Stephanie Sullivan: Review

April 12, 2021

TITLE: Me Before You

RATING: ★★★★

Summary (from Goodreads): They had nothing in common until love gave them everything to lose . . .

Louisa Clark is an ordinary girl living an exceedingly ordinary life—steady boyfriend, close family—who has barely been farther afield than their tiny village. She takes a badly needed job working for ex–Master of the Universe Will Traynor, who is wheelchair bound after an accident. Will has always lived a huge life—big deals, extreme sports, worldwide travel—and now he’s pretty sure he cannot live the way he is.

Will is acerbic, moody, bossy—but Lou refuses to treat him with kid gloves, and soon his happiness means more to her than she expected. When she learns that Will has shocking plans of his own, she sets out to show him that life is still worth living.

A Love Story for this generation and perfect for fans of John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars, Me Before You brings to life two people who couldn’t have less in common—a heartbreakingly romantic novel that asks, What do you do when making the person you love happy also means breaking your own heart?

REVIEW: Such a great story! I knew what I was in for before I started reading this book because I had overheard through the grapevine what it was about. But...WOW...talk about an emotional roller coaster! What I wasn’t prepared for was the actual amount of crying I went through while reading the last couple of chapters. Don’t get me wrong...it was a beautiful story throughout, but those last two chapters just kind of sneak up on you and hit you in the feels when you least expect it. I look forward to reading the other books in this series, and I would highly recommend it to everyone.