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Jojo Moyes: Me before you

Hey guys,

I bought this book after seeing the trailer for the film. I'm a big believer in the book is always better so I was pretty excited to read this one. It didn't disappoint. I'm yet to see the film but I hope to get around to it soon, work has me pretty busy at the minute. It's safe to say I live there. Plus freelance work on top of that, yep. I only see my bf at night or when he works from home. 

 -sigh-

 Moving on, I read this book over a couple of days. On the bus to and from work, surprisingly. Ok I'm seriously moving on now. I love Louisa 'Lou' Clark! She's funny, quirky and I identified a lot with her. Sometimes I felt a bit trapped when I lived with my parents in a small town but I'm better now in the city. Best decision ever. 

 She's made redundant and has to start looking for work to help her parents make ends meet and one of these jobs leads her too working as a carer for Will Traynor. Will has been recently paralysed in an accident and is struggling to come to terms with his new life. He know what he wants to do but getting his family to agree to it is another matter. 

 When Lou starts working for him, they both are a bit wary of each other but soon get to know one another fairly well. Lou brings a lightness to Will's life that he hasn't had for a while and he teaches Lou things about herself and her life. 

This book can definitely be described as a 'weepy'. I recommend curling up on the sofa with waterproof mascara, a box of tissues and chocolate. It's a tragic story with some hilarious moments thrown in. Lou's life is so real, if that makes sense. It could be anyone's life, maybe that's why I identify with her so much however, Wills' life? It sounds like a fairytale, the things he got up to, the places he went, everything sounds perfect. 

 Another interesting side of this story, is the life of a quadriplegic. Lou goes onto forums to help find fun things for her and Will to do together and it's interesting to hear different perspectives. Some people learn to adapt to there new reality, others can't or wont and it's really interesting. It's not something I've thought about before and it really opened my eyes to the struggles and adaptions people have to make when something like that happens. 

 For a romantic, weepy novel it speaks about some controversial issues and it's a good way to open peoples' minds to certain issues and get them to think about certain things in a different way in a non-confrontational way.

 I love this is book, although I was very depressed the whole day after reading it!

Let me know what you think.


Annie xx


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