I remember reading Me Before You and crying my little eyes out at the end. It was such a beautiful constructed book that let the layers build up until you really felt the emotions the characters were going through. It never felt cheap or manipulative (to me) and so when the end finally came, it was an emotional payoff. When I heard there was going to be a sequel, I was so excited. I couldn’t wait to see where Lou was and how she was dealing with the events that ended the first book. Now, though, I just wish Moyes had left it alone. (Spoilers for Me Before You ahead! And some for After You, too.)
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I’ve read such mixed reviews of this book. I don’t know who to trust!
You’ll have to read it and judge for yourself! I read the other review of it on here, and the comments, and realized I may be in the minority on this book.
I just don’t think I’m going to read this. Or at least not anytime in 2016. I want to see the movie of Me Before You, but that’s about it.
That movie is going to destroy me. I’m already considering just waiting for it to come out as a rental so I’m not sobbing in the theater.
I liked the first book a lot but I didn’t wan’t to know to know what Lou was up to afterwards – I want to think that she did something with her life, and is traveling and finally enjoying themselves, and Moyes doesn’t exactly write books about just being happy and living life, so I knew if she wrote a sequel it would be because Lou was still struggling.
I kinda wish I hadn’t. It could have been done so well and been so interesting if she had kept more of the themes from the first book instead of trying so hard to give Lou a “proper” ending.
NO. no. that’s it, I’m not reading it.