Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Me Before You by Jojo Moyes

50 reviews

azileotulp's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I knew exactly what would happen at the end when I started the book, so I thought it would make me really sad. Honestly though, something about it just made me feel happy for Will. I thought it was such a terrible situation he was being put through, and he just didn't seem happy unless he was with Louisa, and even then there was always an air of sadness to him. I felt like he was finally free at the end. I also appreciated that we don't actually see Will's death, just the before and aftermath. I feel like it made it even a little more emotional for me.

There were a lot of things in general I liked about the book. I really liked Louisa and Will, and even if I found both of them frustrating at times, I also had sympathy for both. My biggest issue throughout the book was definitely the other characters, specifically Louisa's family. I could not stand Katrina at all, and the same thing with Patrick. I'm fine with characters being bad people, but they were both just so unnecessarily annoying and I thought it was frustrating how there was never really any justice. They were just bad people who got to do bad things without consequences. I didn't really like Louisa's dad either (not a fan of constantly calling your kid fat). I was mostly okay with Louisa's mom, and felt pretty bad for her at times, but she really bothered me at the end. Her grandpa and Thomas are honestly fine, but that's not really a compliment since they don't do that much anyway.

I did really like Camilla. Like I said before, I'm fine with characters being bad people, and while I don't think Camilla is totally awful, I can definitely see how she could be perceived that way. I feel like she had a lot more depth than Katrina or Patrick, and definitely a more tragic life, so I felt a lot more sympathy for her acting the way she did.

Overall, I did enjoy the book. There were times where I felt like the plot halted a bit, but those moments usually had nice character moments, so I can forgive it.

I think Will's letter at the end was what really got me. It was probably what stuck out to me the most.

I also think it gives you a lot to think about when it comes to assisted suicide. I'm personally fully in support of it in situations like this, but I can also see why people would disagree, and I think this book portrays both sides well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Suicide, Medical content, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Body shaming, Cursing, Infidelity, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Fatphobia, Grief, and Classism

megmahoney1's review against another edition

challenging emotional lighthearted sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Chronic illness, Death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

cooloquirk's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

queenexe's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape and Alcohol

autumnlpalmer1976's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

alyssams884's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Confinement, Death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Grief

Minor: Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, and Medical content

meh697's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

keestan's review against another edition

emotional funny sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Picked this up because I watched the movie and absolutely love it. Moyes does a fantastic job creating characters that you immediately route for, flaws and all.

Having watched the movie, I knew the tragedy that was waiting for me at the end of the book but somehow I was so swept up in the story, I found myself holding out hope that this would be a happy ending.

I loved Moyes's almost comical writing style and immediately reached for book 2. Spoiler alert: this is a trilogy!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness and Suicide

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

bethanharcourt's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I enjoyed this book. I often don't when I've watched a film first as I spend too long comparing. But this book was beautifully written, and I felt the occasional mix of perspective helped develop the story. I hadn't realised there was a second book, but I'm hoping we get more of Ritchie.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Ableism, Suicide, and Injury/Injury detail

eva_rebolledo's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

While there is a whole conversation to have about the topics this book involves, the book in itself just feels poorly written. There's no captivating element. The characters are all dislikeable, and the writing isn't moving at all, even when it tries. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Self harm, Terminal illness, Medical content, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail