This is one of those books that everybody is reading, everybody is talking about, everyone knows about. I didn't, at least not until i watched the film (huge no no for me there, usually, i read the book first!) however once i watched and loved the film i decided i absolutely wanted to read the book.
The book follows Lou Clark, your normal, everyday girl, with a fabulous wardrobe, a life that's not moving anywhere fast, a reliable boyfriend and within the first chapter, she has been sacked from her job of six years.
Desperate to find work in order to help her already stretched family, Lou takes on the role of carer/companion to Will Traynor, a young quadriplegic, with a dark sense of humor who does not want cheerful Lou around.
It's lovely, it is, until the end nothing "big" really happens, things are in the making yes, but there aren't any huge events, but there doesn't need to be, because as we follow Lou and Will you just fall more and more in love with the book itself. Lou is like sunshine, warm, funny, charming, grounded, completely relate-able, Will is deep, complex, some points an arsehole, some points incredibly charming, the supporting characters are all as well weaved and developed, in particular Treena, Lous big sister and Nathan, Wills other Carer.
It is heartbreakingly beautiful, sad but happy, a whirlwind of emotions played out on each page as it slowly burns to the end but one of the best "chick" novels without a doubt and easy to see why it was chosen to be adapted for a film.
I gave it 5 stars because i absolutely adored it from start to finish and intend to read more by Moyes in future!
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