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The blurb:
Lou Clark knows lots of things. She knows how many footsteps there are
between the bus stop and home. She knows she likes working in The Buttered Bun
tea shop and she knows she might not love her boyfriend Patrick. What Lou
doesn't know is she's about to lose her job or that knowing what's coming is
what keeps her sane. Will Traynor knows his motorcycle accident took away his
desire to live. He knows everything feels very small and rather joyless now and
he knows exactly how he's going to put a stop to that. What Will doesn't know
is that Lou is about to burst into his world in a riot of colour. And neither
of them knows they're going to change the other for all time.
My Opinion:
There will be a
movie about this book!!! Soooooooo excited!
So, we have
Louisa (Lou, or as Will calls her „Clark“) on one side. She just a normal next
door girl, has a special taste in clothes and just worked at a hairdresser and
in a coffee shop.
On the other
side, there is Will, beautiful and gorgeous Will. He led a great life with lots
of adventures, until his accident. Now he is in a wheelchair and hates his
life.
When Lou loses
her job, she goes to a Job Centre and becomes Will’s carer for 6 months. She
doesn’t know the reasons yet for all this, but she will find out, soon ...
Will is really
mean to her and he seems to be a bad guy, but somehow she is the only one who
can reach out to him. Their feelings and thought really convey in the writing
and I instantly felt connected to the both of them.
Their situation
isn’t easy and Jojo understands to get into their emotional state.
Louisa really
wants him to see the fun in life and plans a lot of activities. The two of them
get closer and talk a lot, also about really personal topics.
Lou realises,
that she might feel more for him and breaks up with her boyfriend Patrick, who
only seems to be obsessed about his body and running (Will calls him Running
Man ;))
After several attempts
to try and convince Will to go on a big holiday, he finally says yes. Ten days
later they fly to Mauritius, together with Will’s carer Nathan. The spend the
days at the book and gaze at each other at nights and then they get really
close.
They both fight
with their feelings and as a reader you just want them to be happy, but it
isn’t easy. What does Will even want?
These two
characters are really different and they have a whole other personality and
meaning of life. Will with his accident, his life is not the way it was before,
he has to deal with that and has his fixed opinion.
Lou on the
other hand just wants to be happy with the people she loves.
This just makes
you cry even more and it is so heart breaking. Lou is devastated, sad and confused.
Can they find their happy ending?
A must-read!!!!
It is so emotional and heart breaking. You’re laughing one minute and crying
the other minute! The ending is sad, but I enjoyed every single minute of the
book and I couldn’t put it down. The story is different, but soooo brilliant
and makes you think about life, even after you put the book down!
Lou and Will
are great characters, who are so different, but perfect for each other.
I really hope
there’ll be a sequel one day, cause I really want to know what happens to Lou
in the future.
Rating:
My possible
cast:
Louisa: Nina Dobrev
Will: Matt Bomer
Patrick: Ryan Gosling
Nathan: Michael Fassbender
Treena: Kayla Ewell
Alicia: Christina Cole
Georgina: Georgina Chapman
Hope you all enjoyed it.
Next week: It's raining Men by Milly Johnson.
First up on the weekend: more quotes and either something on sports or Musicals. And maybe a little Q&A...
Awesome review! I really enjoyed reading this. I've got a review of Me Before You going up soon so this was fab to read - as usual!
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