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After You is a romance novel written by Jojo Moyes, a sequel to Me Before You. The book was first published on 29 September in the United Kingdom. After You has ratings and reviews. Emily May said: 2 1/2 stars. It's hard to have to say this, but it's not completely unexpected either.
That girl broke my heart worse than Will Traynor ever did. But this time I laughed as much as I cried. At the meandering tangents poor Marc unsuccessfully tried to rein in during the Moving On Circle meetings. At Thom's boyish antics, the looks exchanged between sisters, Mrs. Clark's refusal to shave her legs after taking a night class of the feminist variety, and a dozen other things besides. And that laughter made the pain bearable, the pain of truths that were ruthless in their simplicity. A child who knew that her mother loved her, but not as much as she loved herself.
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A group of strangers bound together by grief the rest of the world had forgotten: Without someone to talk to, every sight I saw—whether it was the Trevi Fountain or a canal in Amsterdam—felt simply like a name on a list that I needed to check off. These were smaller pains, but they were no less potent. I've always internally scoffed when I've heard or read about someone not realizing they were crying until their face was too wet to ignore, or some Good Samaritan gave them a tissue--how can you cry and not know it?
But AFTER YOU taught me that there are some hurts that sneak up on you, that are subconsciously recognized, even when experiencing them vicariously, and several times throughout the reading I found myself similarly effected as those I'd previously ridiculed. Then Treena would give Lou a look that I've received many times from my own sisters: She pulled the kind of face at me that told me simultaneously that I was an eejit, and also that this was no surprise to her whatsoever.
Instead of the manufactured grief that resulted from a series of events so horrifying that you couldn't help but react to them, regardless of how foreign that grief is to your own life experience, you get the pain from the aftermath of that loss. It's a real pain that few of us aren't familiar with, and that made me feel it all the more deeply. But it was the potential that made the real difference.
The potential for something more than unremitting pain. My recommendation is this: You'll only be disappointed. And frustrating, and heartbreaking, and REAL. My review of Me Before You View all 28 comments. View all 3 comments. Feb 15, Alejandro rated it it was amazing Shelves: And since I won't make any spoilers, I only can tell you that you'll have a lot of surprises! And the best of that? Nobody expects that you save the world, but as Oskar Schindler found out… …to save a life is to save the world.
And not lives needed to save from a physical wound, some lives needed to save from soul wounds and sometimes they are in such dark place that they put themselves beyond of accepting help and they can be testing, but if you think that it's the right thing to do, not matter the outcome, it will be worthy too. Nobody will do what you need to do in the world. If you don't do those things, nobody else will do it. You're unique in the world in ways that you wouldn't believe it. For better or worse. It's A Wonderful Life!
I just think that the thought that nobody else will do what you must do, it was right to apply here. Since you are the only one able to judge yourself and your own actions. Other people and their actions and repercussions? Only God can judge them. View all 33 comments. I laughed, I cried, I laughed so hard that I cried, and then I sobbed ridiculously. This book has some of the best examples of female friendship I have ever seen in my life and I absolutely love Lily and Lou's friendship. After reading Me Before You , I couldn't help but want to keep the story going.
Lou was charming and understandably heartbroken, and despite knowing that sequels rarely live up to the original, I decided to give it a go.
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After You is so different from Me Before You that it often felt like a standalone more than a sequel It was good in that I didn't feel like I had to spend the length of the read constantly comparing the two in order to determine whether it was a goo After reading Me Before You , I couldn't help but want to keep the story going.
It was good in that I didn't feel like I had to spend the length of the read constantly comparing the two in order to determine whether it was a good follow up. But I also felt a bit let down.
I had become so attached to those original characters that to be thrown in with a seemingly new group was maybe a bit weird. That being said, I found this book to be thoroughly enjoyable. I wouldn't, though, put it in the same class as it's predecessor. It's different, it's a fabulous story, but I didn't feel the emotional pull or the need to devour it that I had before.
Quite honestly, I think I give this one a hard time because my expectations were so high. What did I think?: This book is far from a disappointment. It's a fun, easy read and if you loved Me Before You, you'll likely enjoy this one too. It wasn't at all what I expected, but that didn't take away from the enjoyment of it.
It did feel a bit rushed to fit in a second storyline almost, but since I enjoyed this story as well, I really didn't mind too much. Who should read it?: If you've read Me Before You, I definitely think you should give this one a read. It's a fun story that will have those that loved it's previous book will love knowing what happens afterward.
View all 9 comments. At the start of "After You", I told my friend Iris I never thought it was a great idea to write a sequel to "Me Before You" For one thing, "Me Before You" was never written 'with' the intention of their being a follow up. Expecting a complete plane crash Louisa has an accident early in this story To the extent Louisa was still grieving, it would have been more realistic if Jojo Moyes began this story about 6 or 7 months after his death. Moyes wrote several incomplete plots, with a variety of characters Basically, this novel lacked a powerful focus!!!
