Me Before You (Me Before You #1) by Jojo Moyes- Restarting May 3rd 2021

[Sarah Elizabeth]

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Date Changed. Restarting April 8th 2017. Happy Reading ☺

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[Eesh]

Finished chapter 1, and I would very much like to introduce this book to a thing called imagery. Because so far, I've seen none of it.

[Eesh]

Chapter 3
(view spoiler)[I'm sorry, but am I supposed to feel bad for Lou because her job involves having a lot of free time and dealing with a guy who *gasp* uses sarcasm>?
I mean, all she's done so far is be fussy about her jobs while whining like a little girl. (hide spoiler)]

[Eesh]

Chapter 7
(view spoiler)[Being in constant pain and never being able to do anything for yourself ever... I get why he wouldn't want to live. But what his sister's saying is right too. Making your parents do something like that would destroy them. (hide spoiler)]

[Eesh]

Chapter 13
(view spoiler)[Can Lou just dump Patrick already? After how he behaved and that like, "How could I be jealous of a cripple?"
I wouldn't have just dumped him, I would have run him over with my car. (hide spoiler)]

[Eesh]

Chapter 15
(view spoiler)[You know, I actually found myself agreeing with Gforce. It may be a selfish choice, putting your family through something like that, but to know for certain that you will never have any control over your own life and have nothing to, really, look forward to, to see no future for yourself. But mostly the pain, medication, humiliation of being taken care of by strangers... How many of us can say for certain that we'd make a different choice? (hide spoiler)]

[Eesh]

Chapter 20
(view spoiler)[So... they broke up, right? Because even though I felt tiny bit bad for Patrick at the end, I've been waiting for this pointless relationship to be over for ages. (hide spoiler)]

[Eesh]

Chapter 23
(view spoiler)[That was well-deserved. Because even though it's ultimately Will's choice, it's a shitty thing to say and do to someone. (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

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Date Changed. Restarting August 8th 2017. Happy Reading ☺

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[Hailey]

I'm in for the 8th :)

[Becky]

How far are the people who started reading this on the 8th?

[Becky]

Chapter 4 (view spoiler)[ i think loiusa being so nervous is natural if she has never done the job before. I dont think she shouod give up though. Will seems very obnoxious. Its good treena is going back to university but it puts pressure on louisa i think. I feel sorry for will he must be deverstated about his friend and ex girlfriend getting married. (hide spoiler)]

[Becky]

Chapter 7 (view spoiler)[ i am finding this a really easy read to be honest. I think lou is getting good at understanding the job role. Im finally understanding why the job is only for 6 months. I suppose it must be hard to live the way will does. (hide spoiler)]

[Becky]

Chapter 11 - (view spoiler)[ treena has a good idea maybe lou can change wills mind about wanting to die. Lou makes a valid point about treena not needing the room. I wonder what activities lou comes up with for will
So lou picks horse racing for the first activity. I cant believe will throws it back in her face though she was trying to do a nice thing. Maybe she will have better luck with the second activity. (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

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Date Changed. Restarting February 17th 2018. Happy Reading ☺

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[Sarah Elizabeth]

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Date changed. Restarting October 5th 2018. Happy Reading ☺

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[Abby]

Chapter 6: (view spoiler)[Christ, Mrs. Traynor is a nightmare! I know she's concerned about Will, but there's no reason to be so upset at Lou like that! (hide spoiler)]

[[deleted user]]

Ill be reading this at work tonight.

