Assalamualaikum!

                It's a lovely Sunday morning right here, just the perfect time to roll around in your blanket or maybe write up a review of the book you'd just read while sipping a mug(who would even bring  a proper teacup here) of green tea. Right now I'm doing the latter, for I had finally finished reading Me Before You by Jojo Moyes!!! It took me quite a while to finish this as the past week had been quite a busy one for me. Enough of my story, here’s my review of the novel.

                The story starts off with a motorcycle accident that leaves Will Traynor continuing his life on a wheelchair. Two years later, Louisa Clark, a bright young lady who is rendered jobless, settles on becoming Will Traynor’s carer, despite having no experience in caring for the disabled. Will is less than welcoming during their first encounter, and things get worse when Louisa finds out that Will's life will involve Dignitas in six months' time. Despite that terror, their quadriplegic-carer relationship comes off well pretty soon enough, what's with Will keeping Louisa on edge with his sarcasms and Louisa's various attempts at brightening up Will's days.

                Honestly, it did not. Romance novels are not really my cup of tea, because I can pretty much figure out their endings, but Me Before You is very different from the others in its category. After learning about Will’s plan, I had expected that the presence of Louisa in his life will probably change his mind, they will eventually live together happily, and there you go, you have the usual cliché ending where the main character gets the girl. But no. The ending crushes me, but it totally makes sense, no matter how unacceptable it is. As the story progresses, one would think that Will's Dignitas plan will not succeed, seeing how much he enjoys having Louisa around, and how they eventually learn that they love each other. However, love only is not enough for someone who is scarred for life to change his mind about not wanting to continue moving forward, despite having someone very special to love, and to be loved in return. From this, I learn that it is not easy to change someone. You might think that the things you do, how significant you are to them will probably have an effect towards their decision, but sometimes they're just... not enough. Not everyone can be a person who just accepts how his life is going to play out. Will’s reason for his choice is totally understandable, no matter how hard it is for the people around him to take it in.

                All in all, Me Before You is an absolutely powerful read. I’d probably give it 9/10 if not for the frustration I felt towards Louisa where in most parts she can be quite a wimp sometimes. But that’s okay, actually. That’s what Will wants to change in her. Besides that, I had also expected this to be a tear-jerker; since some praises describe this novel as “waterproof mascara essential”, “a real weepy”, and “demands an afternoon on the sofa with a fistful of tissues”. Unfortunately, no tears came for me, but I have to admit that this novel is a very poignant read.  I’m settling with 8.5/10 for now.

                I’m ending this lengthy review with a few new words I learnt from the novel. I PROMISE I WILL WRITE A SHORTER REVIEW NEXT TIME ;-;

Assalamualaikum!

                It's a lovely Sunday morning right here, just the perfect time to roll around in your blanket or maybe write up a review of the book you'd just read while sipping a mug(who would even bring  a proper teacup here) of green tea. Right now I'm doing the latter, for I had finally finished reading Me Before You by Jojo Moyes!!! It took me quite a while to finish this as the past week had been quite a busy one for me. Enough of my story, here’s my review of the novel.

                The story starts off with a motorcycle accident that leaves Will Traynor continuing his life on a wheelchair. Two years later, Louisa Clark, a bright young lady who is rendered jobless, settles on becoming Will Traynor’s carer, despite having no experience in caring for the disabled. Will is less than welcoming during their first encounter, and things get worse when Louisa finds out that Will's life will involve Dignitas in six months' time. Despite that terror, their quadriplegic-carer relationship comes off well pretty soon enough, what's with Will keeping Louisa on edge with his sarcasms and Louisa's various attempts at brightening up Will's days.

                Honestly, it did not. Romance novels are not really my cup of tea, because I can pretty much figure out their endings, but Me Before You is very different from the others in its category. After learning about Will’s plan, I had expected that the presence of Louisa in his life will probably change his mind, they will eventually live together happily, and there you go, you have the usual cliché ending where the main character gets the girl. But no. The ending crushes me, but it totally makes sense, no matter how unacceptable it is. As the story progresses, one would think that Will's Dignitas plan will not succeed, seeing how much he enjoys having Louisa around, and how they eventually learn that they love each other. However, love only is not enough for someone who is scarred for life to change his mind about not wanting to continue moving forward, despite having someone very special to love, and to be loved in return. From this, I learn that it is not easy to change someone. You might think that the things you do, how significant you are to them will probably have an effect towards their decision, but sometimes they're just... not enough. Not everyone can be a person who just accepts how his life is going to play out. Will’s reason for his choice is totally understandable, no matter how hard it is for the people around him to take it in.

                All in all, Me Before You is an absolutely powerful read. I’d probably give it 9/10 if not for the frustration I felt towards Louisa where in most parts she can be quite a wimp sometimes. But that’s okay, actually. That’s what Will wants to change in her. Besides that, I had also expected this to be a tear-jerker; since some praises describe this novel as “waterproof mascara essential”, “a real weepy”, and “demands an afternoon on the sofa with a fistful of tissues”. Unfortunately, no tears came for me, but I have to admit that this novel is a very poignant read.  I’m settling with 8.5/10 for now.

                I’m ending this lengthy review with a few new words I learnt from the novel. I PROMISE I WILL WRITE A SHORTER REVIEW NEXT TIME ;-;