Just finished 'me before you'- by jojo moyes- brilliant! (Sniff!)

Really patronising and, I thought, very outmoded view of the 'working class' and people from the 'provinces'.

Ithinkofhappy - so glad someone else felt the same as me! I found it so patronising. Also hated the way people kept calling Lou "Miss ... whateverthesurnamewas." Like she was living in the 1950s. Gah.

I thought I'd hate it even when reading the first few chapters the writing annoyed me but I got caught up in it and it really moved me

She uses the word 'reflexive' too many times which irritated me. I enjoyed most of it though - a nice easy read and fairly addictive

Just finished it. Really didn't like it. Really badly written, Huge gap between the undereducated character that Lou is supposed to be and the language the author gives her. Really predictable all the way through. Thought there would be some kind of twist when everyone describes how they've sobbed at the end but it did nothing for me. I thought Will's character was the best written.

I enjoyed it. It was passed on to me by a friend and I didn't think I'd like it - it started off very 'chick lit' but got better after the first few chapters. I'm a hard-hearted old bag but it made me cry a little bit at the end...

I read The Girl You Left Behind off the back of that and really enjoyed that too

I liked it, and cried buckets at the end, as it didt end how I wanted it to/expected it to.

what the others said about predictability, holes in plot, the character of Patrick being underdeveloped, an author called Jojo ffs, and to mention this nonsense in the same post as poor Tony Nicklinson is a bit insulting

I finished reading The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes today - v.good.

Also listened to a couple of audio books - Tess of the D'Urbervilles and The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett, and started reading Back Story by David Mitchell (glad I didn't pay full price for this, got it in the 12 days of Kindle Christmas sale for £1.99 - it's not as good as I'd hoped it might be - his rants on tv can be quite funny but on paper they tend to fall a bit flat).

A Perfectly Good Man by Patrick Gale also discusses the same subject so, if you liked Me Before You, then I'd recommend that one too, although it isn't solely about that (first part of the novel only). One of my favourite reads of last year, I think I found that one more upsetting than Me Before You.

I really enjoyed it & sobbed lots at the end!

Spoke to lots of people about the subject matter also, so definitely not the usual chick lit!

I liked it. It's not an easy subject matter and she used a few clichés. Still worth a few late evenings.

I read it last year,around the time Tony Nicklinson was in court (and then later died). I thought it raised some interesting issues in an accessible format.

I read it last month and found it very compelling. Having known who lived for 30 years like this, I think I found the sentiments very true. The issues of being completely dependent on others, the health issues and watching others live the life he missed were described very well.

I liked the Pygmalian traits in that need for control. I think Jojo Moyes is a far more talented writer than most other bestseller popular writers.

But we can't all like the same thing. 'Twould be a dreary world!

I spent half my time wondering how her parents managed to get a 4 bed council house with only 2 girls and I couldn't understand why her family were on the bones of their arses when the dad had worked full time in a skilled job his whole life until he was made redundant, she worked, the sister worked, the grandfather had a pension and presumably an attendance allowance and they bought nothing. The house hadn't been decorated since the '80s and she had to borrow a skirt for her job interview. Trivial but irritating.

I couldn't stand it, so glad a few others on here agree with me since it seems to get unanimous fabulous reviews on Amazon

What irritated me most was the way she describes everyone else in the world behaving like some kind of idiotic rude weirdo around someone in a wheelchair - now I'm not saying the world is a perfect place for someone in that situation but as I have a family member in a similar situation I can confirm that the general public do not generally stare in bewilderment, behave in a rude and unhelpful way, or think anything particularly strange at someone in a chair being on the dancefloor at a wedding or party!

I found the repetitive idea that nobody in the world apart from Will's family and his carers can behave in a normal way around someone in a wheelchair to be wrong, and patronising.

Also, there's a silly flaw in the plot where she says that Wills dad had some high powered job (I forget what is was now), until retiring and then taking a job at the castle. Then later on, Will says that him & his sister used to play in the castle grounds as small children because his dad let them in after hours? Eh?

Agree with superficial and predictable, and add to that poorly researched with 2 dimensional characterers

I hate chick lit, only read it if very bored and nothing else available... However, I really did like this book and so has everyone else I know who I passed it on to. Gave a copy to my mum for her birthday and she phoned me sniffling going "Thank you so much for my book... brilliant!..."

I think the reason I hate chick lit is because it all seems so, so superficial... this started off similarly, but the character of Will just brought a darkness to it, and really got me thinking about my own feelings about euthanasia/suicide.

Not my usual cup of tea but enjoyed it thoroughly.

I thought it was a good story too. Well worth a read. It's better than chick-lit but not destined to be a modern classic. It's just a likeable story which deals sensitively with a serious subject.

I'm another one that loved it. I bought it after the good reviews and then it sat on the shelf for six months after I saw the cover and read the blurb... and I just couldn't seem to face reading a book by someone called 'Jojo'. One day I decided to read a few pages so I could justifiably put it in the pile for the charity shop and I couldn't stop reading. I wouldn't classify myself as a lover of 'Chicklit' whatever that may be, I read a huge variety of Books from Tolstoy to the current Richard and Judy's, and imo this one was a good 'un!

I knew I shouldn't of bothered.

Bring up the bodies it is then

I have closed my Amazon window down, put it that way

But she takes on a really really complicated issue. And treats it as if it were as simple as choosing socks.
Chick lit trying to be something deeper but failing IMO.

And FWIW I'm not a book snob. I'll happily read superficial shite. And since having kids I mostly do. I just don't like books that pretend to be cleverer than they are.

But clearly I'm in a minority as lots of people likes this :)