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Me before you, common sense media reviewers.

Moving story of a quadriplegic and his quirky caregiver.

A Lot or a Little?

What you will—and won't—find in this book.

Extensive information on the life of quadriplegics

Push yourself to realize your full potential, even

Louisa has a lot on her shoulders, but she's optim

Man gets hit by a motorcycle, which leaves him a q

Characters kiss a few times. A scene takes place a

Swearing is infrequent. Some British swear words:

All brands and media mentioned are for scene setti

All the adult characters drink socially at various

Parents need to know that Me Before You is about an unlikely relationship between Louisa, a working-class British woman, and Will, a quadriplegic living at his wealthy parents' estate. Will is facing a serious decision about his condition, and Lou, his hired caregiver, tries her best to get him to make the…

Educational Value

Extensive information on the life of quadriplegics, including treatments, medications, pain, deterioration of their condition, difficulties in getting out and about, the way relationships can change, and emotional states. Some discussion of the book The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature by Matt Ridley and theories around sexual selection and the survival of the human species. The issue of death with dignity is an important part of the story, with the pros and cons represented.

Positive Messages

Push yourself to realize your full potential, even if you're afraid to take risks. You can love and support someone, even if you don't agree with his or her choices. Don't let one bad incident define you. Always be open to try new things. Keep an open mind when dealing with difficult people: You never know what emotional battles they're fighting. Never settle for complacency. Note: Will represents a view that life isn't worth living if you're disabled, which many find problematic and/or offensive. But Lou fights hard to promote the opposite message.

Positive Role Models

Louisa has a lot on her shoulders, but she's optimistic and tries to see the best in people. Will is a tough character to like at times, yet he opens himself up to Lou as he hasn't with anyone else. But some readers may find it offensive that he believes that life isn't worth living if you're disabled. Nathan is a good caregiver to Will and a kind coworker to Lou, and he always has an easygoing, understanding attitude. Both sets of parents have their problems, but their hearts are in the right place and they all want what's best for kids and their love for their kids is clear. Treena often annoys Lou, but she comes through when the chips are down.

Violence & Scariness

Man gets hit by a motorcycle, which leaves him a quadriplegic, though the accident isn't shown. Domestic dispute with a woman screaming at her husband and throwing his belongings out a window. During a shouting match between siblings, the dad throws a newspaper at his daughter's head. Character recalls a gang rape, but it is described in general terms and not graphically.

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Sex, Romance & Nudity

Characters kiss a few times. A scene takes place after two characters clearly have had sex. Sex is discussed a few times but not in detail, including how frequently a couple has sex, whether a quadriplegic can have sex, reference to a lap dance, and brief non-graphic description of one sexual encounter.

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Swearing is infrequent. Some British swear words: "arse," "bloody," "bugger," and "wanky." Other profanities include "f--k" and its variations, "s--t" and its variations, "bitch," "Jesus," "God," "damn," "piss," "d--k," "d--khead," "t--s," and "crappy."

Did you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Language in your kid's entertainment guide.

Products & Purchases

All brands and media mentioned are for scene setting: Blackberry phone, Lego, Marks and Spencer store, Next catalog, Old Spice, Disneyland, and Disney World. Also mentioned are the movies The Little Mermaid , Local Hero , My Fair Lady , The Diving Bell and the Butterfly , and The English Patient ; TV shows The Simpsons and Mastermind; and the play Pygmalion .

Drinking, Drugs & Smoking

All the adult characters drink socially at various points: in pubs, in their homes, and at a wine tasting. Characters encounter extremely drunk men at the horse races. Lou has a flashback to getting drunk and smoking pot as a teenager. Lou's dad gets drunk at a birthday dinner. Lou gets drunk inadvertently at a wedding because she didn't know the drinks were alcoholic. Characters drink to excess at a resort.

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Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that Me Before You is about an unlikely relationship between Louisa, a working-class British woman, and Will, a quadriplegic living at his wealthy parents' estate. Will is facing a serious decision about his condition, and Lou, his hired caregiver, tries her best to get him to make the choice everyone else wants. The two main characters learn a lot from each other, especially about opening yourself up to different ways of thinking, but many -- especially in the disabled community -- have found the portrayal of Will and his point of view problematic, since he's presented as feeling that life isn't worth living if you're disabled. Although it's not marketed as a young adult book, it has teen appeal, and it's been adapted into a film that many teens will see. All the characters drink socially, including to excess on a few occasions. There's no smoking; marijuana use is mentioned in a flashback; and there's little sexual content beyond flirting and kissing. One character recalls being raped, but it's not described in detail. Characters swear, using British terms such as "arse" and "bloody, as well as "f--k," "s--t," "bitch," "piss," and "d--k."

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Another movie that gives the message that it is better to be dead than disabled

What's the story.

