Me Before You

I had this book with me for a long time but I could never make myself read past the first chapter because the writing was so dull. But I watched the trailer recently and decided to read it this time. And I'm glad I took the decision. While this book was really good, it had so much more potential. I wasn't very impressed with the writing. The sentences were too long and I forgot the first part of the sentence by the time I finsihed a line. Which was why I couldn't finish it the first few times. And I wished the author was more descriptive about certain scenes like the scuba-diving one.

I also thought the POV change was very abrupt and bizzare. It would have been better to stick with Lou or maybe alternating between Lou and Will. And speaking of them, I really liked them both. However, I really did not like Katrina and Patrick or their relationship with Lou. Katrina seemed liked a snotty, selfish bitch at least until her POV. She was like a terrible sister to Lou and I never got the she-still-loves-her-sister vibe from her. But I did like her as a mother to Thomas in her POV amd it made me hate her less. As for Patrick I could never really see why he and Lou were together. I understand that is kinda the point to show they weren't meant to be but still.

Aside from what I listed above, I loved the book. If it weren't for the writing, I would have probably given it five stars. All in all, it told us a great story and while I knew how it was going to end, I still kept naively hoping I was wrong. But I understand why it happened. A lot of people seemed to be offended by the ending, but spoilers I don't think it meant that a life of disability is not life worth living. It just was that way for Will. While his decsion was selfish, I can see how a life bound to a wheel chair is not very welcoming to someone who was once very active and loved to explore new places.

I only realized the struggles of being a quad after this book amd my kudos to you as well as your carers. And I hope that, unlike Will, you guys choose to live.