[[deleted user]]

20% (view spoiler)[ I like how Lou has so much hope for Will even when he is so down, I like Nathan’s way of explaining to Lou how the Physio works, how it’s not to make Will better but to retain the movement he already has, even though Wills heart is not into it he still goes through it. (hide spoiler)]

[[deleted user]]

40% (view spoiler)[ That woman in that racehorse restaurant is a b***h! Lou should’ve slapped her! How dare she be so condescending? I liked that Will tried to keep his cool and I felt so bad for Lou trying to make the day nice for Will and then this happens… ugh… (hide spoiler)]

[[deleted user]]

60% (view spoiler)[ I love that Lou knows his quirks… I liked #6 specially, being a bloke, and doing blokey things! I also like the one about the wardrobe and the tights… (hide spoiler)]

[[deleted user]]

80% (view spoiler)[ I don’t know if they should be putting all their hopes and energy on Louisa I think it’s too much for them to think that if she fails on helping Will decide to not kill himself that it was their last hope and her fault. I also had hoped that he would decide not to go through with Switzerland and stay but really, I can’t blame him, what kind of life is that? (hide spoiler)]

[[deleted user]]

Finished… (view spoiler)[ Aww that letter makes me mad every time but at least he got to tell her what he really wanted for her and he was direct and he knew her well enough to know that she might resist on taking the money, I am glad that he told her that the money was not for her to feel indebted to him but for her to do something with her life instead of wasting it away and wishing it was different. (hide spoiler)]

[Abby]

Chapter 13: (view spoiler)[Patrick is an ass! Of course he had to make Lou's birthday all about him. (hide spoiler)]

[Abby]

Chapter 20: (view spoiler)[That trip sounds amazing! And I understand where Patrick is coming from. She's essentially going on vacation with another man. (hide spoiler)]

[Abby]

Finished: (view spoiler)[Ugh, that letter gets me every time. Go out into the world, Lou! (hide spoiler)]

[Saar The Book owl]

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Date changed. Restarting May 3rd 2021. Happy Reading ☺

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[Leon]

Can i join this when it starts?

[Elena]

Sure! The more - the merrier! I decided to start earlier.

50%
First of all I like the language, it's so smooth and not overloaded - the best writing style for a romantic story.
Also though the time of the story is nowadays, it feels sometimes that the time span is somewhere in 1980s-90s. (view spoiler)[And when there is the line about tech thing they use like messaging or using a computer, it just knocks me back to now :D (hide spoiler)].
Usually I don't read stories with (view spoiler)[severe disabilities or some mental issues (hide spoiler)] but as I already owned this book, decided to give it a try. Though for now it's (view spoiler)[pretty cheerful, I'm afraid it's not going to end well, I feel the sadness through the lines (hide spoiler)]. And that's exactly why I don't pick books with such issues. I love fantasy or other 'unreal' genres and contemporaries with (view spoiler)[healthy people and happy endings (hide spoiler)]. I'm not a jerk, I just get too emotional about those things and can't bear all the sadness.

[Leon]

Since we are starting this today,
How many chapters are we planning per day, maybe 3-4?

[Elena]

Usually we don't have a plan for chapters and everybody reads on his/her own pace and post the thoughts here at the point when you have something to tell :)

[Leon]

okay, I will do that
thanks for replying!

[Elena]

@Joy You're welcome :) I'm looking forward to read your thoughts about this book. As soon as I have some free time, I'm going to share my final thoughts (as I've already finished the book).

[Leon]

I just started this, Chapter 1-3
(view spoiler)[I am not really liking the characters so far, I can say the character I kind of like is the sister, Treena who Lou seems to hate for literally no reason and that is why I don't like her most of the time. Will is just seems like an asshole ಠ_ಠ (hide spoiler)]

[Elena]

@Joy I know what you're talking about but their relationships are more complicated :) (view spoiler)[I think she doesn't hate her, just was a little jealous and felt that it's unfair that her sister gets to do everything she wants but Lou has to earn money to help her parents and her sister. (hide spoiler)]

[Elena]