Louisa Clark has no aspirations to seek a life outside her small British town. She lives with her parents, works at the Buttered Bun, and sees her boyfriend of six years a few times a week. When the cafe closes, she finds herself out of a job. Because of the recession and her limited job experience, she's forced to take jobs that don't appeal to her. One of these is as a companion to a quadriplegic man who lives on his parents' estate near the town's castle. It's only across town, but socially it's a world away. Will, the man she's hired to look after, lived an exciting, successful life in London before an accident left him in a wheelchair. The two get off to a rough start, as Will resents anyone who tries to make decisions for him or doesn't understand the depth of his anguish over his condition. Chatty, quirky, funny Lou eventually breaks through the wall Will has built around himself, and a lovely relationship develops. The biggest issue is a decision Will is making about his life and future.

Is It Any Good?

It's impossible not to fall in love with the characters and story in this deeply emotional and insightful novel . Me Before You tells the story of a man and a woman in a small British town: One is confined there, and one has confined herself there. Readers might think they're getting into a romance, but instead they find themselves enmeshed in a beautiful, emotional, and suspenseful novel. No character in this book is a cliche, not even minor characters, such as an ex-girlfriend of Will's who easily could have been a stereotype. The story's told mostly from Lou's viewpoint, with a few chapters from the viewpoints of other characters, with the notable exception of Will. Lou has a great voice as a character. She has a lot on her shoulders, but she's charming and funny, especially when she babbles nervously. Will is more of a cipher as he confronts major problems: confined to a wheelchair, living with pain, missing his old life, and not knowing when or how badly his condition will deteriorate. Author Jojo Moyes provides an eye-opening look at what quadriplegics have to deal with on a daily basis, physically, emotionally, and socially. Also addressed is the issue of death with dignity. That said, the book has stirred controversy for offering what some consider a stereotypical portrayal of a disabled person who feels that life's not worth living because he's disabled.

Me Before You will move many readers to tears, but not in an overly manipulative way. In addition to the humor and emotion in the book, the suspense is gripping. Moyes doesn't telegraph the ending at all, which will have most readers on the edge of their seat.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

Families can talk about how Will is portrayed. Do you find his view of being disabled problematic? Can you see why disabled people might? What do you think about how disabled people are portrayed in the media generally? Do disabled characters tend to come off as stereotypes rather than complex individuals?

Stories about characters with serious illnesses are popular. What makes them so appealing? Which others have you read or seen in the movies?

Right-to-die and death-with-dignity laws have been covered in the news. How do you feel about this issue? Do you think people should be able to make those decisions for themselves? What are some instances where you think it's a good idea and some where it might be a bad one?

Book Details

• Author : Jojo Moyes
• Genre : Contemporary Fiction
• Topics : Friendship , Great Girl Role Models
• Book type : Fiction
• Publisher : Penguin Group
• Publication date : July 30, 2013
• Number of pages : 369
• Available on : Paperback, Nook, Audiobook (unabridged), Hardback, iBooks, Kindle
• Last updated : December 22, 2015

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ME BEFORE YOU

by Jojo Moyes ‧ RELEASE DATE: Dec. 31, 2012

Despite some obviousness in the storyline, this is uplift fiction at its best, with fully drawn characters making difficult...

A young woman finds herself while caring for an embittered quadriplegic in this second novel from British author Moyes ( The Last Letter from Your Lover , 2011).

Louisa has no apparent ambitions. At 26, she lives with her working-class family (portrayed with rollicking energy) in a small English town, carries on a ho-hum relationship with her dull boyfriend and works at a local cafe. Then, the cafe closes, and she must find a job fast to ease her family’s financial stress. Enter Will Traynor, a former world traveler, ladies’ man and business tycoon who’s been a quadriplegic since a traffic accident two years ago. Will’s magistrate mother hires Louisa at a relatively hefty salary to be Will’s caregiver and keep him company for the next six months—easygoing Nathan gives him his medical care and physiotherapy—but really Will’s mother wants Louisa to watch him so he doesn’t try to hurt himself. Will, once handsome and powerful, is not only embittered, but in constant pain. He has some use of one hand but is dependent on others for his basic needs, and recovery is not possible. Louisa, who can’t help speaking her mind and dresses thrift-store eccentric, thinks he hates her, but no surprise, Louisa’s sprightly, no-nonsense charms win him over. He even cheers her up on occasion. When Louisa overhears Will’s mother talking to his sister, she realizes that the Traynors have reluctantly agreed to let Will commit suicide at a facility in six months. Louisa decides to convince him to stay alive with a series of adventures. Meanwhile, Will, who senses something in her past has made Louisa fearful of adventure, is trying to broaden her experience through classical music and books. Their feelings for each other deepen. But Louisa is not Jane Eyre, and Will is not Mr. Rochester in a wheelchair, so don’t expect an easy romantic ending.

