Me Before You by Jojo Moyes

Louisa Clark is an ordinary girl living an exceedingly ordinary life--steady boyfriend, close family--who has never been farther afield than their tiny village. She takes a badly needed job working for a former athlete and adventurer who is wheelchair bound after a motorcycle accident. Soon his happiness means more to her than she expected.

Captivating book. Lovely book. Easy to read but not poorly written, with a thought-provoking plot-line. However, I've never been one for sad love stories and this is certainly a sad love story. Unfortunately it was not deeply profound enough to bring me to tears or to truly take me out of my world - but that being said, it was a cinnamon-sweet, enjoyable read.

Trist, fin, og brukbart skrevet, men mangler finesse for å nå helt opp. Fikk meg til å nesten-cracke et par ganger.

4/5 stars “I will never, ever regret the things I've done. Because most days, all you have are places in your memory that you can go to.”

I tried my hardest to read this spoiler-free and before the movie came out, but things happened that kinda ruined all that. As the movie was being promoted, I got spoiled for the end. Then I lost the book and ended up watching the movie before the book was found.

If everything had gone according to plan, perhaps I would rated this book an easy 5 stars. But instead, while I loved the writing and the characters, I didn't get to emotionally attached. My feelings weren't wrecked. I finished the book and was able to move on with my life. It's hard to give a book that was suppose to leave me destroyed a 5 stars when it couldn't even perform its one job.

That being said, I did enjoy this book. I loved the characters, the subplots nonexistent in the movie, and the beautiful writing. I understand why this book is so well-loved. Especially to those people who had the opportunity to go into it completely bling. Oh well.