That would be sad, but at least it wouldn't send such a disturbing message.Īs it is, the book spends two thirds showing us that they can actually have happy moments and that he can actually love and be happy. If the book had showed us that his life really was miserable and he couldn't go on, it would have been incredibely sad and depressing (still entirely unromantic), but I would get that. I would have had an easier time understanding the book if he had been miserable until the end. Because I just won't settle for less than perfect. So, all the people who love me, go to hell, and I'm going to die. I am not designed to exist in this thing - and yet for all intents and purposes it's now the thing that defines me.
I liked crushing people in business deals. I liked riding my motorbike, hurling myself off buildings. I loved my job, my travels, the things I was. I get that with you around, perhaps it could even be a very good life. "The thing is, I get that this could be a good life. What if Lou was happy with a simple life in a small town and a loving family? Is it really better to never settle than try to actually be happy with what you have? Why does he have to let his disability define him? He tells her to "Just live." but it's okay for him to "Just die."? then Will basically drags all the meaning out of those quotes by deciding that this all applied to Lou, but not to himself. It's actually your duty to live it as fully as possible.” You, Clark, have the choice not to let that happen.” But you don't have to let the result of one mistake be the thing that defines you. Just have greater consequences than others. Then I get on here and I see people quoting the book: Like a lot of people, I cried at the end of this book, but unlike probably most, not out of sadness, but out of anger. I have different reasons for disliking it. I also don't have a problem with sad endings.
It's a difficult subject with some valid arguments on both sides - in some cases, at least. Spoilers ahead-īefore I start, I want to say that I don't dislike this book because I'm strictly against any and every form of assisted suicide. Seriously? I don't want to judge people for their opinion, but that's just disturbing. Not because people liked the book, but because people somehow manage to get something "inspirational" and romantic out of it. I am honestly shocked after reading all those 5* reviews.
But the end is the most important part of every book because it's what stays with you and after that I just can't bring myself to rate it anything but "did not like it".
I had a hard time rating this book one star, because up until the end I really liked it. When she learns that Will has shocking plans of his own, she sets out to show him that life is still worth living.Ī 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? 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. 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. She takes a badly needed job working for ex–Master of the Universe Will Traynor, who is wheelchair bound after an accident. 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. They had nothing in common until love gave them everything to lose. A newer edition of ISBN 978-0143124542 can be found here.įrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Giver of Stars, discover the love story that captured over 20 million hearts in Me Before You, After You, and Still Me.
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