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Book Review: After You by JoJo Moyes

16/4/2016

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After You is JoJo Moyes much anticipated sequel to Me Before You, a book I read on holiday a few years ago and cried myself to sleep after I finished it. So I was expecting more of the same from the follow up.
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If you haven't read Me Before You then stop reading right now as you absolutely need to have read the first book to read this book. This review contains spoilers if you plan on reading it just stop.


(Anyone still there?)


Ok, so if you at still reading you know what happened to Will at the end of After You *cue tears* but what became of Lou?

We pick up with Lou 18mths on, after being forced to flee her home by the finger pointing gossips, she is living in a flat in East London, bought with the money Will left her. Despite Will's wish for her to 'just live well' she is working a dead end job in an airport pub, she has become estranged from her mother and generally lost herself. She spends her evenings drinking on her roof and when an unexpected visitor causes her to accidentally fall off the roof a new chapter begins and a new cast of characters mixing with familiar faces.

With such high expectations this book could easily have been a let down but It is an absolute success. Moyes has the ability to handle the difficult subject of grief while still making us chuckle at the situations Lou finds herself in. The journey from being lost and coming back to life is perfectly narrated with some big jolts which shake the story up and stop it from being just a sequel and allow the book to have it's own life. Saying that I do not think I could have got as much from the book without having first read Me Before You. To properly understand the relationship Will and Lou had forms a solid foundation for continuing the story.

Bravo JoJo. I really hope there is a third book as I'm sure there is more to Lou's story.

5/5

Linking up to #readwithme, #twinklytuesday and #triedtested
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10 Comments
Catherine @ Story Snug link
18/4/2016 10:52:59 am

I have just discovered JoJo Moyes so I took your advice and haven't read your review! I'll look out for Me Before You first :)

#readwithme

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Natasha Mairs link
18/4/2016 02:26:25 pm

I need to get both these books, has I haven't read the first one yet, they sound really good. #readwithme

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Chantelle Hazelden
18/4/2016 03:49:20 pm

I've been meaning to read this sequel for some time, you've just prompted me to do so, thanks for sharing with #ReadWithMe

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RACHEL BUSTIN link
18/4/2016 04:53:27 pm

I have never heard of these books but they sound right up my street! xx
#readwithme

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Mackenzie Glanville link
19/4/2016 09:07:30 am

I have to confess I loved the first book so much more, although I did enjoy the second for me it just couldn't compare to the feelings the first book brought me. I had a best friend who committed suicide after a back injury changed her life, so for me the first book was so hard to read!! But I felt it was a really good read and she is a very talented writer. #TwinklyTuesday

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All About a Mummy
14/11/2016 03:35:10 pm

I do know what you mean about it not living up to the first. And now there has been some time between finishing it I see more flaws in it. The first book was a hard act to live up to. It must have been especially hard for you to read.

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Kim Carberry link
19/4/2016 10:25:03 am

I think I'm going to have to read the first book....
These books sound fantastic x

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Crummy Mummy link
19/4/2016 01:27:19 pm

I'm afraid I haven't read the whole post as I don't want to spoil it! I LOVED Me Before You so am so looking forward to this! I love Jojo Moyes too - my auntie used to work with her at The Independent before she became a novelist! #triedtested

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Annette, 3 Little Buttons link
19/4/2016 02:17:47 pm

Phewww! I stopped reading just in time. I have read the first book, and like you ended up crying my eyes out. I can't wait to read the next installment :-) This post reminded me that I still haven't got round to treating myself to a copy. #TwinklyTuesday

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Kat EatLoveLive link
19/4/2016 07:03:54 pm

Ok I stopped reading after the first paragraph and you have convinced me to get my hands on a copy of Me before you! Kat x #

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