Jojo Moyes - Still Me.

Jojo Moyes – Still Me.

Rating: 9 out of 10.

Hey everyone! As a lot of you know I was reading the final installment of the Me Before You books this last week. So when I finished reading it I was so excited to review it and let everyone know what I thought of it. So here it is, my (spoilerless) review for Still Me by Jojo Moyes.

The Blurb of the Book:

Lou Clark knows too many things. . .

She knows how many miles lie between her new home in New York and her new boyfriend Sam in London.

She knows her employer is a good man and she knows his wife is keeping a secret from him.

What Lou doesn’t know is she’s about to meet someone who’s going to turn her whole life upside down.

Because Josh will remind her so much of a man she used to know that it’ll hurt.

Lou won’t know what to do next, but she knows whatever she chooses is going to change everything.

A little about the author:

“Jojo Moyes is a novelist and journalist. Her books include the bestsellers The Girl You Left Behind, The One Plus One, Me Before You and After You and her short story collection Paris For One and Other Stories. Her novels have been translated into forty-four languages, have hit the number one spot in twelve countries and have sold over thirty-eight million copies worldwide.”

A little about the story:

This story is the third in the Me Before You series. It follows Louisa Clark after she moves to New York for a job opportunity. She is away from Sam, she is pretty much alone and her loyalties are tested in every way possible.

The main characters in this book are of course Louisa, Sam, Agnes, Mrs De Witt and Josh. With Lou’s family and Lily making multiple appearances throughout. Each and every character’s role is so pivotal in Lou’s journey and I love that this is put across to the readers, no character is insignificant.

The main problems that the characters run into is where their loyalties lie. Whether that be between employer and employee, friendships, family or relationships. We see a number of issues and are walked through how each of them is resolved and the effect this has on the people involved. Something a lot of readers can relate to.

The entire story is one big adventure and I love it. Moving across the world on its own is an adventure, a whole new world. Hearing how Lou adapted to the new environment whilst tackling her personal demons was inspiring.

My favourite character in this installment of Louisa Clark’s journey was Mrs De Witt. As we get to know her and I understand who she is more and more I can’t help but love her. Naturally Lou came in at a close second. The events of this book test her in every single way imaginable, yet no matter what she comes across, she thinks of what Will would want, and what she wants and then moves on to bigger and better things. I admire this and think it is something I could learn from.

This story was relatable in so many different elements. Louisa is now in a completely new country, hundreds of miles away from home, and the only person she knows is Nathan and they don’t exactly work closely together as they did with Will. This last book is a good example of why you should push out of your comfort zone, try something new and pick yourself up when you fall. This is the key to finding out who you really are.

I really liked this book. I with trilogy’s and saga’s there is always the chance that the final book is going to feel more like a recap or that certain events are repeating themselves and that was my initial fear reading this. This didn’t happen though. We didn’t see Lou repeat all of her old mistakes, we saw her grow, make new ones, and then grow some more. If we compare the Lou from the end of this book with the Lou from the first one, we wouldn’t even be able to tell it was the same character. Her fundamentals remain the same, her wacky fashion sense, her love of her family and her loyalty, but she is so much more. She is confident, she knows who she is and what she wants. Her character growth and the gradual way in which it was written was beautiful.

Trying to decide a favourite part of this book was impossible. So I have two (I’m trying very hard to be spoilerless). Will is still as present in this book as I wanted. His impact on Louisa still very present in her life, so having specific points dedicated to him and almost flashbacks of his life were perfect. The second favourite part of this book is the ending. It wrapped up everything so nicely. How Louisa was going to remember Will and stick by what he wanted, how she was going to push herself and grow into who she wanted to be and her relationship with Sam. It was perfect.

My least favourite part of the book was everywhere Josh was present. I didn’t find him to be a likable character, though I feel that this may be the point. He was very clearly the bad guy in a lot of situations. Credit goes to Moyes for the way she wrote this character.

I would recommend this book to everyone who was read Me Before You and After You as it gives such a complete ending to the Lou we as readers have become attached to. I would recommend the whole series in general to people who are a sucker for a romance story, or to people who feel they don’t know who they are yet. Watching Lou discover who she is in her late twenties and not at the age of eighteen like schools and such would like made me feel so much better about myself. Like I still have time to figure everything out.

If you haven’t read any of these books yet, I really hope this gave you the push you needed to pick up a copy. You won’t regret it. Let me know your thoughts on the book if you have already read it! Id love to hear them.

Stay Curious!

J x