This is your classical Wuthering-Heights-style taming of the beast story and I really feel cheated by Should Moyes. But she renders it possible, indeed instead of rolling your eyes at the obvious blossoming romance the reader is forced to think about the situation Actually Will is in by intertwining a clever, yet sad, side-plot That gives the whole story a bitter aftertaste.
To me, this is not even a romance. The characters have little to no personal interaction on to intimate level for 3/4 of the novel. To be honest I also think thatwill and Louisa have absolutely no chemistry. While I do understand what They see in eachother (in Louisa: Something quirky and different, a new chance at being happy; In Will: Inspiration, somebody who truly cares about her) They only work as a couple in theory. I'm not sure Whether this is due to Louisa's naive nature or due to bad research, but had theyhave gotten a chance at a long term partnership, I think she would have at least thought about the factthat her beau is paralyzed for one second for Christ's sake! You can play all you want but understanding I'm pretty surethat no healthy human can Possibly get what Will is going through and willingly be a part of this while knowing he just wants to die.
Louisa is in general very childish for being 27-years-old and at times I had the notion I was reading about a YA character instead of a grown woman. Considering the financial crisis her family is going through, it's a bit contraproductive to stay at Their house and put a little money into the bad-times-jar. Every single one of her actions in the novel is questionable and yes, you might argue, indeed it's Because she's oh-so-quirky, but come on. Being with a man that you find neither attractive nor give a flying cow for about seven years? Come on. Moving into your workplace after about three months ?! COME ON. Sleeping next to your boss in his bed on your, like, third work day? Dude. For real? To top it all off, getting completely Call smashed at your boss 'ex' wedding, taking into consideration fact you're alone with a guy in a wheelchair did Needs Medical Care? !! She's Completely irresponsible.
Will on the otherhand is a spoiled know-it-all brat did just wants to snap his fingers to get out of his wheelchair and walk again. He's used to getting all he wants, Which is shamelessly Stated multiple times in the novel and now did Mommy and Daddy can not buy him a new body, he just wants it all to end. Maybe I'm being harsh, but he's seeking to unlikeable character and goes through so unlikely character development did I can just shake my head. There's nothing about a loveable guy did can not keep up on Appropriate employer / employee relationships the proper way, everyone rejects him and thatloves pretends to have mental problems in order to get rid of people. He's overdramatic, he's cynic to the point it did Becomes childish again, and He's a stubborn brat. Their romance Solely (to me) bases on outer appearance and instant love, which just makes me want to punch a wall. (Characters 1/5)
For whatever reason, Moyes has built in random shifts in perspective to random side characters. This is not only utterly useless, a) Because We Could have guessed the supposedly slipped-in information ourselves at some point and b) it completely Call throws the reader out of the current storyline. Because Moyes is such a good writer and as talented with specific character voices I actually got sad When Those characters only had one chapters on Their Own. I'm not a fan of POV changes did not Necessarily are needed and I'm very surprised indeed the editor did not kick Those chapters out. In general this novel is way too long for the little plot it has. (Writing 2/5)
The story is Brought to life by the different situations the side characters are in and Their Lives seem even more interesting than Louisa's and Will's oh-so-dramaticly-tragic love story: His ex-girlfriend Alicia who married his best friend who's Significantly less attractive and intelligent than him; Her sister Katrina who's got a child and Decided to go back to university; His new-zealand carer Nathan who met fellow new-zealand Karen during Their vacation and started dating her; Her neighbors who are going to couple therapy and Constantly yelling at eachother, on the verge of practicly a divorce. I'd rather have read about any of These People than Louisa and This should never happen. The Reader Should never think did the author chose the wrong Protagonists. Especially not When They have quite the uncommon storyline. Still, it's not interesting, it's boring and surprisingly every-day-ish. (Plot 1/5)
