The novel I read was a romance novel, Me Before You, written by Jojo Moyes. The main character of this novel is Louisa Clark, an ordinary girl who lives in a very small town. Her family struggles financially, and heavily relies on her income to help support her parents, grandfather, sister, and nephew. After she loses her job as a waitress, she desperately takes a job as a care taker for Will Traynor, who is permanently in a wheelchair after a horrific accident. He was previously known to be a very happy and upbeat person until his motorcycle accident paralyzed him from the chest down. He then turned into a frustrated person and was constantly upset with his life which he then took out on his caretaker. He had several attempted suicides and was extremely disrespectful towards Louisa. He constantly turned down her ideas and makes jokes about her character. Louisa eventually decides that she has had too much and decides to take him on a series of adventures to help him find a meaning to his life. Due to his stubbornness, it was very difficult for her to get him out of the house and experience events he once had loved before. Overtime, they begin to grow a friendship which eventually forms into a romantic relationship until a huge barrier stands in the way. Overall, I would really recommend this novel to those who are interested in romance themes. However, it does have a pretty slow beginning, and it takes a while for the story to really begin.
This story sounds like a really good book for people in wheel chairs.
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I loved this movie, but I had no idea it was a book! It's such a typical cheesy rom-com, a total weeper though! Is the book anything like the movie? Or is it totally different?
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