have bits of that, it certainly isn't a fluffy read.

This was me when I turned the More...