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Me Before You [Kindle Edition]

Jojo Moyes (Author)

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An utterly absorbing and blissfully romantic read. --The Daily Telegraph

A gorgeously romantic and partner-ignoringly compulsive read... Immaculately paced, genuinely touching and stuffed with Mad Men-esque period details, it's a page-turner that loves words themselves. --The Independent on Sunday

Beautifully written... an exquisite tale of love lost, love found and the power of letter writing.***** --The Sunday Express

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Lou Clark knows lots of things. She knows how many footsteps there are between the bus stop and home. She knows she likes working in The Buttered Bun tea shop and she knows she might not love her boyfriend Patrick.

What Lou doesn't know is she's about to lose her job or that knowing what's coming is what keeps her sane.

Will Traynor knows his motorcycle accident took away his desire to live. He knows everything feels very small and rather joyless now and he knows exactly how he's going to put a stop to that.

What Will doesn't know is that Lou is about to burst into his world in a riot of colour. And neither of them knows they're going to change the other for all time.

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Format: Kindle Edition
File Size: 705 KB
Print Length: 385 pages
Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0670026603
Publisher: Penguin (2 Jan 2012)
Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.� r.l.
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0718157834
ISBN-13: 978-0718157838
ASIN: B0065GC0BA
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5.0 out of 5 stars Made me laugh, made me cry ... loved it 15 Nov 2011

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I've read a few of Jojo Moyes' previous books - Ship of Brides (loved), The Last Letter From Your Lover (adored) and The Peacock Emporium (meh) - but I think she's moved onto a whole new level with her latest offering.

Me Before You features Lou Clark, a bright but directionless young woman who drifts between dead-end jobs until she eventually (rather reluctantly) takes a post as a carer to a young man who has been left in a quadriplegic state following a road accident two years earlier. Will Traynor had a high-profile, well paid career and a very active lifestyle, until it was all taken away from him in the blink of an eye as he crossed the road to hail a taxi. To say he's bitter and angry about the hand life has dealt him would be an understatement. His family are at the end of their tether, and shortly after Lou is hired she hatches a desperate plan to try to convince Will that his life is worth living.

Sounds a bit grim and depressing? Well think again. I've never noticed much in the way of comedy in Moyes's novels before, but this book had me alternating between laughing out loud and smiling wryly (oh and crying - more of that later), and I was reminded very much of Marian Keyes in her prime. I loved the affectionate banter between Lou and her family and the not-so-affectionate (at first) verbal sparring between Lou and Will. (Their first meeting when he plays a particularly wicked trick on her is absolutely priceless.)

And now for the serious stuff. The subjects of quadriplegia and the rights of disabled people are dealt with sensitively and compassionately. The descriptions of Will's day to day existence, which involves relying on others for almost every aspect of his personal care, really hit home.... Read more ›

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5.0 out of 5 stars What an incredible book! 6 Mar 2012

By Gem

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This book is outstanding!! I had never read any of Jojo Moyles but came across it and decided to give it a go. The characters are very special and you can feel the agony and the sadness between the two main characters. It is so much deeper than the average chic lit and would make a remarkable film. i absolutely wept buckets when I finished this book and felt numb for ages afterwards. I have recomended it to all my book lover friends.

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50 of 53 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Extraordinary, thoroughly enjoyable.... 4 Mar 2012

By Neerav Vadera

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This was the first time I have read anything which is centred so profoundly around a physical impairment. Although I learned a lot about quadriplegia, what made this such a special story was that it was about so much more than one man's disability, rather a full on emotional journey. Brilliantly chosen location, around two sides of a castle in a small village, which brought together perfectly two completely different social classes and endearing characters allowing this remarkable tale to come to life.

Lou is an amazing young woman, totally unselfish, blissfully simple. On the opposite end of the spectrum is Will Traynor who lived an almost aristocratic lifestyle having it all but now has to live with, as he sees it, "losing everything" after his road accident. By chance their lives come together when Lou loses her job the rest as they say is history. Well you will have to read it to find out what happens but I can assure you this book has everything, laugh out loud moments, romance, some serious thought provoking issues and tears, plenty of tears and that's coming from me a 29 year old bloke!

