nelboline's review against another edition
2.0
After loving the first book in this trilogy I found this one really hard going and had to persevere to see it through. It has completely out me off reading the third book as I was so disappointed.
askxtine's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
A bit of a let down. I didn't feel Louisa's voice - I know the point of this book was that she lost her way, but I think it's unfair that she lost all her wit and confidence. I think the idea that her small town, low income life is shitty and she should have aspiration of "something better" and keep up with the Joneses (or Traynors, or Millers, or whatever) is a tired sentiment. And why is her family suddenly unloving, unsupportive, even to each other? And
Spoiler
the invention of Lily just seemed too convenient, too desperate to make a plot related to the first book. I think this book was pigeon holed into making Will the greatest love of all time and that's not what I got from Me Before You. </Spoiler> Yeah, I just had so many problems with this one.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Injury/injury detail, and Blood
Minor: Sexual assault and Adult/minor relationship
eramhussain's review against another edition
3.0
“You don't have to let that one thing be the thing that defines you.”
I absolutely loved Me before you, but the sequel( looks more like a fan-fiction ) was not strong enough, or probably it wasn't really needed.
This is Lou's life after Will. It has been an year and half after Will's death and Lou is still not over him. She has taken up travelling and tried to have an adventure of her own as Will would have wanted. But now she is back to her mundane life, back to working at a boring pub.
As she is desperately trying to live a new life, joining support groups, living in a new home and doing everything to get over Will's death, a girl knocks on her door. This girl says she is related to Will. This is the story of how this new girl and Lou help each other in cleaning each other's mess and moving on in life.
There is also a new love interest in Louisa's life but there is not much of chemistry here.
"I'm a good Catholic girl, Louisa. We don't divorce. We just make our men suffer for all eternity."
I absolutely loved Me before you, but the sequel( looks more like a fan-fiction ) was not strong enough, or probably it wasn't really needed.
This is Lou's life after Will. It has been an year and half after Will's death and Lou is still not over him. She has taken up travelling and tried to have an adventure of her own as Will would have wanted. But now she is back to her mundane life, back to working at a boring pub.
As she is desperately trying to live a new life, joining support groups, living in a new home and doing everything to get over Will's death, a girl knocks on her door. This girl says she is related to Will. This is the story of how this new girl and Lou help each other in cleaning each other's mess and moving on in life.
There is also a new love interest in Louisa's life but there is not much of chemistry here.
"I'm a good Catholic girl, Louisa. We don't divorce. We just make our men suffer for all eternity."
booksbetweentranslations's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Apesar de adorar a Lou, este foi o meu livro menos bom dos três
horizon_9's review against another edition
2.0
I did enjoy this book, but in my opinion "me before you" could better have been left as a stand-alone. I really liked where Lou was at the end of "me before you", I liked the idea that she was already moving in the direction of a better space in which she had changed her life and was getting over the loss of Will. This book basically negated the subtext in the last few pages of the first book and put Lou in a sad place in which she could not get over Will and was slipping back into her old life, although she did not move back to her home town. Only the addition of a long-lost daughter of Will's made the story a bit interesting to me. Not because I really wanted Will to have had some daughter he did not know about, but because I enjoyed Lily's character and the dynamic between Lou and Lily. All in all I enjoyed the book, but not as a sequal to "me before you".
garnethalo's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
kstets's review against another edition
3.0
“You don't have to let that one thing be the thing that defines you.”
noras_booknook's review against another edition
emotional
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75