Lynnie
women's fiction
Picking up right where After You left off, Louisa Clark has arrived in America and is ready to begin her new life as a caretaker for a wealthy family in Jojo Moyes' Still Me.
Amy's Review
What a pleasure. I'm so happy that this third novel managed to save the trilogy after the second novel left me feeling disgruntled. The thing is that Jojo Moyes never intended to write a trilogy. Me Before You was an amazing novel....almost perfect! Yet, at the pressure from many readers, she conceded to write more about Louisa. And, sadly, not only did After You not measure up, it made me dislike Louisa. Therefore, I had planned to not read this third novel. However, I saw that the ratings were higher for this one, a friend enjoyed it, and it was available at the library when I needed an audio book. I'm so glad I gave it a try.
This novel was not boring, depressing, or frustrating, which were the three words I used to describe the last novel. Louisa still isn't great at making good decisions but is definitely getting better and is not so self-destructive in this novel. She has made it to NYC to work for the wealthy Gopnik family, leaving her boyfriend back in England. Life's ups and downs ensue. The story is engaging. And I laughed out loud (!) more than 5 times during this novel which is highly unusual. I was very satisfied with the ending and can now think more kindly about Louisa. It was a fun story with fun characters and had me in its grips.
The audio book was well done with Anna Acton as the narrator. She had several accents to perform and did them well. Her voice acting was terrific. I give her an A.
Lynnie's Review
Welcome back Louisa Clark! I loved Moyes' Me Before You but was disappointed by its sequel After You. Honestly, I had no intention of reading this third novel but some friends really loved it so I decided to give it a whirl and I'm so glad that I did.
Louisa is finally trying to move past the grief of Will's death, has taken a job and moved to NYC and, as I wrote in my review of After You, "in typical Lou fashion there are missteps and mistakes & laughter along the way." This book brought me back to the Louisa Clark that I loved. It brought back many beloved characters & introduced some new ones to love (or hate) & generally kept a smile on my face throughout including some laugh out loud moments. Sure, some parts of it were predictable but that didn't make me enjoy it any less.
It was great to see Louisa get her groove back.
Side comment
This is one of those rare times where the two of us had almost identical reviews!
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