Me Before You

Hanne A 27/06/2020

I got it as a gift and thought, oh no another chick-lit story. One day I sat down and read it in one go .... Wauw I laughed and cried my way through it. I'll never give it away.

gurpreet h 03/02/2018

Stadig den bedste bog jeg længe har læst. Kan læses igen og igen, og man opdager noget nyt hver gang. Fantastisk!!

Cecilie S 02/11/2016

Jeg er normalt MEGET skæptisk når det kommer til romantisk skønlitteratur, men denne roman har formået at kaste mig igennem hele farveskalaen af følelser. Det er en bittersød fortælling om to vidt forskellige mennesker der finder hinanden ved at overse hinandens skavanker og uligheder, hvor intet er pakket ind, og man tør at kalde en skovl for en skovl. Det er dejligt at se, at karaktererne i bogen er så realistiske, at de nemt kommer til live når man læser bogen. Me Before You er en af de bedste og mest spændende bøger jeg nogensinde har læst, hvilket også placerer den på min egen top 3 over bøger.

Laila M. 67945 19/09/2016

Er normalt ikke den store romantiker. Men bogen starter tanker ved læseren og den er over al forventning!

Louise J 61 31/07/2016

Før jeg begyndte på universitetet, læste jeg meget skønlitteratur, men nu gør jeg det næsten kun i sommerperioden. Derfor er det vigtigt for mig at finde en bog, der fanger mig fra starten, hvilket "Me before you" formåede fuldstændig. Karakterbeskrivelsen er nuanceret, og bogens emne er meget relevant og omdiskuteret, da der ikke nødvendigvis er noget sort-hvidt svar på, hvad der er rigtigt/forkert. En god bog, hvor jeg følte med karaktererne, fik noget at reflektere over, og fællede en lille tåre i ny og næ. Den kan anbefales! - Louise

Anonym 04/05/2016

Jeg anbefaler denne bog til ALLE. Den var simpelthen over al forventning! Man lærer virkeligt de forskellige karakterer at kende og danner et bånd med dem, en fantastisk bog.

Lissa C 2 30/03/2016

Jeg var en del kritisk omkring bogen, inden jeg begyndte at læse den, fordi alle roser den til skyerne. - Den er god, men jeg græd ikke i flere dage efter, at jeg havde læst den. Selve historien er rigtig godt skrevet og personbeskrivelserne er meget grundige! Jeg fortryder overhovedet ikke at have læst den, for det er en smuk fortælling, som giver dig noget at tænke over.

Anonym 08/03/2016

Yderst velskrevet bog, med karakterer man kan relatere til og er meget realistiske. Det er en bog man nemt kan læse igen lige efter, for der er mange betydninger og budskaber gemt i detaljerne. Meget smuk bog, med humor, kærlighed og sorg. Jeg slugte den på en eftermiddag og fortryder intet. Læs den før du ser filmen her til sommer, jeg tror det gør filmen bedre.

Sophie R 27/02/2016

Græd i 10 minutter efter jeg havde læst den færdig. Virkelig smuk og sørgelig historie. 5 stjerner herfra. (Y)

Anonym 12/08/2015

I Me Before You møder vi 26-årige Louisa der har tilbragt hele sit liv i den samme engelske by. Hun bor stadigvæk hjemme hos hendes forældre, arbejder på den lokale café og har i været sammen med hendes sundheds- og træningsbesatte kæreste Patrick i en 6-7 år, selvom han virker uendeligt mere interesseret i sig selv og hans sportslige præstationer end han gør i hende og deres forhold. Lou er kort sagt groet fast i hendes tryghedszone og har det egentlig fint med det og virker meget tilfreds med sit liv. Men, da Louisa pludseligt mister sit job på caféen og bliver hyret som Will Traynors hjælper, en 35-årig mand der er lam fra halsen og nedad, vendes alting i både hendes og Wills liv på hovedet og sender dem på noget af en følelsesladet rejse fyldt med venskab, samt lidt romantik og ikke mindst død. Jeg har haft bogen liggende hjemme på boghylden i jeg ved ikke hvor lang tid, men har først nu fået taget mig sammen til at læse den, og det eneste jeg kan sige er WOW! Bogen var måske lidt langsom i opstart, hvilket egentlig bare var med til at understrege Louisas stille og ensformige liv. Der går også noget tid inden man finder ud af hvad kernen i historien egentlig er, men når først man når det punk, så kommer der virkelig gang i tankerne og følelserne, for det er et ret seriøst og kontroversielt emne der bliver debatteret igennem bogen. Jeg mener dog at Jojo Moyes gør et virkelig flot stykke arbejde med at behandle emnet, og forme karaktererne, på en måde der får en til at tænke på hvad man selv ville gøre i sådan en situation. Me Before You er kort sagt en fantastisk historie, den er både smuk og sørgelig, bittersweet, og har nogle virkelig velskrevet karakterer som man kommer til at føle rigtig meget med. Jeg bliver ofte revet med i en bogs handling så meget at jeg ikke kan lægge den fra mig før jeg er færdig, men det er ekstremt sjældent at jeg rent faktisk sidder og tuder. Jeg græd flere gange mens jeg læste denne her bog og blev simpelthen så rørt da jeg nåede slutningen, at jeg til sidst næsten ikke kunne læse ordene på siden fordi tårerne blev ved med at trille, og en hver bog der får så meget gang i følelserne fortjener intet mindre end de varmeste anbefalinger.