Pub Date: Dec. 31, 2012

ISBN: 978-0-670-02660-9

Page Count: 384

Publisher: Pamela Dorman/Viking

Review Posted Online: Oct. 14, 2012

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Nov. 1, 2012

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by Colleen Hoover ‧ RELEASE DATE: Aug. 2, 2016

Packed with riveting drama and painful truths, this book powerfully illustrates the devastation of abuse—and the strength of...

Hoover’s ( November 9 , 2015, etc.) latest tackles the difficult subject of domestic violence with romantic tenderness and emotional heft.

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ISBN: 978-1-5011-1036-8

Page Count: 320

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Me Before You by Jojo Moyes - review

‘The novel offered a complex and intricately detailed plot which gives out so many characters’ stories’

As always now at the start of my reviews I’m finding that I am producing some confession or other and today is no exception. Christmas 2014 feels like two years ago even though it’s only a year and a couple of months, but this is I am ashamed to say when my friend sent me Me Before you as a Christmas present. I was so excited with this book after seeing how much my friend adored it, and months and months went by with this book constantly on my TBR piles each - yet every month for some reason I never quite got around to it. But this month, I am proud to say that I finally got around to reading this Jojo Moyes novel and I am so glad that I did!

The story follows Louisa Clark who is forced to take a job looking after a quadriplegic Will Traynor, as her family is desperate for the extra income. This intrigued me although I prayed it was not going to become some instant love romance. But I was happy since this wasn’t the case; yes the story itself has a degree of love and affection but I feel that it is more about life and death. Due to Wil’s condition he wishes to end his own life on his terms and for me this was the main theme of the novel. The novel offered a complex and intricately detailed plot which gives out so many characters’ stories but ties them together so beautifully that you didn’t become confused.

Euthanasia is a delicate subject, but Moyes handled it brilliantly within Me Before You, and I think this is why I enjoyed the book as much as I did. Louisa I feel wasn’t just trying to convince Will to live but rather giving him a reason to enjoy his life until he chooses to die. As a result of this, I realised that I hadn’t actually read a novel which involves euthanasia before which I found to be strange almost since I remember when I first ever came across the subject, during one of my GCSE RE classes… Weird almost that a subject which is taught widely has very few Young Adult novels which involve the subject and a minimal amount of fiction overall which includes it. Which is why I feel Me Before You is a great novel to read to look at the subject.

Overall, I enjoyed reading Me Before You and I feel that the subject of euthanasia within it was a valuable part of the novel. How we are able to learn about each and every character, even if they are in the novel for a page or two, is valuable. I enjoyed this book and will certainly be recommending this novel to young and old readers.

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Me Before You by Jojo Moyes: A Comprehensive Book Review

“Me Before You” is a poignant tale penned by Jojo Moyes that delves deep into the intricacies of love, life, and the choices we make. The novel, which has garnered attention from readers worldwide, is not just a love story but an exploration of life’s meaning and the lengths to which one might go to define their own existence.

Check out this article for an overview of all of Jojo Moyes’ books.

Plot Overview

The story revolves around Louisa Clark, an ordinary girl living an exceedingly ordinary life in a small town, and Will Traynor, a once-vibrant man now paralyzed from the chest down due to a tragic accident. Their worlds collide when Louisa, in her badly needed job working as a caregiver, meets Will and what ensues is a transformative journey for both.

Character Development

Louisa, an ordinary girl often described as quirky with her unique fashion choices, evolves from a girl with limited aspirations to someone who learns to dream big, largely influenced by her interactions with Will. On the other hand, Will, initially resentful and bitter about his condition, gradually opens up, revealing layers of depth, vulnerability, and wisdom.

Themes and Insights

The novel touches upon several profound themes:

• Life and Its Meaning: Through Will’s perspective, readers are made to ponder the essence of life. What does it mean to truly live? Is mere existence enough, or should one seek a life of purpose and passion?
• Love and Sacrifice: The growing bond between Louisa and Will is not just romantic but deeply emotional. Their relationship underscores the sacrifices one is willing to make for love.
• Choices: Central to the narrative is the controversial topic of assisted suicide. The book doesn’t take a stance but rather presents the complexities surrounding personal choices and their implications.

Me Before You by Jojo Moyes Review

From the very first page of “Me Before You” by Jojo Moyes, I felt an immediate connection. The world of Louisa Clark, with its vibrant colors, quirky outfits, and the bustling life of a small town, drew me in. I could almost hear the chatter of the café where Lou worked, feel the cobblestones beneath my feet, and sense the anticipation of something transformative on the horizon.

As I journeyed deeper into the narrative, I was introduced to Will Traynor, a once active young man now facing a huge life change. His character, once full of life and adventure, now confined to a wheelchair, was a stark contrast to Louisa’s spirited demeanor. Their initial interactions were, to say the least, challenging. The palpable tension, the sharp retorts, and the evident discomfort made their early days together all the more real to me. It was like watching two worlds collide, each with its own set of challenges and dreams.

