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Me before you by jojo moyes

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WentworthMillerMad · 27/02/2012 22:14

Read this book in 2 days and I would highly recommend this book.
IMO its well written, accessible and explores a fairly taboo subject.
The right to take your own life. Dealt with beautifully. Loved the characters and I know it will stay with me for days.

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HokeyCokeyPigInaPokey · 20/05/2012 17:48

Thank you mosschops that's very kind.

PercyFilth · 20/05/2012 11:07

"I can't buy a book by someone called Jojo"

No indeed, I wouldn't even pick it up.

These things matter! J.K. Rowling understood that.

mosschops30 · 20/05/2012 10:34

hokey im so sorry about your mum, but i think it takes a lot of strength to support a decision like that, she is very lucky to have you

HokeyCokeyPigInaPokey · 19/05/2012 21:35

Thank youland

Moss my mum has made her wishes quite clear and as much as it breaks my heart i have no choice but to support her decision Sad

landofsoapandglory · 19/05/2012 20:24

Sorry about your mum, HokeySadxxx

Selyna · 19/05/2012 20:10

Bought this weeks ago and its still on my bookshelf unread. I will start it tommorow.

lumbago · 19/05/2012 19:52

I can't buy a book by someone called Jojo FFs.

How old ?

mosschops30 · 19/05/2012 19:50

I read this book in a day or two, i thought it was lovely, although i wanted it to end happily in one way, i was so glad it ended the way it did.

My step father asked for dignitas info and i refused, he ended up taking his own life in a dreadful way and died slowly Sad. If i had my time again would have supported his decision

HokeyCokeyPigInaPokey · 18/05/2012 13:58

Thanks Who

WhoKnowsWhereTheTimeGoes · 18/05/2012 13:17

Sorry about your Mum Hokey

HokeyCokeyPigInaPokey · 18/05/2012 11:57

Thanks valium tis shit and very Sad

valiumredhead · 18/05/2012 08:29

Oh hokey Sad

HokeyCokeyPigInaPokey · 17/05/2012 16:52

I have just finished this moments ago and am still snotty.

I cried like a baby at the end (i think my mum will end up at Dignitas so probably made it worse) it was such lovely writing.

If this hadn't been in the reduced section i might have never brought it as the cover does not look like something i would read, am so glad i did - was a really good book.

landofsoapandglory · 16/05/2012 16:32

Yes, Valium. I still have to use a chair at times, it is so difficult to plan days out etc. You never know about access, parking, toilets and restaurants. I think that it showed that the author put a lot of research into it before she wrote the book, which made it all the more believable to me.

WhoKnowsWhereTheTimeGoes · 16/05/2012 14:34

I thought it veered towards chick lit territory at time (The Buttered Bun, the holiday, the father having an affair) but redeemed itself by not having a happy ever after for the couple in question and by the interesting but not too quirky supporting characters.

The racecourse section really was well written wasn't it, also the list of things that were just impossible to do, it also really opened my eyes to the much higher risks in terms of other medical problems that people with such major disabilities face.

Although I said further back that it was good not great, which I will stand by in terms of the whole book, I would recommend it to anyone purely on the basis of the insight it gives into what life is like for a quadriplegic.

valiumredhead · 16/05/2012 11:37

I agree chickens - it was about a girl who was deeply traumatised by her past, a man who was in a wheelchair who eventually decides to kill himself - blimey, that's not chick lit as I know it!

ChickensHaveNoLips · 16/05/2012 11:34

I think it stopped being chick lit when love didn't conquer all. In fact, I thought the author was quite brave in letting the hero go off script. Against the romantic back drop, Will's speech is quite shocking and deeply affecting. If they'd lived happily ever after I'd have thought it was a total cop out.

valiumredhead · 16/05/2012 11:24

Ok, interesting, I thought the romance was second to the main story about the right to die.

fedupofnamechanging · 16/05/2012 10:00

As good as Me Before You is, I wouldn't see my dh reading it in a million years.

fedupofnamechanging · 16/05/2012 09:59

I always think of 'chick lit' as being specifically aimed at women - a romance focussed book, generally. There is a sliding scale, though - from the crap that is M&B up to the Me Before You type, which has the romantic story at its heart but which deals with wider, more complex issues.

valiumredhead · 16/05/2012 09:55

Can someone explain the definition of 'chick lit?' please? What made it chick lit Mrseric? I always though it was light fluffy books with no real story and very easy reading - which imo this was anything but.

land the chapter when they went to the races really hit home as seemed so realistic as it is SO difficult to get around anywhere in a chair isn't it? The simplest things become a logistical nightmare.

Whoopydofoxpoo · 15/05/2012 20:14

Really enjoyed this book too !

landofsoapandglory · 15/05/2012 20:07

Valium I became disabled in my 20s and about 4 years ago I had major surgery which meant I couldn't put any weight through my legs for 6 months. I didn't cope particularly well with that and I think that had an affect on my feelings on when I read the book. Not being able to do the simple things you take for granted, ever again must be absolutley awful, especially when you are so young.

landofsoapandglory · 15/05/2012 20:01

I loved it. It was really thought provoking. I so wanted them to live happily ever after, but ended up crying buckets! I gave it to MIL to read and she enjoyed it too.

MrsEricBana · 15/05/2012 19:59

Agree, really loved it and although was very chicklit it dealt with a genuinely sensitive and current issue. Have read The Last Letter from your Lover by same author and liked that too.

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