Me Before You author letter to jojo moyes PDF

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After reading your #1 New York Times Bestseller, “Me Before You” I can definitely say that I ugly cried. While experiencing Lou’s life in first person and seeing how her relationship developed with Will, it was something I’ve never read before. Lou was the average small-town girl that lost her job, ...

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Jojo Moyes 684 Abernathy Rd Sandy Springs, GA 30068

Dear Mrs. Moyes: After reading your #1 New York Times Bestseller, “Me Before You” I can definitely say that I ugly cried. While experiencing Lou’s life in first person and seeing how her relationship developed with Will, it was something I’ve never read before. Lou was the average small-town girl that lost her job, then becoming a caretaker for a paralyzed man, Will Traynor. Will was basically a jerk and slowly warmed up to Lou. Finding out he wanted to die in six months after she was hired, Lou tried to change his mind by accidentally falling in love with the man. He falls in love with her too but tells her he is going through with his plan. She spends his last days with him and follows his wishes to go to Paris. She reads a letter that enclosed his feelings for her and this begins a new chapter in Lou’s life. This ends the book in a way that I teared up just a little bit. As said before, this novel was something I’ve never experienced. Adult fiction is far from teen fiction and it’s blatantly obvious. Adult fiction captures the reader in a way that I don’t think teen fiction could’ve. While I was reading I noticed many differences in each chapter I read. In chapter 18 (page 284) Louisa was describing the wedding venue that her and Will decided to attend. The words that she used made it seem like I was there, somehow transported just from reading the small paragraph. In teen fiction it’s usually blatantly stated, not as much description. The setting was perfectly described in chapter 18 especially.

Another example of how adult and teen fiction is different it the character development. Right from the first page, we see what Will was like before his accident. This leads up to when Louisa meets him (page 35). As the story goes on in her perspective we see Will change from the beginning. Will and Lousia go to Mauitius and share an intimate moment when they have to share a hotel room (page 352). Will being completely different than his arrogant self on page one. In teen novels, there is little to no development. The plot can sometimes mute how the characters develop. This novel was almost based on character development. Last but definitely not least the relationships. In many teen fiction novels, it’s sappy love along with a fight followed by them living happily together. In Me Before You, that defied the laws of that rule. Although Louisa was in a relationship with Patrick, the blossoming love between Will and Louisa was inevitable. As soon as they met it was as if their love was born. Throughout the book, their relationship we can see this blossoming. In chapter 18 (page 294) a tipsy Lou gets Will to slow dance with her at Rupert and Alicia’s wedding, sitting in his wheel chair spinning around. Their playful conversations and loving glances show how quickly their love developed. In all the teen novels I’ve read this has never happened and never with as much passion as Will and Louisa’s relationship. In the end, “Me Before You” was a complete description of how teen fiction is different than adult. Although it was a novel not made for my age, the story seized what I knew about love and changed it in a way that cannot be in a teen-based novel. This book is one you could read over and over again and keep finding differences, but also still cry over. “Me Before You” was a book that changed my perspective on literature and it is something that everyone should read. Sincerely,...