Me Before You by Jojo MoyesGenre: Romantic Fiction
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I'm going to be honest: I cried. A lot. And I cursed and I cried some more.
Me Before You was not what I expected. It started off slow for me. It was hard for me to stay interested in the story. There was a handsome cripple, a caretaker with a selfish boyfriend who gets in the way, and constant bickering that will (obviously) turn into love. What kept me going, in the beginning before everything changed, was Louisa Clark.
Louisa Clark was the most quirky and fascinating character. She wore strange shoes. She was super friendly and chatty, but she wasn't afraid to speak her mind. She was happy in a place that held peace and memory, and yet she still expressed herself enough to disrupt the peace with color. The way she handled everything was interesting, while the story around her seemed cliche.
Of course, this was not an ordinary book and it was surely not cliche, just as Louisa was extraordinary. I cannot go into detail without spoiling anything, but there are twists and turns and heart-wrenching moments. You will cry, without a doubt (unless you are absolutely heartless).
I loved this book, if not for it's characters but because of the way the author took a seemingly ordinary story so far that it became so much more. It was well thought out and so honest and real. Because this is how life really is, and Jojo Moyes was not afraid to show the truth. Sometimes, the happy ending isn't the ending you expected, but it was still happy, in the end.
4 stars.