I finished reading several days ago and here are my final thoughts. And I'm more than willing to discuss with you the book as you read it :)
(view spoiler)[
I'm in love with the characters and the story. I didn't want it to turn out with Lou loosing Will. Till the very end I wanted miracle to happen. But I think this is not that kind of story with the happy ever after and the actual ending was the only one logical.
My favourite part of the story was how Will helped Lou to find herself in the life, enjoy it, appreciate it. And how Lou helped Will through enjoying her life to live more happy, to fill the joy, to be loved till the very end.
Oh and the final scene in France in that cafe... So iconic!
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[Leon]

I just finished reading this and this is my final thoughts :). We can discuss it now
(view spoiler)[I really didn't like most of the characters , I didn't like them to a 100% , I hated Will to a 50% so techinnaly Will was my favorite character, I will not be continuing the series infact I would have preferred this book series to a standalone actually (hide spoiler)]

[Leon]

Elena wrote: "@Joy I know what you're talking about but their relationships are more complicated :) [spoilers removed]"

Yes I get that but going into the book i just filed them as immature

[Elena]

@Joy It's so sad you didn't enjoy reading. I felt the opposite way about all the characters and loved the story. But I do understand why you don't like it and actually it's great that we have different opinions on the story. Though I agree with you about the series part. I prefer not to read the next book and pretend it's a stand-alone. I just think the next one will be not so good. There are stories which are better as stand-alones, not the series.

[Leon]

@Elena I love that you love it. I really liked how the book ended and I will prefer it to stay like that lol

[Elena]

@Joy yeah! Me too. I love the ending and don't want to mess it up reading the next book.

[Ashley W]

Chapter 4
(view spoiler)[ I feel so bad for Will to find out that those two are getting married. As if his condition isn't bad enough, that must be so hurtful. Kind of glad she told him off. (hide spoiler)]

[Ashley W]

Chapter 8
(view spoiler)[ I really like hearing his mother's POV. I think it adds a lot more depth to hear form someone who really knows him since Lou has only known him since the accident. I really dislike his sister. I understand that this can't be easy for anyone, but to call him selfish is so hypocritical. (hide spoiler)]

[Ashley W]

Chapter 17
(view spoiler)[ Oh, I'll bet he's put her in his will. I couldn't believe he remembered her tights. That was so sweet. They're getting so close. This is heartbreaking. (hide spoiler)]

[Ashley W]

Chapter 18
(view spoiler)[ That dance was everything!!! I love it so much! They are so sweet and adorable. But her hopes are getting so high. (hide spoiler)]

[Elena]

Ashley wrote: "Chapter 4 [spoilers removed]"
Agreed! It was so painful to read too.

Ashley wrote: "Chapter 8 [spoilers removed]"
I had the same opinion on his sister while reading. But I do understand her in some ways too. It's really hard not to freak out when your relative, so full of life before, goes through extreme hardships. Sometimes you just don't know what to do and totally mess up with all the situation.

Ashley wrote: "Chapter 17 [spoilers removed]"
It was so obvious and so sweet!

Ashley wrote: "Chapter 18 [spoilers removed]"
I loved (view spoiler)[the dance part so much! So emotional and you forget about everything and mention only the beauty of their feelings. (hide spoiler)]

[Ashley W]

Elena wrote: "Ashley wrote: "Chapter 4 [spoilers removed]"
Agreed! It was so painful to read too.

Ashley wrote: "Chapter 8 [spoilers removed]"
I had the same opinion on his sister while reading. But I do unders..."

(view spoiler)[ I thought about that as the story goes on, about his sister. I would agree, that she is just too distraught about her brother to think about what he is going through. But then she couldn't take a break from Australia to spend some time with him. I didn't think that was kind at all. (hide spoiler)]

[Ashley W]

Chapter 22
(view spoiler)[ I was so looking forward to how their trip would go. I hate that his dad considers his dying a way for him to be free of his family. That's just tragic. (hide spoiler)]

[Ashley W]

(view spoiler)[ I knew how this was going to end and it still broke my heart. I love that she caved and went to him before he died. I'm sure she wouldn't have been able to forgive herself if she hadn't. (hide spoiler)]