But as days turned into weeks and weeks into months, the transformation in their relationship was nothing short of magical. The walls that Will had built around himself began to crumble, brick by brick, with Louisa’s unwavering persistence and infectious optimism. Their conversations, filled with banter, deep reflections, and shared dreams, became the highlight of my reading journey. I found myself eagerly awaiting their next adventure, be it a simple day out in the town or a grand trip to a far-off place.

Moyes’ portrayal of the challenges faced by quadriplegics was eye-opening. Through Will’s experiences, I felt the weight of the physical limitations, the longing for lost freedoms, and the internal battle between acceptance and hope. Yet, amidst all the pain and despair, there were moments of pure joy, laughter, and genuine connection, reminding me of the resilience of the human spirit.

The transformation of Louisa, the main character who once led an ordinary life, throughout the story was awe-inspiring. From an ordinary girl content with her entire life being in one place to someone who dared to step out of her comfort zone, her journey was a testament to the transformative power of love and friendship. I cheered for her successes, felt her heartbreaks, and celebrated her rediscovery of herself.

The ethical dilemmas the story presented, especially around the topic of assisted suicide, were deeply thought-provoking. It made me pause and reflect, questioning my own beliefs and understanding of life’s true value.

By the time I reached the heart-wrenching conclusion, I was emotionally invested in Louisa and Will’s journey. The tears, the laughter, the moments of introspection – it all felt so personal as if I had lived through their experiences myself.

In the vast landscape of contemporary literature, “Me Before You” stands as a beacon, illuminating the depths of human emotion, the complexities of love, and the profound questions about life and choice. Jojo Moyes has crafted a narrative that is not only engaging but also deeply introspective. 

The journey of Louisa Clark and Will Traynor serves as a mirror, reflecting our own fears, hopes, and the choices we grapple with. It’s a testament to the book’s power that it evokes such a wide range of emotions, from joy to sorrow, from introspection to revelation. 

As readers, we are not merely observers but active participants, feeling every high and low alongside the characters. In essence, “Me Before You” is more than a novel; it’s a reflection on life itself, urging us to cherish every moment, to seek meaning in our existence, and to truly understand the transformative power of love. It’s a book that leaves an indelible mark, long after the final page has been turned.

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Me Before You by Jojo Moyes | Book Review

Louisa Clark is an ordinary girl living an exceedingly ordinary life—steady boyfriend, close family—who has barely been farther afield than their tiny village. She takes a badly needed job working for Will Traynor, who is wheelchair-bound after an accident. Will has always lived a huge life—big deals, extreme sports, worldwide travel—and now he’s pretty sure he cannot live the way he is. Will is acerbic, moody, and bossy—but Lou refuses to treat him with kid gloves, and soon his happiness means more to her than she expected. When she learns that Will has shocking plans of his own, she sets out to show him that life is still worth living.

Jojo Moyes’ novel Me Before You has been labeled a romance novel or chick-lit.

However,  Me Before You tackles some very serious issues: What if your life is irreparably changed in an instant? What if you suddenly have no control over any aspect of your life?

Table of Contents

In me before you, louisa clark and will traynor slowly fall in love.

Louisa Clark gets a job as a caregiver for a quadriplegic, Will Traynor.

Will was a man who lived big – he was a financial wheeler-dealer, he climbed mountains, jumped out of planes, and loved traveling the world. All that changed when he was hit by a speeding motorcycle and his life was changed forever.

At first, Will and Louisa don’t like each other. Will is understandably bitter – the former daredevil now only has very limited use of one arm. He needs care 24/7 and is completely dependent upon others.

Will was a corporate type and Louisa is more of a free spirit, at least in the way outrageous ways she wears clothes, but is far more careful in her personal life where she prefers things to be simple and safe, due to a traumatizing personal incident that happened years earlier.

But as they get to know each other, Will and Louisa learn to understand each other more than they thought they would. Will is intrigued by her kooky dress sense and her warm spirit. Louisa gets to know the charming, playful side of Will that he rarely displays to anyone anymore. They grow to care for each other and depend on each other. But is it enough?

Final Analysis

Even though the subject matter is so sad, I thought that the book was well written and was completely immersed in it right from the start. I was curious to see how the book ended. I liked Louisa very much – she’s spunky and fun, but she does need to expand her horizons.

At first, I didn’t like Will very much. He is very, very bitter, which is completely understandable in his case.

Will has made a certain decision that will not be changed by anyone else.

He also never really tells her how he really feels until the very end.

Will’s mother is rather cold, but that may just be her way of handling trauma. We all have different ways of handling stress and tragedy in our lives, and that just might be her way of handling tough issues.

Also, as some feminists have pointed out, why does Louisa need a male figure to expand her horizons for her? Can’t she do it herself?

However, because of the dark incident in Louisa’s past, she needs to learn to get past that fear and learn to live again – to live big . Will helps her to do just that.

