Goodreads : 5/5
Language : English
Genre : Contemporary/YA
II can't even put it into words and start talking about this book ... i need a moment .
Okay let me take a long breath , here we go . Me before you , this book is about L.I.F.E with all the meanings , the emotions and sensations that could hold that word : love ,beauty , pain , illness , courage , depression , struggle , ambition , and giving up .
Despite the end that would devastate you , broke you and let you drown into your sadness and be doomed by your anger and hate toward the life's injustice , you'll just take a moment again , think and say again and again : this book is about life . I hated and loved it and anyone who read it will understand me .
First i want to interpret the characters because what i see ,unlike any other story , events weren't as much influential as the characters were ( even the big event wasn't i'll explain this after) , it was all about how could the different persons , personalities and perspectives collaborate , learn from each others , take and give .
Louisa Clak aka Lou : i hate the passive kind of girls to be honest and anyone who had no life goals nor hobbies etc , but i didn't hate Lou . Otherwise i understood her . I just saw from the beginning what Will was trying the whole time to let her notice about herself . She's smart , beautiful funny and so considerate . Such a selfless 27 years old lady , giving up on your dreams or shut them for the sake of your parents and sibling , working your ass even doing things you didn't like nor excel in just to keep the family's strong bond which you consider the most precious thing for you . Maybe i would accept that job at first but i wouldn't be strong enough to keep doing it after hearing what is Will's decison , to keep fighting for something deep inside i've doubt that would work , to give that amount of sacrifices and love but waiting for nothing in return . I would never and ever be brave (spoilers alert) to witness my beloved one giving up on his life and be beside him instead . Louisa Clark is such a dorky naive and latent for anyone who wouldn't try to understand her or appreciate her smallest effort but for me she's militant ( i don't know if i should use this word but i couldn't express other way) .
William Traynor aka Will : You man how dare you , i'm still sobbing till now
Okay this is one of the most tiring characters (talking about his impact on me) that i've ever known in books . I hated , loved , pitied , understood him .Now here , there's that saying "No matter what, you will never understand someone's pain, until you're the one feeling it" , yes no one would feel what a quadriplegic like will would feel unless you're one . So despite all the moments i hated and cursed him ( yes i did) , how much rude , inconsiderate , at some point arrogant toward Lou he was at first of course but i end up always by assuming that it was his defensive self ,toward pain , people's fake sympathy , people harsh whispered words yet so loud for him . The memories he gave to Lou , the experiences he pushed her to try , the paths he encouraged her to go , he was the spokesman of that energetic and confident inner-self that Lou has never listen to .Will is really an adventurous , and life lover person maybe it's the only pretext i made to forgive him .
Camilla Traynor : That typical kind of mother who somehow builded barries with her son and try hard to get involved in his life's decisions or choices ( i don't know i felt she's so possessive at first) , but I "liked" (not sure if it's the right word for such a bad result ) how she really loved her son to the point of accepting the most painful thing that a mother would face .
Steven Traynor : that kind of cool but not responsible dad .
Nathan : i had a crush on him okay , he's so caring and gentle , sad he got a girlfriend by the end :p
Patrick : freaking hated him . How could you date a selfish person for 6 years Lou how ? . He was that kind of static , boring boyfriend , someone who would never notice the hidden beauty and potentiel inside you , neither appreciate the things you're doing . I hate that kind of men who see a girlfriend as something to show off about , or to have sex with just to feed your desires without sharing any kind of intimacy ( not talking about the physical one) .
Katrina Clark : i admit i judgeded her hard at first , i thought she was just a selfish sister but then she was so helpful and got Lou's back .
All the other characters : different yet so influential including Lou's parents , even that little Thomas , he made me understand Katrina more .
The book has a simple beautiful language , funny at some parts : I laughed alot with the sarcastic dialogues between Lou and Will . Also Will telling Patrick that Lou gives good bed baths , that was hilarious along with that silly dialogue about Lou's breasts when she was dancing with Will on his wheelchair . I've drowned in feels whenever Will does something for Lou , when he indirectly confess his love or showed his care . I smiled when Will smiled , the way Lou has described it just shows how much heart-warming kind of smile was . And ofc i've cried my eyes out during that shore night dialogue , with Lou during her depression days and finally i sobbed when Will died and his last letter to Lou . Talking about the end , i've that doubt that it would be like that but i was convincing my self , as Louisa did , that Will will change his mind . But i couldn't stop myself from hating everything about that end even though i was somehow seeing it coming .
The book seems like a classical usual soft love story , i admit that was maybe the reason why i wanted hard to get it , but now what i see is different , it's far away from being just that . Most important it's about 2 different people who never thought they would change each other lives but they end up by marking a deep impact and each one by his own way . Lou taught Will how to love and he taught her how to live .
Some Quotes i really liked :
- -Will Traynor, not all girls get dressed just to please men
- Everything women do is with men in mind . Everything anyone does is with sex in mind
- You can only actually help someone who wants to be helped.
- It was impossible to be this close to someone to feel their skin tauten under your fingertips to breathe in the air that they breathed out ,to have their faces only inches away from yours , without feeling a little unbalanced
- Look Clark if you're going to wear a dress like that you need to wear it with confidence. u need to fill it mentally as well as physically
- You only get one life it's actually your duty to live it as fully as possible
- It's the fact that when you spend all day in really close proximity to someone there's no escape from their moods .Or your own.
- Sometimes, Clark you're pretty much the only thing that makes me want to get up in the morning
Me Before You was screen adapted also , here the trailer link , i didn't watch it yet but i'll very soon , i'm Sam claflin fan and he's Will so let me prepare my heart LOL
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