Me Before You by Jojo Moyes - Reshelved Books

Hello there once again Dewey Readers!

Me Before You by Jojo Moyes has been in my to-read pile for a quite some time.  It's a hot checkout item at the library AND it's a movie.  It's a love story that even Oprah raves about and it was time to finally sit down and give it a read.  

So a bit about the book.  This novel takes place in England and it opens with a scene of a young businessman who works too much, loves his motorcycle, and is always rushing around.  Well, it's raining one day and he gets into a motorcycle accident.  NOPE he wasn't driving!  He was walking.  This accident left him paralyzed, thus changing his life forever.  

Tragic. 

So, flash forward a bit and we meet a young woman who lives with her family.  Her father fears that he is going to lose his job, and eventually he does, so they pretty much depend on her pay check to pay the bills.  Unfortunately, she loses her job as well.  She begins working as the companion / caregiver for the paralyzed man and makes it her mission to make his life worth living.  

Romantic?  I guess for some.  Did I love it? Nope.  I wanted to love this book and walk away with a mushy heart just like I would after a Nicholas Sparks read, but unfortunately I just thought it was kind of silly.   

So Dewey Readers, I leave you with a rating of 2.5 out of 5 Coffee Beans.

Until the next read!
~Jessica 

Ghosted by Rosie Walsh- Reshelved Books

Another review, another psychological thriller. 

Ugh. 

I firmly believe that this will be the last psychological thriller for me for a while. 

At the same time, I am a firm believer that every book I've been picking up lately HAS been a psychological thriller.

The psychological thriller in this review is "Ghosted" by Rosie Walsh.  "Ghosted" is her American Debut.  It did get good reviews on Goodreads and on Amazon. 

The cover on this book is sooooo pretty! It's flowy and the colors are beautiful.  The synopsis of the book had me interested in it. 

The book didn't live up to the synopsis. It just fell flat. 

Sarah Mackey is a 37 year old woman, who is recently separated.  She and her husband, Reuben had decided that it was best that if they ended their marriage and moved forward with their lives.  Every year around the beginning of June, Sarah flied back home to England to visit the site of a fatal accident. 

This time, her visit is different.  Sarah meets a man named Eddie David.  Eddie is sitting in the grass, playing with a sheep when Sarah approaches him. 

Sarah and Eddie hit it off immediately! They happen to go to a pub, where they drink cider and share chips. Sarah leaves with Eddie to spend the night and thus, begins a torrid affair between them that lasts for 7 days. 

On the seventh day, Eddie and Sarah part ways- Eddie is heading on a holiday with his friend and Sarah needs to return to San Francisco. 

Eddie is supposed to call Sarah from the airport but he never does. 

He just disappears into thin air. 

Sarah has been... ghosted...

Sarah firmly believes that something might have happened to Eddie.  That he just wouldn't have gone off and left, and not try to reach out and communicate with her. 

Like any 37 year old woman, Sarah decides that she is going to basically try and stalk Eddie, reach out to his friends and find out what the heck actually happened to him. 

Gah! NO. 

Just noooooooo.

No one wants to be ghosted but you can't just stalk people and be creepy.

Sarah's character was very pushy.  I didn't really care for her as a character for her personality. 

In a way, I felt like the story was a little disjointed?  There was an element of mystery, yes. There was also a component that was a love story...?  The ending wasn't like any other psychological thriller I've read before. 



With that, I give Ghosted 2 coffee beans out of 5.  

~ Jillian