With Louisa’s presence, however, Will begins to open up and share his thoughts and feelings.

She also finds out that Will’s father, Steven, is having an extramarital affair. Louisa begins working with Will, and shortly after realizes how distant and false everyone in the house is. Will’s mother, Camilla, hires Louisa after an interview in an attempt to help to cheer him up. Louisa Taylor had recently lost her job at a local café and ended up receiving word of this job through an Employment Centre. His girlfriend leaves him and marries his colleague, Rupert. He has lost the will to live and wishes to die with dignity on his accord. As a quadriplegic, Will finds himself angry and spiteful, leaving him moody and cold towards others. Unfortunately, tragedy strikes and he is involved in an accident that leaves him physically challenged. He has everything he wants, a beautiful girlfriend, a great job and an adventurous lifestyle. The novel Me Before You begins with a young, successful Will Traynor. The novel also shares a surprising amount of similarities in tone and topic to the French film, Les Intouchables, released in 2011. He then develops a friendship with his caretaker, Louisa Clark. The novel is about Will Traynor, who unfortunately was involved in an accident that left him paralyzed. Comoran Strike Series by Robert Galbraith (a.k.a.Me Before You by Jojo Moyes disguises itself as a love story but has an underlying message of the implications involved in living a life with depression and disability.Me Before You by JoJo Moyes (also a movie).The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon (also a movie).I usually include summaries with my reviews to help you decide if you're in or out! Reese book club) because I LOVE finding the overlooked gem and giving it love. Currently, I average about a book every other day and I try not to read too many 'popular' or 'main stream' books (e.g. Read my reviews/see my ratings on Goodreads.

I have hundreds and hundreds of 4-star books. If you need an 'escape' right now from all the goings on, this post is your best friend. I get most of my books from the library (libby app or hoopla) but also buy from Chirp and audible. I am not linking to Amazon (or other) to avoid making any money off this post-it is a public service. If I really (really!) enjoy something, it gets 4-stars (or 4.5 stars).ĥ-stars are reserved for books I love so much I think everyone should read them ) After reading/listening to more than 1,000 books, here is my (growing!) list of 5-star favorites.

Me before you audio book