Author: Jojo Moyes
Published: 2012
Publisher: Pamela Dorman Books
Number of Pages: 369
My Rating: 5
Summary from GoodReads.com:
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.
I just
finished this book and I am feeling so many emotions right now that it’s really
hard to put it all into words. This book was an emotional rollercoaster that
had me soaring up and crashing down. And it was worth every minute of it.
The main
character, Louisa Clark, is a character so real it’s like you could see her
sitting across from you at any second. She is down to earth and hardworking,
yet at the same time is far from perfect. She didn’t go to college or get a
huge career but instead is working at a local café and is more than all right
with that. She loves her job and is content living at home with her parents and
occasionally seeing her boyfriend, Patrick, as he prepares for marathons.
Out of
nowhere, Louisa loses her spot at the café and is forced to work other minimum
wage jobs as her parents need help with the bills. She tries many different
things to no success, until she finds something that pays a ridiculous amount.
She will be caretaker to someone named Will.
Will Traynor was
the self-made millionaire that had it all- a high paying job, girls, cars,
vacations- anything he could ever want. He was always traveling and doing huge
things until a motorcycle accident would change his life forever. Left
paralyzed from the neck down with a little bit of feeling in his hand, Will
lost the desire to live. He hates everything about who he has become and
how he can't do anything for himself anymore.
When Louisa
begins working for the Traynors, she has no idea what she is getting herself
into. Will is mean, miserable, and rude to her and his parents aren’t much
warmer. She is desperate for the money to help her parents, but the stress she
has to go through on a day-to-day basis doesn’t seem worth it. She pushes
through it, though, and she slowly begins to soften Will and learn about the
man he is. Together, they go on a journey, learning things about each other and doing things that will change both of their lives.
All I can really say about this book is, sigh. While reading I
was happy and sad and swoony and mad and frustrated and excited and… You get
the point. This won’t be a boring read for you and it will leave you feeling
all kinds of things. It’s such a unique and amazing story that you simply have
to check it out for yourself. Jojo Moyes is an extremely talented writer and
she came up with something that will live on forever. A high five, three tears,
and one big sigh for the story of Will and Louisa!
-Busy Brunette
Labels: Fiction, Rating 5