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Me Before You (Me Before You, #1)

Jojo Moyes

Start date: June 1, 2016

Finish date: June 30, 2016

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Dec 31, 2013 Antonia rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: i-own, favourites, contemporary-books

"Me Before You" is one of these extraordinary novels that make you want to love and hate the world -and its people- at the same time. It makes you want to laugh and sob and hope at the same time and it reminds you both the happy and the hearbreaking sides of life. This book is a special, beautiful and truly mesmerizing novel that captured my heart and made it its own.

I really don't know if I'm able to write a good and detailed review on this book, given the fact that I can't even process all the "Me Before You" is one of these extraordinary novels that make you want to love and hate the world -and its people- at the same time. It makes you want to laugh and sob and hope at the same time and it reminds you both the happy and the hearbreaking sides of life. This book is a special, beautiful and truly mesmerizing novel that captured my heart and made it its own.

I really don't know if I'm able to write a good and detailed review on this book, given the fact that I can't even process all the things that took place from the very first page to the last. To be quite fair, I had a very good idea about most of the plot of this book due to various posts I'd already seen about it on Instagram, Tumblr and, yes, Goodreads. I knew I would laugh, but I also knew that I would cry. And I did. No matter how much prepared I was for the blow, it still hit me hard in the guts and I couldn't even see the letters due to all the tears, I had to put the book down and stop reading for a couple of seconds until I felt somewhat relaxed again. Jojo Moyes has got this brilliant ability of capturing the audience and knowing exactly how to make them feel whatever she needs them to feel.
I loved everything about this book. The plot was magical, with the right dosages of humour, sadness, hope and love. The characters were witty, sarcastic, hopeless, hopeful, ready to go wherever their heart leads them to. To be quite honest, this wasn't exactly an easy book to read, but it wasn't absolutely depressing either. There were humorous moments and shattering moments and I loved every single part of the plot. I loved Lou and I fell in love with Will. Will must be my second most favourite character of all time, when it comes to romantic books. His words and actions will haunt me for many years to come and I will always remember my feelings about every time his mood changed, every time I hoped for something different for him. I loved Lou's family a lot, even though Lou's mother seemed kind of harsh to Lou towards the end.
Lou's and Will's relationship will always be tattooed on my heart and mind. Their feelings were something more, something deeper from what we usually get in other modern chick-lit books. The intimacy they had between them and the dialogues they exchanged felt like the core of pure love. I loved their interactions and the depth of their feelings. I loved the flights and the falls of their emotions and how everything was wrapped up by the end of the last page. Everything mattered, in every single chapter, and I was actually quite surprised when I read the perspective of Mr. Traynor and Katrina. I expected them to be very different and they both surprised me, both positively and negatively.
Overall, 5 out of 5 stars, of course. I would give it infinite more if I could. "Me Before You" will be an unforgettable book for me and I loved it to shreds. It must be read by everyone out there and especially by those of you who don't really like Romance/Chick-Lit literature. I think that this book must be read by men as well. Yes, it's romantic and dramatic and heartbreaking, but this doesn't mean that men won't be touched by it. "Me Before You" is a beautiful book and it must have its steady place in everyone's library. Please read it. After all the movie is about to be released, so it won't hurt to be prepared. ;-) ...more

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Dec 31, 2013 Sarah rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites

I was not expecting Me Before You to be such a page turner and tear-jerker! Jojo Moyes really delivers with this deeply emotional novel about the unfairness of life and the silver lining of friendship.

Will Traynor is a paraplegic whose motorcycle accident has taken away his will to live. He's given himself an expiration date and is determined to be as melancholy and unhappy as possible in his remaining days. He's not expecting someone like Lou Clark to come into his life and FORCE him to enjoy i ...more

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May 24, 2016 M rated it it was amazing

I really enjoyed the authors style. Fun lighthearted banter. Real life situations. Halfway through I was scared where the story might end, Stuck it out, sobbed, I was left with mixed feeling about the ending but grateful I took the journey.

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