This book has made me look at my own life, to learn to appreciate all the things I have and to be more generous to others who are not as fortunate as I. I know it will have a lasting impact for a long time to come, which is more than I could ask for from any book. It's books like these that make it worthwhile for me to read as much as I do as you always come across a gem now and again and this is certainly a gem.

Thanks for reading my review.

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210 of 226 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Unforgettable. 19 Jan 2012

By Becca

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Please buy and read this book!! It is literally amazing in so many ways! I bought this book for an 8 hour flight to New York and not only did I finish it in one sitting but I cried for the last couple of chapters.
I am really not a fan of silly chick lit and please do not think this book falls into this category. It is a true classic and even though I never reread books, I will always keep this book in a special place on my book shelf.
Me Before You is the perfect story, it's a story that you have not read before. This book will make you feel both comforted and cosy but also on edge and unsure what is going to happen next.
In short, I loved this book so much I wish I hadn't finished it.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Will keep you glued to the pages 6 Feb 2012

By SusiSunshine

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It took me a long time to find the courage to review this book. Me Before You was a very intense read for me. I picked it up and couldn't let go. I was glued to the pages till 5 AM in the morning and some more after to digest what I just read- or well to stop crying. It is a tearjerker like I never read one before. For all those romance lovers hereI want to make one thing clear: this is not a romance novel in my definition and I'm sure most of you will agree. I knew it wouldn't be before I started but still this book caught me off guard.

Meet Lou, she lives at her parents place has a job she loves in a coffee shop and well she is happy with her life for the most time. When out of nowhere she loses her job,she has to find something new to help her family. The jobcenter suggest a caring job for a local young man and Lou isn't sure she can do it. It is a temporary assignment which would only last 6 months so she takes the risk and takes it. When she meets Will and realizes what her real job is aka giving him back his will to life her determination to do just that is spiked and she gives her best.

Will is a quadriplegic and his life is ruled by his body's condition. He's dependant on outside help and he hates every second of it. His life before the accident was a very active one- he was always looking for the next adrenaline high. A life full of adventures and risks. Now he has lost all of this including his will to live and he actually only waits for his suffering to end. He knows what he wants- his plan is to visit a hospiz in Switzerland to do what he wouldn't be allowed to do in his home-country.

There are so many things I adored in this book. I loved to see how realistically the relationship between Lou and Will developed.... The slow building up of their connection eases you into the story- you take this whole journey into a foreign world together with Lou. Ms Mojes seems to have researched Quadriplegia intensively and the background information we get piece by piece was eye opening for me. I also loved that actually not the things Lou plotted out to get Will back to enjoy life worked but that actually her character did. Her spirit and while demeanor is the key.She is not afraid to tell him the truth- bluntly and honest without hesitating of fear to hurt his feelings.
I also liked how the side cast and their stories were seamlessy woven into the story but never stole the spotlight from the main theme.

My biggest problem with the book is actually a bit of a spoilery topic. So skip this if you plan to read this book and want to be unbiased while doing so.

When I got the chance to receive this book I read a bit about it and I thought it would be an optimistic book. About finding the pleasure of life again, finding new hope and all. For me a "romantic" read isn't this sad and the end seriously killed the book for me. I read for hours in the whee hours of the morning and then the end hit me so hard I couldn't take it. I was devasted and well here this book succeded- it really touched me deep inside and made me cry for hours. But sadly it also ruined the whole reading experience for me. Now when I think of Me Before You I remember the end and well not much of the rest. Perhaps it's just me being a pampered romance reader but I couldn't shake off the emotional intensity Ms Moyes build over the whole book so easily.

Me Before You will grab you and wrench every last tear out of your body. It didn't only make me cry though- there are also some very funny and sweet moments in this book. I really enjoyed the book but the romance reader in me is wishing that I would have never read the end. If you love the sweetness and happiness of romance novels this one might not be for you but if you love the emotional intensity no matter if good or bad grab this one- it is a wonderfully crafted emotional roller-coaster ride. Read more ›

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