Me Before You by Jojo Moyes Book Review

Judging a Book by its Cover ;

I love this book cover, it's minimal and gorgeous. Because this cover is so simple, there's not really to much to say about it.

I know there is also a movie cover for this book which is cute but I prefer the original red cover of this book. There was also another cover (middle image below) that is pretty cute but I just prefer the red cover, it also looks nice with the second book which is After You. They also have an After You version of the middle book as well but again I prefer the simple covers. Maybe because its around the holidays and the red and white spines remind me of candycanes.

First Impression from the Blurb and Movie Trailer ;

So I saw the movie trailer before I got the book and this story seemed pretty cute and I love a good romance novel. So I looking into getting the book. I prefer reading a book over watching a movie and if I know a movie that I'm interested in seeing has a book I like to read the book first.

"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 and perfect for fans of John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars, 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? "

This blurb enticed me so much, I immediately added it to my TBR, then I found After You at Goodwill for $2, so of course I bought it, then I ordered Me Before You online. I knew as soon as it got here that this book would be the next book I would read.

Rating ;

Review ;

Me Before You is a five star book for me, I absolutely loved this book. This book was so emotional for me, I felt happy, sad, depressed, and understanding throughout this book.

I love how Lou and Will got along, they didn't at first but even when they were being rude to each other they couldn't help but smile. Will is depressed (understandably) and quite rude but with Lou he has met his match because she's not one to just back down, she's just as sarcastic and witty. I thought this book would be Will and Lou together in a relationship with mushy moments which I love but it wasn't instead it was more a friendship (although there was some random romantic moments, mostly towards the end) and it made me love this book even more. Once I got to page 180 I couldn't help but read the rest of the book. Today I sat for hours reading this book and I didn't even realize how long it had actually been I was so lost in this book.

Jojo Moyes did such an amazing job writing this book, the way she described scenes and how she let other people share their thoughts about Will and sometimes Lou. The only thing really missing from this book is Will's thoughts. I would have loved for there to be more about him  and at least a chapter from his point of view, although the book revolves around him (and Lou) you do get to know a lot about him through the other people in the story but as he mentions in the book everyone has him do what they want him to do, he has no control for his life, everyone does what they think is best for him without really asking him, he doesn't get to share his thoughts in the book which is a bummer for me. Nonetheless I still adore this book. I loved that Will and Lou brought out the best in each other, they made each other happy. Lou made Will's days brighter and Will pushed Lou to realize the potential she had in herself. It's a very moving book that I  recommend to others. I'm actually going to start After You tomorrow, I would start today but I need to sort my emotions after finishing Me Before You. 

Then I'll look in to watching the movie.

About Me & This Blog

I figured the first post I should do is a post with a little bit about me and this blog.

For starters this blog is about books (obviously). I originally had this post and a few others on WordPress but annoyed with the creative limits and decided to stick with Blogger. Here I will be posting book reviews, book shelf updates, book hauls, and more bookish posts. I used to love books, reading to escape was one of my favorite things to do as a child but as I got older books weren't as important to me. I would read on and off throughout my teenage years but last year before I moved I owned around 20 books and I sold most of them in a yard sale before I moved into my first apartment. Then I started reading again and I stumbled upon booktube and I've been hooked ever since. My next post will have a bookshelf update of before and after I started collecting again and you'll be able to see the huge difference, and I've only just begun.

As a child my favorite books were the Little House on the Prairie series by Laura Ingalls Wilder and the Narnia series by C.S Lewis. I also loved books by authors like Barbra Park, Beverly Clearly, Lois Lowry, and  many more.

Now a few favorites of mine are Looking for Alaska by John Green, Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky, The Luxe series by Anna Godbersen, and the Gemma Doyle trilogy by Libba Bray but I have to say I haven't read alot lately so these can change at any point.

I'm not sure what genre I like the most as I tend to read plenty of different genres and I like to at least give a book a chance regardless of the genre. I've found myself liking genres I'd never expect to like so I recommend at least trying out different genres.

And to end this post I'll add a few facts about me. My name is Haley Isabella and I'm 23 years old. I'm from West Virginia. I love art, I make polymer clay charms/jewelry and I customize Blythe dolls/dolls clothes.  I love photography as well.

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That's pretty much it for my first post, I'll try to post at least once a week.

<3|Bella