This book attempts to tie up all loose ends in Lou's life. The result of Moyes trying to create a new episode of the story out of such questions is a book that feels like fanfiction, not a worthy sequel. ( Cinderella II: Dreams Come True, anyone?) It does not necessarily mean a book should be written to answer those questions. When we've loved a book, we all have those questions: what will the characters do now? What comes next? But these are natural questions following all loved books. After You was written to satisfy a craving in the minds of Lou and Will's fans. Like many of its fans, I've been waiting with bated breath for this sequel. When I finally gave in to the hype and read Me Before You a couple years ago, I absolutely and unapologetically loved it. It's hard to have to say this, but it's not completely unexpected either.

But here Jojo Moyes gives us two families, as real as our own, whose joys and sorrows will touch you deeply, and where both changes and surprises await.Ģ 1/2 stars. Then a figure from Will’s past appears and hijacks all her plans, propelling her into a very different future.įor Lou Clark, life after Will Traynor means learning to fall in love again, with all the risks that brings. They will also lead her to the strong, capable Sam Fielding-the paramedic, whose business is life and death, and the one man who might be able to understand her. Which is how she ends up in a church basement with the members of the Moving On support group, who share insights, laughter, frustrations, and terrible cookies. Her body heals, but Lou herself knows that she needs to be kick-started back to life. When an extraordinary accident forces Lou to return home to her family, she can’t help but feel she’s right back where she started. After the transformative six months spent with Will Traynor, she is struggling without him. Louisa Clark is no longer just an ordinary girl living an ordinary life.

How do you move on after losing the person you loved? How do you build a life worth living? But I hope you feel a bit exhilarated too. “You’re going to feel uncomfortable in your new world for a bit. A newer edition of ISBN 978-0143108863 can be found here.įrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Giver of Stars, discover the love story that captured over 20 million hearts in Me Before You, After You, and Still Me.

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