It lacked powerful - fresh- insights! It was like an 'ok' meal. View all 31 comments. I'll try to forget. I don't think we needed a new story. I'm not saying this is bad, it's Jojo - it can't, but it just kind of ruined part of what I imagined for Lou after the end of the first book. And every single time I read Will's name in this my heart skipped a beat, and I c Review after the read 3 - Because I love Jojo Moyes - Stars I'm sorry, I'm very sorry to say that I would've preferred that this book was never born.
And every single time I read Will's name in this my heart skipped a beat, and I confessed I was a little bit annoyed with all those characters, it was like if they were "intruding" our story. And I'm sorry to say that the most annoying and boring part was Lily. I couldn't care less about her. I really don't know what to say about this book, probably I shouldn't have read it, but I couldn't resist. So, if you loved the first book and you're not sure about this, I'd say that you can easily skip this one and continue to imagine what you want about their lives But if you really want to read it, then read it like if this is a new story and you don't know who Will was, even if it's impossible, you have to forget everything you knew about them.
Anyway, if you read it prepare your tissues, it's always Jojo Moyes ; I'm gonna die. I'm happy and scared because I can already imagine what's going to happen I'm not ready for this. View all 10 comments. Jan 06, emma rated it did not like it Shelves: This review contains spoilers for Me Before You. With unexpected sequels like this one, I suppose it comes down to whether the sequel adds anything to the original. I recognize the temptation to write a follow-up to Me Before You.
Man dies, everyone learns something, moves on, creates something wonderful out of his death. Or at least liking it enough to appreciate its follow-up. I was already sensitive to criticisms of the first book, because I hate liking things that could be problematic in any way. Let me explain my love for Me Before You so I can carefully outline my qualms against this follow-up.
It made a claim for the humanity of assisted suicide, which is a cause I believe in. And it had a nice theme - we only have one life and we need to live it. This book was pages of the latter, again. No, we had to follow along as she monotonously ambled through it. There was no grand love story. Though there was a forced and un-interesting one alarmingly close to the first book. Also, some heavy-handed looks at, like, violence? I think I detected what may have been a soon-removed effort to discuss mental illness.
Instead, it inserts truisms. I liked Will Traynor. I liked their romance. The worst kind of sequel is one that casts an uncertain light on your feelings for the first book. I feel bad for my family - in day two three? My mom, a fellow Moyes appreciator, wisely told me to stop reading it. The entire appeal of this book is in the promise of character development.
Really, this felt like reading a wholly different world from the first book. She sums up her thoughts on her participation in the pot-smoking with: But Lily was like the cool girl in class, the one you found yourself trying to impress. From a grown ass woman. If you loved Me Before You like I did, swaddle yourself in that love. Ignore negative reviews, and especially ignore the existence of this book. View all 21 comments. You are going to feel uncomfortable in your new world for a bit. It always does feel strange to be knocked out of your comfort zone… There is hunger in you, Clark.
You just buried it, like most people do. Nothing short of beautiful! An emotionally charged story about healing and learning to believe in yourself after a painful loss. I am in love with this story! I fell in love with You are going to feel uncomfortable in your new world for a bit. Well, the sequel After You feels like the epilogue I desperately needed!
This story picks up about eighteen months after the ending of Me Before You. After a fateful night where she suffers from a horrible accident, she returns to her hometown to recover and there begins her attempt to heal from her wounds both physical and emotional. Through her recovery, she meets a cast of wonderful characters that slowly become the foundation for her new life. She meets Lily Houghton-Miller and Sam Fielding, who I absolutely adored because in their own ways, they brought back the Lou I knew from the first book. I appreciated how Lily challenged Lou to try and move on without a feeling of guilt clouding her every move.
Beautiful set of characters that were a perfect addition to this story! There was also another set of secondary characters that added a whole new flavor to this novel. The Moving On Circle was a breath of fresh air! Daphne, William, Natasha, Fred, Marc and Jake each complemented the story with their own journey toward recovery. I enjoyed their therapy sessions that revealed their insecurities, fears and hopes.
It was all so serious, yet shared with a level of brevity that kept the story flowing with ease. This family was absolutely flawed to perfection! It was quite clear they cared about Louisa and her struggles. Finally, the spotlight deservedly belongs to Louisa Clark. Throughout this entire journey, she showed compassion, bravery, determination and heart.
I wanted her to become not only the Louisa we knew and loved in Me Before You , but an even better version of that character as she worked hard to recover from a painful experience. Lou has become my favorite female character of ! There were moments and passages in this story that truly hit me hard. After You had many of those moments of brilliance. Overall, I believe fans of Me Before You will enjoy journeying with Louisa Clark as she learns to fall in love and believe in herself again.
