Read vs Reel: Me Before You (Jojo Moyes)

BEWARE -SPOILERS ABOUND. With this being a comparison between the novel and the film adaptation, there will be lots of spoilers in this review under the section "Where the Movies Differs". Read at your own risk. The other sections should be essentially spoiler-free.

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Me Before You was published in 2012, with the movie adaptation of the same name being released in 2016. Both the book and the movie screenplay were written by Jojo Moyes. The sequel novel After You, published in 2015, will not be covered by this review.

What It's About

Louisa (Lou) Clark lives at home with her parents, sister, and nephew and works at the café nearby. It's a simple life, in a small English tourist town, and it's all Lou has ever known. But when the café closes, Lou is left suddenly without a job, and without a way to help support the family. Desperate to find some way to make money, she tries everything from a chicken processing factory, to a fast food chain, and even a home energy adviser, until an opportunity finally comes along to be a care assistant to quadriplegic Will Traynor - something she has absolutely no qualifications for. Armed with only her good nature and quirky sense of style, Lou is about to embark on the challenge of her life. But she has no idea yet that Will, anger and bitter about his condition, will be the one person to change her life in every way imaginable.