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Tear jerker!

Just in tears with this one. So heartfelt and emotional but amazing at the same time. I loved it

Easy to read feel good story. Not the first time of reading but still just as enjoyable.

I watched the film 1st then found out about the book . I definitely like the book better . It was certainly not the ending I thought was going to happen . It was written really well .

A heart-warming book

Really great book, I recommend it to anyone. One of those books you read a numerous amount of times. Really amazing. Never gets boring. Once I pick it up I read it till the end. I could go on for ages about it. Kids will love it, one of my personal favourites. Lie in bed with a copy of Me Before You. My idea of a holiday! Lovely characters. I congratulate this book.

A touching book

Everyone in the book club really enjoyed this book and may even read other books by this author in the future.

We all found it very interesting looking at the topic of euthanasia through the eyes of the various different characters, some of whom felt very stongly opposed or in favour of a person being able to take their own life due to medical circumstances. It was was also very interesting to see whether these characters changed their minds during the book as they came to know the person who was involved rather than just thinking about it in the abstract. We wondered whether for example the reason that Lou's mum was so against euthanasia was nothing to do with the actual process but rather to do with protecting her daughter from the pain she would feel if Will went through with it. On the other hand there were Will's father and Lou's father who both seemed to be supportive of their children's decision with regard this topic whatever they chose.

With regard to the relationship between Lou and Will we felt that although it seemed on the surface that Lou was giving more to the relationship underneath Will was giving a lot too. Lous was giving Will the ability to think through his actions with a little more morality rather than with his previous selfish slant on life. Essentially Lou tries to make Will live more in her emotional world rather than his world of thrills and adventure with little thought to tomorrow. Was this selfish on her part, trying to make Will more like her so that he became someone she wanted to spend time with? Whereas Will was giving Lou the ability to think that maybe she should try to break out of her little world, to become more than the put-upon daughter and girlfriend, to become what Will thinks she could be. Now this might have been selfish from Will's point of view as he seemed to be trying to make Lou live her life more in the way he had lived his life, so maybe he was trying to live vicariously through her?

We also discussed how Will would be living his life now he's in the wheelchair and unable to do even basic things for himself compared to his action loving life previously. It must be incredibly frustrating, painful and also humiliating to a person like him, maybe this was why he considered ending it all. It seems someone like him might find it incredibly hard to convert to being in his new situation given the complete change to his life it made, more so than someone whose life wasn't quite so energetic in the first place? We all agreed that Jojo Moyes did an excellent job of portraying the complexities of life as a paraplegic without reverting to a misery memoir type book, we all learnt a lot about how difficult life must be for some people. This was probably best done through the character of Nathan who cared for Will in a wonderfully pragmatic but caring manner, his explanations as to what happens to paraplegics was very interesting.

A discussion about the general principles of euthanasia also occurred during the meeting.

Overall we gave this book 8.5 out of 10.

Fantastic Book

Emotional and beautiful. You will need some tissues!

A very good read mixture of funny at times and heartwarming.. Look forward to reading the follow up "Me after You"

First time reading this author as always avoided 'modern romance'. However the main female was strong, funny and loving and the other characters had depth and were well written. I was really surprised how much I enjoyed this book and so bought the sequel.

I thought this was a great book it was really really sad though please read it.

It was amazing book to read but a tiny bit sad

Although this is an adult book, I watched the film before reading it. It covers a very serious subject of whether people, especially those with life debilitating injuries, should be allowed the choice to end their own lives. It was emotional, but made me think and even laugh at times because of Jojo Moyes' light touch. Louisa is my favourite character because of her unique and distinctive fashion sense and humour. However, it does contain some swearing/ adult content so I'd recommend it solely to ages 12+.

Beautiful story- written superbly well and difficult to put down. So much empathy with both main characters and acknowledgment about situations where we cannot influence others decisions.

Good read.

I loved this book, the fact that the paraplegic main character Will wanted to take his own life, but in doing so he ended up providing the beginning of Louisa's

i would definitely recommend to a friend

It was a fictional tragic love story