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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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fedupofnamechanging · 15/05/2012 19:51

I loved it too. I think Will being Mills & Boon ish was important - he was someone who'd had led a charmed life and who now is trapped in his own body. There wouldn't have been the same impact if he'd been average.

valiumredhead · 15/05/2012 17:54

It hit home with me a bit as I had a bad accident 3 years ago and was in a wheelchair for 3 or 4 months. I am NOT one of those people who can cope well with things life throws at them - it was fecking awful so it must be horrific to be paralysed. I think that's why reading it affected me so much tbh.

WhoKnowsWhereTheTimeGoes · 15/05/2012 17:52

I agree about the shaving part, but felt it was a bit downhill from there, especially the holiday part, the romantic aspect became a bit twee and I would have preferred it to be more subtle. It was certainly a thought provoking insight into what it must be like to have your life turned upside down by disability, there was a lot that would never really have occurred to me.

mayaswell · 15/05/2012 16:51

I was aching for her to kiss him, just a peck on the cheek! Completely inappropriate!

valiumredhead · 15/05/2012 11:01

him

valiumredhead · 15/05/2012 11:01

I think the bit where she shaves he for the first time is the one of the tenderest moments I have ever read - you could almost smell the shaving foam it was so real!

mayaswell · 15/05/2012 10:33

Not my usual thing at all, in fact 'The Buttered Bun' nearly put me off completely.

I felt really moved by this, and I agree with the Mills & Boon comment, Will was a 'brooding hero', but I still felt involved with the characters. I think it was the the theme of choices, are you really living if you have or make no meaningful choices?

I did weep copiously because I am completely sentimental and a sucker for love. Not a read for the train.

Tomjoules · 11/05/2012 16:55

I'm taking a momentary break as I'm crying so much at it that ds is looking concerned. Only 80% through too!

valiumredhead · 11/05/2012 16:22

It's hardly comparable to the crap book One Day!!

Gigondas · 11/05/2012 13:37

Ship of brides is good. The sheltering rain is excellent - weaves two stories together.

But last letter from your lover is brilliant- 60s setting love story with a twist.

outyougo · 11/05/2012 13:37

I hated it. Really, really hated it. Even more than I hated One Day

WhoKnowsWhereTheTimeGoes · 11/05/2012 13:35

Well, just finished it. It didn't make me cry at the end but it was close. It was good but not great, certainly not unputdownable for me. I really felt for Will's mother more than anyone else.

valiumredhead · 09/05/2012 08:37

Thanks, will download the samples :)

WhoKnowsWhereTheTimeGoes · 08/05/2012 21:30

The Ship of Brides is excellent, it's set at the end of WWII and is about a group of Australian women who have married British servicemen and are travelling on a warship to be reunited with their in England.

The Peacock Emporium is about a rich girl opening a coffee shop cum gift shop that becomes the hub of her small town, also about her mother's life a generation earlier and the stories that unfold from it. I though this was a pleasant enough read, but not exceptional, it just didn't seem as original.

Half way through Me Before You now....

valiumredhead · 08/05/2012 18:46

Ripped through it and LOVED every minute!! Anyone read anything else of hers?

I think it's the only book that has every made me properly cry - it was beautiful.

PestoSansVesto · 08/05/2012 17:16

I started this yesterday afternoon and have just finished it.

Absolutely amazing book - I was gripped and felt very emotional too.

Am in a dilemma now, don't know what to read next.... Confused

WhoKnowsWhereTheTimeGoes · 04/05/2012 10:40

Just started it, I have enjoyed The Ship of Brides but didn't much like the Peacock Emporium, I'll report back too.

squeakytoy · 04/05/2012 10:34

I read it in two sittings too.. brilliant book.

valiumredhead · 03/05/2012 16:43

Have just downloaded this - will report back later.

LavenderCakes · 02/05/2012 22:41

Hmm. Just finished it. Cried, obv, because I am a total sap, but felt used and dirty. Wasn't he just a bit too Heroic for anyone else? I mean, total respect for the idea of tackling severe disability AND right-to-die within the normally narrow boundaries of chicklit, but I felt Will conformed to every Mills n' Boon stereotype except the able-bodied one...

Rowood · 28/04/2012 17:57

Totes amaze book. Effin loved every minute although it broke my heart at the end.

SweetTheSting · 17/04/2012 23:08

Just finished it too! Now I'm a bit late to bed but I was really caught up in the story!

DontHaveAtv · 17/04/2012 16:19

Finished this today. Brilliant, really recommend!

dontcallmehon · 15/04/2012 20:52

Loved this too. Was sobbing at the end.

PieMistress · 15/04/2012 20:40

Just finished it - there were tears! Great story.