Me before you goodreads11/7/2023 ![]() Thing is, I really loved Will, I sympathized and empathized with him, and every character, really. You'd have to read the book to understand my feelings. Like what am I supposed to do with that? How do I view him as a love interest? That's what I thought. I mean, I didn't know how the author was going to make Will work as an absorbing and exerting character. I actually have to say, I think it was needed to impress on the main themes of the story.ĭon't laugh now, I mean it. But be still- it's not pointlessly distasteful. And though, yes, there's a love triangle. I love stories like this where two people just meet, and are made better by their meeting, better for it. I love stories like this where no one is named hero or saviour. It just got to a point where in my mind, she had me on my knees begging and pleading with her to make a beneficial and impactful decision about something.anything in her life so we could move on. ![]() I started out so very much in love with Lou's voice, but after some time listening to her got really.annoying. Remember she's crippled by her uninspiring state of contentment and lack of ambition. The way I see it, both our main characters were paralysed. In all honesty, if I'm to capture this story in less than 20 words, I would say that it's an inspirational story of a journey of self discovery and self awareness -yes, inspired by love. We had to trek a long distance, experiencing so much, watching their relationship build steadily, before we even landed at something vaguely reminiscent of romance. The thing is I felt like there was more friendship and companionship in this story than there was romance. Enter an angry, sarcastic, mean-mouthed Will Traynor aka her job. She's not wild about it, but she takes it because a girl has got to eat, and she's out of options. After losing her very fulfilling job **insert my very sarcastic tight-lipped smile ** at a Buttered bun tea shop, she goes in search of a new job at a job center, and is dismayed to find out the only workable and acceptable job opportunity available is one which involves caring for invalids: a care assistant. Louisa Clark, fondly known as Lou, is an unambitious woman, painfully content in her mediocre existence. And as I spoke I knew these would be the most important words I would ever say and that it was important that they were the right words. I let him know a hurt had been mended in a way that he couldn’t have known, and for that alone there would always be a piece of me indebted to him. I drew the world he had created for me, full of wonder and possibility. To feel like this, to feel the way I do right now. I'm beginning to see the pattern to my madness.īut, I swear, I wouldn't have it any other way. As soon as I heard they were potential tear jerkers, I jumped head first into both of them. The same thing happened with On the Jellicoe Road and All the Bright Places. When they told me The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender was going to make me cry, I made a headlong dash for it. I've been in this scene before, with the shameless ugly crying, the snot-filled nose, the puffy red-rimmed eyes- old story. I can't help feeling like I'm stuck in a perpetual state of Déjà vu. I had heard it was an emotional and affective read. That's the reason why I even picked up this book in the first place- because I anticipated the pain. See the great mess this book left me inĪnd the thing is, I knew it was coming.
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