I believe that this book is worth reading. It does raise serious issues that need to be discussed, which is why I believe this book is a favorite of book clubs.

Me Before You was the first book in a trilogy.

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By jojo moyes, a disappointing read.

So, this book was all over the bestseller lists and has amazing ratings on Amazon. I’m bewildered. To start, Me Before You is probably more accurately described as Chick Lit rather than actual, you know, literature. I feel a little bad saying this since I’m always loathe to discount female writers just because a story includes a romantic story line, but honestly, the material is pretty thin. But even as someone who has no problem admitting that she loves well-written chick lit and a nice love story, this book is just not very good nor particularly unique.

It’s a straightforward story, free of any subplots or main side characters. Louisa meets Will. She’s poor, plain looking, unemployed and a bad dresser. He’s handsome, wealthy and, sadly, paralyzed due to an accident not too long ago due to his adventurous ways. He’s bitter and she needs work, so she takes a position as his caretaker. He’s mean, but she’s determined. She tries to help him to appreciate life again, they begin to care for one another, etc. The story takes on a more serious tone as he considers ending his life at a assisted suicide facility due to his condition. So, that’s the story, and I won’t ruin the ending for you, but there’s not much else to it.

The book is not badly-written, but it’s not great prose either, it just moves the story along. If you’ve read any chick lit or watched any rom-coms ever, the whole “they-hate-each-other-and-fall-in-love” thing is pretty tired and the way it goes about it is pretty uninspired too.

Still, I think what really bothered me was the fact that Will is so wealthy, successful and handsome, that it prevents the story from being real. Louisa falls for him and tries to help him by planning these elaborate and expensive trips, but that leaves the question in my mind of — what happens if you are paralyzed and not wealthy and good looking? Is your life worthless then? What if you are faced with difficulties and you cannot just throw money at the situation?

If the point of the book was to explore the idea of the value of human life in the face of life-changing disability, then it would have been better off exploring it in the context of more realistic people in real situations. Instead, the author “cheats” in a way by making it the easiest situation ever (e.g. he literally has everything else going for him), and so it is a largely worthless mental exercise to consider it. Without it, all that’s left is a pretty uninspired love story with two uninspired characters. The book focuses a lot on the difficulties of his disability, but its consideration lacked nuance. It made the point that there are a lot of things he cannot do now, but is that really a revelation to anyone? There weren’t any subtleties or surprises for me.

I remember reading a blog post a while back from someone who wrote that a major difficulty that many people living with disabilities encounter is being accused of “faking it. That is, if you don’t have any readily visible signs of your disability, people you meet are unsympathetic and tend to think that you are faking or exaggerating. Alternatively, you might have a visible sign, like being in a wheelchair, but just because you are physically able to stand up straight for a few seconds, it doesn’t mean that you don’t have a disability if it causes you excruciating pain, and those people can be accused of “faking it” as well. It was surprising to me and made me think more deeply about the difficulties of physical disabilities. This book had none of that.

I’d seen Me Before You around a lot — appearing on bestseller lists and in the “Recommended Books” section in a number of bookstores — before finally deciding to pick it up because of the hoard of positive reviews it got on Amazon. I honestly have no clue why anyone liked it. People seemed to find it heartbreaking — the idea that an otherwise perfect man becomes disabled. But while the fact that someone becomes disabled is obviously sad, I think any worthwhile book should delve deeper than that, but this book is doesn’t really present a situation that allows it to really explore what it means to become disabled and the value of life.

Me Before You is frankly insipid and glorifies superficial crap. What’s worse, it parades around as literature because he’s so damaged and angry. Kind of like that hot, angsty guy you meet in high school that’s full of existential bullshit. Skip it.

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I wasn’t sure if I wanted to read this book or not. I think your review placed me pretty firmly on the ‘not’ side of things, I’m not much of a chick lit reader anyway. Great review, you did a wonderful job articulating what didn’t work for you about the novel. :) Have you seen the movie?

Hey, thanks for dropping by — I think if you’re a chick lit fan and you’re used to the conventions of the genre, you might enjoy it (but honestly Emily Giffin has a new book out and it sounds like people are loving it and The Perfect Couple by Elin Hilderbrand sounds really promising, too). I used to read more chick lit a long time ago (loved the Shopaholic Series, etc.) but haven’t in quite some time and I didn’t really realize what I was in for, so I think that had something to do with it too.

I haven’t seen the movie, but I really like both Sam Claflin and Emilia Clarke so I will probably see it at some point! Thank you for your comments! :)

Book Review: Me Before You by Jojo Moyes

Me before you by jojo moyes is a heart-wrenching story, but at the same time i find it so inspirational. i really inspires me to make the most of life while i still can. here’s my book review of me before you by jojo moyes., overview of me before you.

