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I really did not like this book for the first 100 pages. Louisa is annoying and whiny and completely dense. As a reader, it's so obvious when opportunities are given to her to connect with Will, the quadriplegic man she's paid to care for, but she is completely oblivious to all of them. She's only overshadowed by how horrible her sister treats her. The plot seemed predictable (and for the most part stays that way). And there were a couple plot inconsistencies that in retrospect were minor but re
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I'm glad it ended the way it didn't. I would have lost respect for the author and the book if it hadn't.
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What if you only 117 days to save someone's life? What would you do or say while trying to change their mind? Would it make a difference knowing that the patient, a paraplegic was once an active man who loved nothing better than to enjoy all that life had to offer and now only wants what he can no longer have? Along the way the main character learns how to live her own life while she prepares to say goodbye. I was so moved by this read, it made me laugh, cry and at times want to throw the book o
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