Though well-written and full of laugh-out-loud moments, the book is not a front-runner on the audible home page, and I just happened to find it while browsing the "back room".
Along the way, added to the mix are the emotional forces of those around Louisa and Will who have their own opinions and agendas. I won't spoil but the resolution of the story is handled with dignity and grace. The story then moves on to considerations of assisted suicide, and asks the tough questions about quality of life and what level of quality is worth preserving. In this story, they do form a bond, of sorts, eventually, but it's not enough for Will to want to continue his life. At first I thought this would be predictably about how the able-bodied/impaired learn to relate, like each other and then fall in love. She takes him on outings, to concerts, buys voice recognition software for his computer so that he can be part of the disabled community and form friendships, thus expanding the scope of his life. She dislikes this premise when she learns of it but continues on to fulfill her contract, and Will's mood, appearance, and enjoyment of life gradually improve. This works until she learns that she is to be his babysitter to stop his suicide attempts - of which there has been at least one. His family has substantial economic resources and spares nothing in providing care for their impaired son the protagonist, Louisa, is hired on, not as a medical care provider, but as a sort of lifestyle assistant, to improve the man's quality of life. This book starts with a simple bad luck story - in a very class-conscious country a "lower class" woman loses her menial restaurant job, which has helped support her family, and takes on a position as an "emotional" caregiver for a quadriplegic. When she learns that Will has shocking plans of his own, she sets out to show him that life is still worth living.Ī Love Story for this generation, Me Before You brings to life two people who couldn’t have less in common - a heartbreakingly romantic novel that asks, What do you do when making the person you love happy also means breaking your own heart? Will is acerbic, moody, bossy - but Lou refuses to treat him with kid gloves, and soon his happiness means more to her than she expected. Will has always lived a huge life - big deals, extreme sports, worldwide travel - and now he’s pretty sure he cannot live the way he is. She takes a badly needed job working for ex-Master of the Universe Will Traynor, who is wheelchair bound after an accident.
Louisa Clark is an ordinary girl living an exceedingly ordinary life - steady boyfriend, close family - who has never been farther afield than their tiny village. They had nothing in common until love gave them everything to lose.
Discover the love story that captured over 20 million hearts in Me Before You, After You, and Still Me.
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