Me Before You follows the story of Louisa Clarke, known as Lou. My book review of Me Before You by Jojo Moyes will give a few small spoilers, but I’ll try not to give away all parts of the plot!

Lou starts a new job as a carer for Will Traynor. Will used to live an active, adventurous life through his 20s. However, after a motorcycle accident, he is now paralysed from the neck down. His mum hires Lou to keep Will company.

At first, Will is moody and sullen. He resents his new life, being trapped in his wheelchair. And he finds Lou’s chatty optimism annoying. Lou also hates the job at first, hating to have to be around someone who clearly doesn’t want her there.

However, over time, Lou and Will start to warm to one another. They start to do a few trips outside together and learn more about each other and their lives.

Will’s secret

But the Lou finds out Will’s secret. She finds out that Will is planning to end his life because he doesn’t want to live a life where he is paralysed and in pain. Will had promised his parents six more months, and is planning to go to Switzerland at the end of this time. Louisa is distraught at the thought. But then she starts trying to change Will’s mind. She hopes that if she can show him how wonderful life could be, then Will might change his mind.

They go to a concert together, spend time with Lou’s family for her birthday, and go to the wedding of Will’s ex-girlfriend together. And they go on holiday together to Mauritius.

The more time they spend together, the more Lou’s outlook on life changes. Before she met Will, she’d been happy with her simple life. She’d been happy living with her parents in the village she was born in, working any job she could find, with no real ambitions or plans for the future. But after talking to Will, and with his encouragement, she starts to think about whether she wants more from life.

I won’t give away Will’s final decision at the end of this book. Everyone will have their own opinions on whether me made the ‘right’ decision about whether to end his life or not. And maybe there isn’t a ‘right’ answer. But the book ends with Lou having a new outlook on life, and new dreams to follow.

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What I liked about Me Before You

I really loved this book, so my book review of Me Before You by Jojo Moyes is really positive.

My favourite part of this book was Lou’s character development. I loved how she grew throughout the book. At the beginning of the book, she was living a normal, un-extraordinary life. But Will showed her that she could do so much more. He talked about his adventures and his travels. And Lou started to think about whether she wanted more. She started to think about travelling, or moving to another city to go to university to follow her passions. I loved how her horizons widened and her outlook on her possible future grew. I think so many of us are ‘stuck’ in relatively ordinary, mediocre lives. And sometimes, we all need a reminder to push ourselves a bit more, and do something more extraordinary with our lives.

I also found this book really inspirational and motivating to do more with my life because of Will’s story. He’d been living a great life, but then he suddenly was involved in an accident, and his whole world changed in an instant. It’s really a reminder about how fragile our lives are. And how everything can change and be taken away from us in one split second. It’s a reminder to always make the most of the present, because none of us know what’s around the corner. And it’s a reminder to always live your life to the full, because it could be taken away at any moment.

What I wasn’t so sure about

I don’t think there are any parts of this book I wasn’t so sure about. I genuinely loved it all. It was heart-wrenching, but at the same time inspirational and life-affirming.

Every reader is going to have a different opinion on Will’s views about thinking about ending his life after being paralysed. And every reader will have a different view of Will’s final decision. But I think that’s ok. I think it’s important to think about these things

Would I recommend Me Before You by Jojo Moyes

I’d definitely recommend Me Before You by Jojo Moyes. It’s a beautiful story. And it’s so inspirational. If you’re looking for a book that will inspire you to live your life to the full, while you still can, this is the one. Go live your dreams.

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June 17, 2016     erinthebooknut     Book review

The New York Times bestseller, s oon to be a major motion picture; US release on June 3, 2016. They had nothing in common until love gave them everything to lose . . . Louisa Clark is an ordinary girl living an exceedingly ordinary life—steady boyfriend, close family—who has barely been farther afield than their tiny village. She takes a badly needed job working for ex–Master of the Universe Will Traynor, who is wheelchair bound after an accident. Will has always lived a huge life—big deals, extreme sports, worldwide travel—and now he’s pretty sure he cannot live the way he is. Will is acerbic, moody, bossy—but Lou refuses to treat him with kid gloves, and soon his happiness means more to her than she expected. When she learns that Will has shocking plans of his own, she sets out to show him that life is still worth living. A Love Story for this generation, Me Before You brings to life two people who couldn’t have less in common—a heartbreakingly romantic novel that asks, What do you do when making the person you love happy also means breaking your own heart? From the Trade Paperback edition.

So I’m going to be honest, this book wasn’t even on my radar until the movie trailer was released. I don’t read much contemporary style fiction and I read even less of it in the adult sphere of fiction. But the trailer, oh that trailer, it made it very difficult to resist this book. To be fair, I like darker stories that deal with mortality and angst so I suppose this one was right up my alley as far as non-fantasy/sci-fi goes.

