However, the view of this book encourages the reader to find beauty in people’s imperfections, whether physical or emotional and enables us to appreciate life’s storms in the midst of sunshine. It does not portray life as we wish it to be, but as it truly is, with its harsh realities and injustices. Me Before You paints an ugly but transparent view of the battles of quadriplegia along with the psychological hardships for its victims. She soon discovers that Will has shocking plans of his own and pours unceasing effort into giving Will a life worth living however, her efforts may not be enough to rescue him from his monotonous, depressed, and disabled life. Will, previously a cliff-jumping, mountain-climbing, world-traveling daredevil, cannot comprehend why Louisa is perfectly satisfied with her current life of mediocrity.
Following a few confrontational encounters and a frightening illness, the two slowly develop a playful friendship. After losing her job at a local cafe, Louisa unwillingly takes a job as a caregiver for Will, who has become weary and resentful of his wheelchair-bound life. The book traces the unlikely crossing of paths between Will Traynor, a bitter and cynical quadriplegic, and “Lou” (Louisa) Clark, an ordinary, unambitious twenty-six year old with an irrational love of bumblebee tights. Moyes inspires an unrestrained enthusiasm for life and its adventures and instructs readers to “live boldly. Jojo Moyes’s brilliant but heartbreaking novel, Me Before You, plays upon readers’ emotions with its engaging and realistic characters, unconventional love story, and thought-provoking plot concerning the struggles of quadriplegia.
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