The "After You" sequel is good not as good , but for a different reason. Many folks complained about the need for this second book, and with the first one being made into a movie, it may have been a required follow-up as opposed to a story that yearned to be told Story The book opens about 18 months after the first 3 stars to Jojo Moyes 's After You , the follow-up to Me Before You , which was a very popular book made into a movie earlier this year.
Story The book opens about 18 months after the first one ends, which was when her patient and soul-mate, Will Traynor, committed suicide. If you are reading this review, it's not really a spoiler as that's the whole point of Me Before You -- how will she handle the tragedy of being with him You can also check out my Book 1 review in the link below.
P Louisa the girl who fell for Will has been on the outs with her family due to her role in Wil's suicide, and she took a year off to travel and try to move forward. Of course, it never happens, and she goes back to the quiet and sheltered life she had before she met him. When she accidentally falls off her roof, it sets into motion several challenges for her to face. Some think she tried to kill herself. Some think she is rotting away her life. She goes back to a very sad job where she's yelled at by a nasty boss all the time. She tries to get better by going to a self-help group for people affected by a loved one who died.
She meets the ambulance medic who saved her after the fall. She gets a job offer to go to NYC. And she meets Lily, the secret daughter Will had that no one ever knew about. While Louisa tries to figure out her life, she learns all the lessons she needs to be able to move on And that's for you to find out when you read the book I can't give a spoiler away, right? Lou is a fantastic character. She's flawed which makes her real.
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She's whiny yet she stands up for herself. She's smart and she makes dumb decisions.
She's got potential but she lets it waste. We can all find a piece of Lou's personality in our own, which makes reading about her and understanding her actions all the more interesting The plot is great, especially as a follow-up to Me Before You. It could have gone in many directions, e. Instead, the book gives us an 18 month break from the last one, and its inherent immediate reactions to the death, which also allows the reader time to grieve and want to see Lou move on.
Characters are bold but also complex. The story is consistent. I don't want to feel harsh and judgmental of character actions, or find myself in love with something perfect that doesn't really exist Suggestions I don't believe there should have been a follow-up to Me Before You, and I'm a serial-fictionist The first one was so good as a stand-alone, I don't want to compare anything to it with the same story and author being involved.
Perhaps if I just picked up After You, I wouldn't have enjoyed it as much without knowing what happened to Lou in Book 1. Book 2 After You is a good story with good writing, but there wasn't anything special about it, hence why I have it a 3. If I hadn't witnessed her struggle in the previous book, it wouldn't have been as powerful in this book to watch her recovery. If you love Louisa and her family, then why wouldn't you want to read another pages about their life It's a day's read. It just isn't the same as it was the first go around. But you still want to know "how is that friend of mine different these days If you love the author's style, read After You.
It's a well-written book and has a few good characters you will root for. If you can accept the original is the best, and know that you won't always get the same vibe and attraction to its successors, then you probably have an open enough mind to check out what happened in her later years. But if you are looking for an amazing follow-up with an absolute blockbuster of a story and ending to Lou's life After You is a slice of what happens to her in a 3 month period set nearly 2 years after the first one ends.
It's a good read. But you won't walk away with the same level of emotions as you did with Me Before You.
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Please try again later. I think if you are expecting the emotional punch of the first book you are going to be sorely disappointed. I'm not ashamed to say that Me Before You had me up reading until very late at night and then crying my eyes out until very early the next morning. It was the kind of book that sticks with you, the kind of book that is extremely hard to follow up.
It ended on a very powerful note, so any book that calls itself a "sequel" has to match that kind of power. This didn't, not even close.
He wrote about his love for her - she had wished he was writing to her. I will stake my reputation on this book. Twenty years later, he's back. What keeps her from being intimate with him? I can't even bring myself to write a review yet. Is she responsible, and why or why not?
We follow Lou's life a year and a half after the death of Will, and we see what her life has become. Honestly, I didn't enjoy this Lou very much. Gone is any spark, any vitality, any humor, and without those aspects of her personality I had trouble staying engaged with her. I didn't like this pushover Lou, and I barely recognized her from the previous book. Her life is wholly depressing. Lou is stuck completely in this sort of limbo, and reading about her mostly boring day to day things felt one note and tedious. Lou's family details, like her mother's newfound feminism and her sister's meddling, seemed contrived and almost silly.
I didn't get what those side plots added to the story, and I didn't find them compelling. Artists Noah and Jude are practically inseparable, until an unexpected tragedy tears the twins apart and leaves them both broken. Hazel Grace and Gus are the epitome of star-crossed lovers, and theirs is the perfect romance to re-read to get your tear-ducts primed for Me Before You. If you finish this list, you can always re-watch the TFIOS movie and uglycry until you have no tears left to shed.
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