Me before You: A look at loving and letting go

I am sure you know this one. I felt like when I started telling people I read it,  I had been living in a hole. A hole where popular books don't make it to me, until after the whole world has read it. So I read it anyway. Loved it. Told everyone else who lives in a similar hole to read it. I have decided it doesn't matter how the book title gets to you, or when the book was published.... it's just important that you enjoy it. There isn't enough time in life for books you don't enjoy.

That last phrase is new for me in 2015. I used to read a book from cover to end, no matter what. I can remember reading Eat Pray Love. (I know some of you will disagree) but that book was torture for me. I read it anyway. The Goldfinch, less trouble, but still took too much time to read. It wasn't easy. Not that every book should be, but when live is difficult and busy, a good book should not be.

So back to the reason for this blog: Me before you, by JoJo Moyes. Published in 2012.

Sometime the cover of the book helps you remember if intend to make a minute to read it.

Right from the beginning you meet and love Louisa Clark. She is a quirky girl who needs work. She has spent most of her life working for the Buttery Bun (a coffee shop from what I gather.) When the place closes she is forced to look for work and the whole thing makes her very nervous. She decides to apply for a job where she will help watch over a man in a wheel chair. The idea of the job doesn't really doesn't interest her, but the money she can't refuse. You see, Lou Clark is not only providing for herself, but she lives with and gives money to her parents. It doesn't take long to figure out they depend on her.

The job starts off rocky but it doesn't take long for you to see the relationship that grows between these two. It's very sweet and romantic while at the same time being tragic, because you know they can't be together in the way they both want. Without ruining the entire story, I will say I couldn't read this book fast enough. I loved her energy, and I loved his constant effort to try to squash it. The back and forth banter is very believable. This story is not a fairytale romance to get lost in, it's a reality tale to keep you grounded.

It will make you think about what you have, and how it can be lost. It will also teach you about love and how it comes in many shapes, sizes and personalities. A lesson in how sometimes people just show up in your life at the most inconvenient time and change the way you think about almost everything. When the book started Lou was one person, and when it ended she was someone bigger and better. With the help of her family, a job she was forced to take, and a man she learned to let go. 

A read that I would recommend to anyone, at anytime. See if you can make a minute for this reality tale. I will drop a rope into your rabbit hole so you can climb out, or maybe someone can lower the book in. 

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