Anonym 14/06/2015

Du kommer til at grine og græde, og du ville ønske, at du kan gøre en forskel. En fantastik historie, der får en til at tænke en ekstra gang og revurderer ens eget liv. Man skal ca, to kapitler ind før end den bliver god, men derfra så kan du heller ikke ligge den fra dig igen. Den er fængslende, med et strejf af romantik, venskab og død.

ZeniaRA 09/10/2014

Quote: “You only get one life. It's actually your duty to live it as fully as possible.” Me Before You is a beautiful story of changing your life, living to the fullest and finding small patches of light and happiness when life otherwise seems too dark.  Before I began reading this book I had no expectations; I had never read a book by JoJo Moyes before, I didn’t really know what the book was about. All I knew, was that it was apparently a ‘weepy’. So I bought the book and decided to read it more or less because I love the cover (the one with the girl and the bird set against the pink background), and because I love weepies.  I quickly found out that this is not my ‘typical’ book. It isn’t fast paced, there isn’t a lot of action, and it’s very humane and down to earth. But I also quickly found out that I loved it anyway. Normally I’m not too happy with books that are slow paced and have a lot of descriptions of characters and environments, but in this book it worked. I am really glad I read it, and it has definitely become one of my all-time favorites.  Quote: “Some mistakes... Just have greater consequences than others. But you don't have to let the result of one mistake be the thing that defines you. You, Clark, have the choice not to let that happen.” The book is about 26-year-old Louisa Clark who lives with her parents, her sister and her nephew. Louisa (or Lou) is fired from her job as the book begins, and therefore has to find a new job. She is then employed by Will Traynor’s mother, who wants Lou to be Will’s friend basically – that’s not what it says in the job description, but that is in fact what she is supposed to do.  Will suffers from quadriparesis and is very grumpy and rude in the beginning, because he knows that Louisa is practically his babysitter .. so needless to say they don’t come off to a good start, but soon things get better and they actually do become friends.  Quote: “I just . . . want to be a man who has been to a concert with a girl in a red dress. Just for a few minutes more.” I felt so bad for Will. Before his accident, he had been a successful man who led a ‘big life’, as he puts it himself. He loved to visit foreign places, do extreme things (like climb Kilimanjaro), loved his job and loved the attention he got from the opposite sex. After his accident (2 years later), he is having a hard time adjusting to a life in a wheelchair where he has become dependent on other people taking care of him 24/7, and where his own body is betraying him, so if he gets sick it can be fatal.  In the beginning of the book, Will is bitter, grumpy, doesn’t like attention and just want to be left alone. Louisa is the only one who can reach him behind the thick walls he has put up around himself, and I loved watching him let go and just be when he was with her.  I quickly fell in love with Will. I simply could not be angry with him, even though he was an idiot and made stupid decisions at times, because I could relate to him. If I had led the kind of life he had led and then ended up in wheelchair, I would have been angry at the world too. I felt so bad for him! And when he let the true Will out, I couldn’t help but smile. That Will was so sweet, loyal and charming.  Quote: “Push yourself. Don't Settle. Just live well. Just LIVE.” Louisa Clark has led the opposite life of Will. She hasn’t been far away from her small town home in England, has a small group of friends and family and loved her job at a small café. Lou has led a small life all her life. She is a very likeable and relatable person. I loved reading this story from her point of view (even though I would have loved to see what was going on inside Will’s head at times), and I genuinely liked her. She was so loyal to her family and wanted to take care of the people she loved. She was content with her life, but then she met Will and he wanted her to live a bigger life, and be braver. I loved watching her blossom and change her life when she was with Will. They both had such a huge impact on each other’s lives, and in reality they shouldn’t even have met. If Will hadn’t had his accident, they never would have met.  Quote: “...I told him a story of two people. Two people who shouldn't have met, and who didn't like each other much when they did, but who found they were the only two people in the world who could possibly have understood each other.” Will and Lou’s story isn’t really a love story. The romance is between the lines; in the stolen glances, and their smiles. It was really sweet and heartfelt.  It is however a beautiful story of how two people can impact each other’s lives in ways none of them ever thought possible. It is a story of opportunities lost and gained. The story was about so much more than I first thought when I began reading.  Quote: “I told him something good.” The quote above was the exact moment where I dissolved into inconsolable tears. I had been waiting for the moment when they would come, because I was positive they would, so when there were 80 pages left of the book I began to get scared. I wasn’t ready for the tears, and I kept putting it off. But of course I needed to know what would happen, and even though I had predicted most of what happened, it still crushed me. Me Before You invokes the kind of tears that are because it is a really heartfelt and sweet story, but also crushes your heart just a little bit. I was genuinely sad when I finished it, but after a couple of minutes I was just really happy that I had read this beautiful story.  I would highly recommend this book to everybody who loves to fall in love with lovable characters and a really good and beautiful story, and who loves magnificent writing that reaches deep inside your heart. This book will forever have a place in my heart and now it is also going to look really pretty on my bookshelf. Yaaay! Quote: “You are scored on my heart, Clark. You were from the first day you walked in, with your ridiculous clothes and your complete inability to ever hide a single thing you felt.”