Me Before You-Update

So because I have been so wrapped up in Roadl Dahl's biography, I'm sad to say that I haven't gotten very far in this novel. I'm only about 20 pages in so far, because I just don't find it that interesting yet. Reading romance novels is new to me, so maybe I just have to become adjusted to it. But so far, not much has happened. The novel begins in the perspective of Will, and recounts how he was hit by a truck and lost use of his legs. Then, in the next chapter, it cuts back to Louisa and explains how she was fired from her favorite job and is now desperate to find another one in order to support her family. The book cuts forward a few weeks, and you find Louise skipping from one job to another. She goes back to her job searching after being fired from the fast food restaurant, and someone offers a job to take care of a disabled person. As you can probably tell, this person is Will.

Even though I am not that interested in this book yet, I have to say, the writing is superb. Jojo moyes is very good at inserting tasteful bits of sarcasm and irony in her story, and that kept me from abandoning the book. One of my favorite humorous lines from the book is when Louisa says, "Unemployment had been a concept, something droningly referred to on the news in relation to shipyards or car factories. I had never considered that you might miss a job like you missed a linb-a constant, reflexive thing" (Moyes 15). Because of her excellent metaphor, I can understand how Louisa is feeling.

I may not be too interested in this book, but I do have to say that I really like Jojo Moyes's writing. It's very well done and keeps the story moving, though maybe not fast enough for me. I will continue reading this, but I may decide to abandon it (gasp!) if it comes to it.