After You by Jojo Moyes
This is the follow up to Me Before You, which I completed a couple of months ago. I was iffy about reading this because I read reviews on Amazon, both good and bad, and everyone said the biggest problem with this book was that Lou had changed. Now that I've thought about it, what, exactly, did they think was going to happen? I mean, the man she loved killed himself; was she supposed to be the same person for the rest of her life? NO. She had to grow as a person, and if truth be told, I don't think she was all THAT different.
So, this picks up roughly eighteen months after Will's death. Lou has traveled some, and has now settled in a two bedroom flat in London. She works as a barmaid in a pub at the airport. One night, she is up on the rooftop terrace, walking on the edge, is startled by someone, and falls five stories. She survives (obviously, or this would have been a really short book), and when she finally gets home, Will's daughter shows up on her doorstep.
That's right, Will had a daughter that he didn't know about. She comes from a fairly wealthy family, but her home life sucks. Lou takes it upon herself to take care of the girl. Meanwhile, Lou's parents are having issues, and Lou meets a man that she likes very much. Lou is even offered an amazing job opportunity in New York, but in true Lou fashion, she doesn't want to take it because she is too busy putting everyone else first.
I liked this book, not as much as I did its predecessor, but I did like it. I still loved Lou, and the person she has become. And, like before, I found I could relate to her.
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