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
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