A job offer came in after going to an interview and she took it. Louisa was in desperate need of a new job and was willing to take any opportunity that came her way. ‘Me Before You’ features a young girl Louisa Clark who lives an ordinary life, has a boyfriend and a strong relationship with her family, the only problem being is that she had lost her job after working there for so many years. Overall i really love this book and would give it a rating of 5/5.
I recommend this book to readers the age of 13 and over. ‘Me before you’ is a romance/drama novel written by Jojo Moyes. Ultimately a heart-wrenching love story, this novel is also funny and thought-provoking. Moyes tackles several topical and divisive issues: voluntary euthanasia and the right to die how quality of life is dependent on perspective the stigma attached to being disabled, the patronising attitudes encountered and the attendant, if unintentional, discrimination suffered. The novel is mostly a first-person narrative told by Lou, but with occasional (clearly denoted) chapters from the perspective of other significant characters. And before that end is reached, there are plenty of laugh-out-loud moments and the odd surprise or two. Before long, Lou discovers the truth, and finds herself doing her utmost to bring enjoyment into Will’s life.įor anyone who has even glanced at the remarks on the cover of later editions of this book, the trajectory of the story and the ending will be predictable, but such is the quality of the characters Moyes creates, and their dialogue, that most readers will not be able to resist reading to the end, although this, as many advise, is best not read in public. She’s determined to stick it out: she can’t afford to lose this job. But Will’s anger, his mercurial moods, his negativity, these are an unpleasant, if understandable, surprise for Lou. She’s never worked as a carer before, but the pay’s better than at the chicken processing plant, and Lou’s been assured there’ll be no wiping of, you know, required (there’s a trained carer for that stuff).Ĭamilla Traynor has told Lou she’s basically needed as a companion for her son, Will, who is a quadriplegic since a traffic accident two years ago.
So when the Buttered Bun closes down, Lou needs another job pronto. Louisa Clark’s café wages are much relied-upon: her mum, Josie is the stay-at-home carer for Granddad all of her sister Katrina’s pay goes to bringing up her own young son and her dad Bernard’s job at the furniture factory is looking less secure every day.
#Me before you series#
Me Before You is the first book in the Me Before You series by award-winning British author, Jojo Moyes. Ultimately a heart-wrenching love story, this novel is also funny and thought-provoking
#Me before you how to#
On a final note, read Me Before You at your own peril because whether you love it, hate it, or don’t know how to feel, it is certain to stay with you for a long time regardless. Maybe it was the story that did this, or maybe it is reflective of the emotional place I was in at the time of reading, but regardless, I am grateful to it for that. Despite my disappointment as well as the emotional abuse suffered by the hands of the author, I finished this book with a sense of achievement as this was the first book to make me cry out loud which was also done in a very ugly way. You can see the end coming, but you cannot do anything to stop it you are hostage to your own twisted devotion to “Happily Ever After”. Reading this book was similar to being a train crash victim.
Yes, I know it was naïve of me to think that these two love birds would get together in the end but how am I supposed to think else wise when everything from the tone of voice to key plot points (ie, two completely different people forced into each other’s company) has the air of a mills and boon formula. Lou, 20-something, has been made redundant from her waitressing job and is forced to take the position of carer for Will, an also 20-something ex lawyer who has been paralysed due to a freak accident.
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