I put it off a little longer, mostly because I was determined to find it used so I didn’t have to pay much. While I found the sequel that way I failed to find this one. So the movie came out and I got fed up, using our new Prime membership to order a cheap movie paperback from Amazon. $6 for new with Finnick Odair’s face on it? Why not?

So the book came and I set aside my 5 other books to read it so I could go see the movie. I refuse to see movies before I read the book counterparts unless I am sure that I’ll have no interest in the book. I finished the book in less than 2 days. I read it on my walk to work, I read it when I got home, I couldn’t stop reading it. I just couldn’t put it down.

Moyes’ writing was addictive, completely and utterly grabbing onto me and refusing to let go. I didn’t want to finish it, I NEEDED to. I was transfixed by the snarky and sarcastic Will who was determined to keep everyone at arm’s length, the colorful Lousia with her strange clothes, and the delightful “Britishness” of the setting (I have a slight obsession with all things UK). I can’t say I cared for Will’s mother that much, and I especially despised Louisa’s boyfriend Patrick from the beginning, but for the most part I really liked all of the different characters Moyes created to surround her mains with. Particularly Nathan, I loved Nathan.

If you’ve been living under a rock you may not understand how sad of a story this is. If you haven’t I congratulate you because it’s pretty hard not to get spoiled for the ending, especially considering the title of the sequel. The topic has been debated inwards and outwards whether or not it’s problematic what happens. I’ve heard every argument, both from the disabled and able-bodied folk who have read it. I’m not going to get into all of that. I can’t, that would be a whole ‘nother post worth of opinions. But I can say that I really liked the book for myself.

I really felt I understood Will and his decisions. I felt a great kinship with Lousia and the things she went through with her family. It just resonated with me personally. Is it what I usually read? No way. Will I find another book that feels this way in this genre? Probably not. The ending made be cry, but I didn’t sob. I was both sad and content at the same time, kind of a hard mix to recreate I think. I’m not even sure if the sequel can live up to it but I guess we’ll have to see.

Now to see the film.

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Thanks for your review! I adored this book. Like you, I couldn’t put it down, but I *needed* to finish it. And, I cried. Oh god, did I cry. Literally woke my husband up at 3 in the morning crying. I haven’t read the sequel yet, but the this one was great.

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S ome tearjerkers are briskly effective at getting the waterworks going, though not in a way that’s lastingly cathartic. Me Before You–adapted by Jojo Moyes from her enormously popular novel and directed by first-timer Thea Sharrock–is that kind of picture, a harmless enough entry in the “adorable mite tames surly masculine beast” romantic-weeper genre, hitting all the right beats with the clink of an expertly struck cowbell.

Game of Thrones’ Emilia Clarke, looking and sounding less like a mother of dragons than the kind of winsome cartoon mouse who uses a polka-dot toadstool for an umbrella, plays Lou, a young Englishwoman who has deferred her dreams of going to college–she needs to work to keep her family afloat. In desperation, she takes a job as caretaker to a man who has recently been paralyzed in an accident. William (The Hunger Games’ Sam Claflin) used to be one of those guys who would “live life to the fullest,” which, in the movie’s terms, means doing manly-man, rich-dude-at-leisure things like performing daredevil waterskiing feats and diving off impossibly high cliffs into the surf below. Now stuck in a wheelchair and essentially a prisoner in the family castle, William is sour and miserable and wishes to die.

Until Lou comes skipping down the lane. At first, William resists her sunny disposition and wardrobe of sweaters adorned with hearts. But her charm assault is formidable, and it’s not long before this former crosspatch is bestowing kooky gifts, like whimsical bumblebee legwear, upon his lady love. In terms of bending men to her will, Lou may not be so far off from Khaleesi after all.

If you can tolerate this much cuteness, Clarke and Claflin may grow on you–their banter becomes less adorably unbearable as the film goes on. And the bittersweet ending of Me Before You may make you cry, even if an hour later you may not remember why. Cheerful and efficient, this is the stripey tights of melodramas.

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He capitalizes not only Earth, but the Sun, the Moon and the roles played by various important anonymous humans in his life, which gives his story a sometimes ponderous mythic tone: there’s the Mentor, the Lady Vet (a homage to Preston Sturges’ “The Lady Eve”; Carr is a classic movie buff), the Spinal Guru and so forth.

Names are reserved for a succession of cats, who have seemingly been as important to Carr as lovers or human friends, if not more so. (At least one ex felt shortchanged by comparison.) Masha is his spirit animal, a feminine counterpart better than any you could find in the old New York Review of Books personals . She eats, he notes admiringly, “like a barbarian queen”; she enjoys the music of Mahler, Sibelius, Rachmaninoff and Wagner (“nothing — and I’ll include catnip in this statement,” he writes, “made her as visibly overjoyed as the Prelude from ‘Das Rheingold’”); she has a really great set of whiskers.

