Me Before You

A Novel

By: Jojo Moyes

Narrated by: Susan Lyons, Anna Bentink, Steven Crossley, Alex Tregear, Andrew Wincott, Owen Lindsay

Length: 14 hrs and 40 mins

Publisher's summary

Discover the love story that captured over 20 million hearts in Me Before You, After You, and Still Me.

They had nothing in common until love gave them everything to lose...

Louisa Clark is an ordinary girl living an exceedingly ordinary life - steady boyfriend, close family - who has never been farther afield than their tiny village. She takes a badly needed job working for ex-Master of the Universe Will Traynor, who is wheelchair bound after an accident. Will has always lived a huge life - big deals, extreme sports, worldwide travel - and now he’s pretty sure he cannot live the way he is.

Will is acerbic, moody, bossy - but Lou refuses to treat him with kid gloves, and soon his happiness means more to her than she expected. When she learns that Will has shocking plans of his own, she sets out to show him that life is still worth living.

A Love Story for this generation, Me Before You brings to life two people who couldn’t have less in common - a heartbreakingly romantic novel that asks, What do you do when making the person you love happy also means breaking your own heart?

Cast of Narrators:

• Susan Lyons
• Anna Bentink
• Steven Crossley
• Alex Tregear
• Andrew Wincott
• Owen Lindsay

©2012 Jojo Moyes (P)2012 Penguin Audio

Critic reviews

"A hilarious, heartbreaking, riveting novel.... I will stake my reputation on this book." (Anne Lamott, People Magazine)

"When I finished this novel, I didn’t want to review it: I wanted to reread it...an affair to remember." (New York Times Book Review, Liesl Schillinger)

"An unlikely love story.... To be devoured like candy, between tears." (O, The Oprah Magazine)

This book will stay with me forever

Any additional comments?

I don't think I have laughed and cried so much in one book. This book opened up my perspective on life. Loved it!

Highly recommend!!

Loved this book, the setting, the characters. It made me sad to finish it; like leaving friends you will never see again. Can't wait to read the next!

excellent narrative

The book is enjoyable and I highly recommend. My review is on the quality of the audio narrative. Susan Lyons voice is easy to listen too and follow. Terrific narration for everyone involved.

Love and Loss

...and reality. This book is quite realistic in it's "best case" presentation about dealing with an unexpected tragedy.
The author offers a very intimate look at the thoughts and feelings of people who find themselves in a complex, difficult situation.

Beautiful, Bittersweet, and Lovely

Where does Me Before You rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Way up there. So far, The Son has been my absolute favorite, perhaps this second.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Of course, I loved Lou...I loved how hard she tried, and how much she was willing to take from all sides of her life. I loved her optimism and refusal to accept defeat. I loved the strength she had that she didn't even know existed. And I loved how life was just better anywhere she went. She was a very well developed character, and hopefully will be portrayed in depth in the movie version.

Have you listened to any of the narrators’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

I've never heard the narrator before. I liked her quite a lot.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Extreme reaction, indeed. I cried and cried and cried. Some of it was anger, some of it was sadness at the entire situation, some of it was just the sense of loss, and some of it was fear that Louisa would lose her sense of hope. I cannot imagine anyone hearing this story and remaining dry eyed.

Any additional comments?

I got the book because I saw an ad for the movie that is forthcoming. The book was amazing. I listened on Audible. I will likely listen again after I see the movie. I have since read two other Jojo Moyes books, and liked them immensely as well.

Great job.

Moyes manages to make the characters so real and vital. Most enjoyable read, I could not put it down.
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A must must must red!

Totally overwhelming. I would recommend this book to anyone, anywhere. Can't wait to start with the sequel.

Winner!

Really enjoyed this book. I found myself captivated. A great exploration of life and perspective.

WONDERFUL STORY!

I really had no idea how this book would turn out until the end- very nice. Jojo Moyes is probably one of my new favorite authors!

Heart-wrenching. exceptional story telling.

The life we want is not always the life we get. Great read. Moving love.