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Me Before You (Me Before You, #1)

Jojo Moyes

Start date: August 1, 2016

Finish date: August 31, 2016

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Sep 12, 2013 Ahtims rated it really liked it

Shelves: borrowed, ebooks

It was a captivating read - all about quadriplegics, the problems they as well their carers face, which is unthinkable to normal or even relatively ill patients. I was very sympathetic to all characters in this book, even the jilting lovers, I could understand their reasoning and mental processes. I felt very bad for the lead characters, Will and Lou. The end was expected (view spoiler) ...more

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Sep 27, 2012 Nicole rated it really liked it

Shelves: fiction-read, january, chick-lit, romance, english-fiction, series-completed, re-reads, february, author-read-2-books-or-more, most-popular

Re-read 2021:

I changed my rating from a 3 to a 4 star upon re-reading this. It really is a unique and heart-wrenching story. I still didn’t like the ending, but Moyes wrote this so beautifully and truthfully I had to give the book the recognition it deserves.

First read 2016:

I have mixed feelings on this one. The story drew me in. It wasn't cheesy which I had anticipated. It kept me consistently absorbed. On the other hand, this didn't feel like a true love story. At the beginning it did, but it ...more

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Jun 04, 2013 Angie Taylor rated it it was amazing

I read this last summer. I really enjoyed it and sympathized greatly with the struggles the characters went through. The book raised tons of ethical questions. Even though the book had me wonder about what is right and wrong, I still came to the conclusion that suicide is not the answer no matter how crappy your life is. I'm a stickler for "endure to the end." ...more

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Mar 25, 2016 Bookracer rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

The most depressingly beautiful book I have read in a while. Hate it but loved it to bits.

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Aug 14, 2013 Angie Taylor added it · review of another edition

I really loved this book. It was such a good, thought provoking, realistic story about two people who have nothing in common, but who ultimately change each others lives. I loved how the characters were challenged in every way possible, and how they had to overcome so much to try to be happy. I was emotionally connected to this story for many reasons, and although I don't know what I'd do if I were in similar circumstances, I think the author did an amazing job with such a sensitive real life si ...more

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Oct 23, 2015 Barbara rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2015-book-reads

Lou Clark gets a job working for a well to do family and she is in charge of making him happy and getting him out to do things. She does just that.

Will Traynor was in a motorcycle accident that took away his desire to live. He agrees to give the family six more months of his life cause he wants to end it.

Lou tries everything she can to make him want to live. Lou and Will get close, but you'll have to read the book to find out whether it was enough to keep Will from taking his own life.

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