Before Masha there was Suki, blond as well, but a bewitching emerald-eyed shorthair who chomped delicately around rodents’ organs and disappeared one night. Suki was preceded by Echo, a part-Abyssinian with an adorable-sounding penchant for sticking his head in Carr’s shirtfront pocket. Echo was preceded by Chimene, a tabby-splotched white tomcat the adolescent Caleb nurses miraculously through distemper. Chimene was preceded by Ching-ling, whose third litter of kittens suffer a deeply upsetting fate. And before Ching-ling there was Zorro, a white-socked “superlative mouser” who once stole an entire roast chicken from the top of the Carr family’s refrigerator.

To put it mildly, “My Beloved Monster” is no Fancy Feast commercial. All of the cats in it, city and country — Carr has lived in both, though the action is centered at his house on a foothill of Misery Mountain in Rensselaer County, N.Y— are semi-feral creatures themselves at constant risk of gruesome predation. Masha, rescued from a shelter, had also been likely abused, at the very least abandoned in a locked apartment, and Carr is immediately, keenly attuned to her need for wandering free.

This, of course, will put her at risk. The tension between keeping her safe and allowing her to roam, out there with bears, coyotes and fearsome-sounding creatures called fisher weasels, is the central vein of “My Beloved Monster,” and the foreboding is as thick as her triple-layered fur coat. More so when you learn Carr keeps a hunting rifle by one of his easy chairs.

But the book is also about Carr’s devotion to a line of work he likens to “professional gambling.” Despite his best sellers, Hollywood commissions and conscious decision not to have children to stop the “cycle of abuse,” Carr has faced money troubles. The I.R.S. comes to tape a placard to his door and he’s forced to sell vintage guitars to afford Masha’s medications, for she has begun in eerie parallel to develop ailments of her own.

“My Beloved Monster’ is a loving and lovely, lay-it-all-on-the-line explication of one man’s fierce attachment. If you love cats and feel slightly sheepish about it, it’s a sturdy defense weapon. If you hate them, well, there’s no hope for you.

MY BELOVED MONSTER : Masha, the Half-Wild Rescue Cat Who Rescued Me | By Caleb Carr | Little, Brown | 352 pp. | $32

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I spent the week zipping from building to building in the enormous Dubai Exhibition Centre, listening to panels, presentations, and press conferences, as well as questioning speakers, observing negotiations, taking copious notes on my iPad, and networking. A highlight was getting to interview some of the senior Jamaican delegates. I shared with them my long-term plan to help the Caribbean adapt to climate change and develop sustainably. UnaMay Gordon, one of Jamaica’s leading climate-change specialists, gave me a memorable piece of advice: Be present, represent youth, and bring other young people along to engage with these issues. I was glad to receive the Jamaican delegates’ insights—and their contact information. I took full advantage of the opportunity to approach experts and introduce myself as an MIT undergraduate. It was my first COP, and I was a man on a mission. 

I left the UAE even more determined to support sustainable development, eager to bring about positive change in the MIT community during my final semester on campus—and feeling I had a lot of work to do before graduation. Progress toward becoming a more sustainable society cannot just rely on the relatively slow process of persuading governments to pass laws that enact COP agreements. Individual COP attendees play a pivotal role in supporting the sustainability transition by helping their communities take action. 

For my last semester, I decided I could have the most impact by helping implement a campus sustainability initiative, sharing my knowledge and experiences, and encouraging more undergraduates to get involved in sustainability efforts. I started by attending the Sustainability Connect 2024 meeting run by the MIT Office of Sustainability (MITOS), which led to my joining the MIT Food Waste Fighters and working to address the need for better separation of garbage in our campus dorms to help produce biofuels and reduce methane emissions from food waste in landfills. This gave me experience implementing on-the-ground strategy to take on a problem that is also very relevant to developing nations. 

Meanwhile, I dove into organizing a student-led series of sustainability talks hosted by my department’s civil engineering society, Chi Epsilon, in collaboration with MITOS and the MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium (MCSC). As an MCSC scholar, I worked on writing an opinion piece and a research article on my work analyzing earthquakes induced by carbon dioxide sequestration. I was also chosen to give a talk at TEDx MIT in April on how MIT can equip undergrads so they’re ready to seize opportunities to support the sustainability transition.

It was a lot to tackle on top of my classes, but I really wanted to do all I could in my last few months to galvanize the MIT community. And at the same time, I wanted to remind everyone of the importance of having empathy for those who are most vulnerable to—and least responsible for—the consequences of unsustainable behavior and of innovation that doesn’t factor in sustainability. 

I hope my work empowers more MIT undergraduates to step up and help tackle the many obstacles to achieving sustainable development while setting the stage for a more just society. We can’t wait for someone else to address the crises affecting not only our generation but also those to come. We need more minds and hands to work on ensuring that the places we live remain livable.

Runako Gentles ’24 plans to return to Jamaica upon graduation and will begin a master’s program in environmental engineering at Stanford in the fall.

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