After You

13 reviews for After You

Anne
March 17, 2026
Beware of spoilers for both books! After finishing 'Me before you' I felt devastated and sort of left alone with the whole topic of assisted suicide. The whole book had built a relationship and dynamic between Louisa and Will, that I felt the end was cut short and was way too optimistic for such a parting. Not to mention the outlook on life 'Me before you' gave the reader - If life does not go the way you want it and you are too stubborn to adjust, take your life. Honestly, I could not believe this. I know it is in nobody's right to judge the feelings and decisions of someone in the situation of Will but I thought it a harsh ending for such a book. I would have liked more insight on Lou's part in 'Me before you' at this point. Whether she agreed with Will's decision or not I could not see her so elevated and joyful sitting in Paris and reading his almost cold letter. I felt there had to be more, the Louisa I saw in 'Me before you' was not that easy. This side of her now comes through in 'After you': She is struggling with her life, her future and the grief Will has left her with. I felt sort of relieved and confirmed that Louisa needed more than a trip through Europe to get over her lost love. This side of her felt very human to me and understandable in such a situation. Even if I might have done things differently in her place the decisions she made fit her character. After all she had spent only 6 months with Will and however big of an impact he had on her life, people do not change that quickly. I thought it unrealistic if she would have become an adventurer all of a sudden. 'After you' is not as stunning as 'Me before you' which is only logical in my opinion but it makes for a very good conclusion to the story of Louisa. Some parts of it seem too good to be true or too crazy to be happening but it gave a good read and a satisfactory ending. The atmosphere is darker this time but by the end I was chuckling even more than I did when reading the first book. I would recommend this book to everyone who would like to know how Louisa is coping after Will's death and finds her way back to living - in the full understanding that people are 'boring' and 'lame' when they grief for a long time but that that makes them human and shows just how much Will had meant to Lou.
kampi
March 17, 2026
I read "Me before you" and really enjoyed it. I loved the character Louisa Clark and I wanted to know what she would do after Will's death. I was hooked to the story right from the beginning and read it in two weeks. I will read the third part "Still Me" for sure.
Carol A. Wilson
March 17, 2026
Me Before You had a very thought provoking storyline. This story follows how Louisa the freind and carer picked up the pieces of her life after Will's life ended. The theme of Me Before You was so extremely powerful that to have written a follow up book with an equally strong storyline would have negated what had happened in the first book. After I finished Me Before You I felt that I wanted to know what happened to Louisa and Will's parents. I wanted to know how someone could move on after supporting someone who chose to end his life. This book was lovely, Louisa's parents made me laugh, I admired Louisa's strength of character, her empthathy and har whackiness. I recommend this book, don't read it expecting it to be as powerful as the first, but do read it if you feel that the first book left you needing a little more.
Alicia Cedillo
March 17, 2026
A mi me gustó mucho, es una buena historia para sacarse el gusanito de lo qué pasó después. Ojalá y le hagan película algún día
JP Ganley
March 17, 2026
AFTER YOU by Jojo Moyes is the follow-up to the smashing bestseller ME BEFORE YOU. Louisa, her family, and the Traynor family are back after thousands of fans of MBY were curious, even concerned, about Louisa’s wellbeing and future. Briefly, MBY is an emotionally charged story about a young carer, Louisa, and Will Traynor, a quadraplegic. Louisa doesn’t know what she wants in life except to live a quiet life in her small town, but Will, once an outgoing, entrepreneurial, adventurous, risk-taking soul before his accident, encourages her to live the best life she can. When they first meet, Will, not unexpectedly, is suicidal. Carers have been fired or cannot cope. Until Louisa, quirky, funny and beguiling, applies for the job. Louisa falls in love with Will … but no more spoilers here, just a taster. When I heard a follow-up was been written, announced early this year, I was ecstatic you could say, like the tens of thousands of other fans. But during the period between the announcement and its release date, yesterday, I had time to ask questions – how would the author pull off a follow-up when she had no intention of writing one until the fans made a fuss? How would she plot this? Will the Traynors (Will’s parents) reappear? They weren't exactly a likeable family so maybe they’ll be forgotten, excluded? Would Louisa’s family reappear? I hoped so – their characters too were funny, loving, adorable in all their flaws. They were a constant breath of fresh air after a scene or chapter with the, cold, stiff upper-lip Traynors. So I’ve read the follow-up, AFTER YOU (in one gulp, of course), and I think Jojo Moyes really pulled it off. Yes, Louisa’s family makes a come-back, and yes, so do Will’s family, the Traynors, but they have changed, in a good way, since MBY. Some new, delightful (and not so delightful) characters are introduced, bringing quite a large cast to the mix. I won’t tell you much more than this. It’ll give away what happens in the first book, MBY, unless you start reading the reviews – I suggest you don’t read any because many of them spill the beans and ruin it. Trust me. Both books are well-crafted, superb reads (unless you're a writer and picky and notice tiny technical glitches like the change in tense at the beginning, a repetitive word or two, which is nothing, like a crumb that can be swiftly brushed aside). If you enjoy contemporary novels about family, love and loss, current societal issues, wit and humour, a cast of engaging, likable (and unlikable, not many) characters, these two unforgettable, well-paced, well-written stories won’t disappoint. And as a bonus, ME BEFORE YOU, has been made into a film, to be released next year. I'm usually disappointed with most 'novels to films', for example, ONE DAY by David Nicholls (Ann Hathaway played the lead). I don't think Nicholls wrote the screenplay and this is where adaptations can so easily fail. The great news for MBY is that Jojo Moyes wrote the screenplay and there are two fetching actors playing Louisa and Will respectively - Sam Caflin (Any Human Heart; Love, Rosie; The Hunger Games) and Emilia Clark (Game of Thrones). Something to look forward to ...
PPS
Rated 4 out of 5
March 17, 2026
As a standalone fiction, this would have been good but as a sequel to Me Before You, which set the bar SO high, it became average. That doesn't take away the fact that I still rooted for Lou & got pissed at her for a few of her actions.
Gurwinder Singh
Rated 5 out of 5
March 17, 2026
It's too beautiful novel. Well managed story.when I read it definitely I never get bored from it because the story is Written in such a tremendously beautiful way that everyone gonna fall in love with it when somebody read it.
Kaveri Sureshkumar
Rated 5 out of 5
March 17, 2026
A must read romantic fiction !!!!!
sangeeta paik
Rated 3 out of 5
March 17, 2026
" you never know what will happen when you fall from a great height " I always like those book which evokes emotions and hope." Me after you" is the sequel of "Me before you ". This book can be little disappointed according to the first one but it will teach you a way to accepting and letting go . " The moving on circle was a breath of fresh air ". Louise Clarke is always in mess. She merely existing and living her life after will's fatal death . But she is brave enough to tackle with all the grief and tragedy. This book is all about the life lesson, healing, hope, loving yourself, realization, letting go the past , accepting your desire for life and transformation. This is the story of Lou which will make you cry and laugh . Learn and let go the grief that buried inside you so long .
Mugunthan G.
Rated 5 out of 5
March 17, 2026
Good read
vaish
Rated 4 out of 5
March 17, 2026
It is not everyday that you get to read a sequel to a book, which you never expected to happen nor wanted to happen. 'After you' by Jojo Moyes is a sequel to one of her previous books 'Me before you'. Me before you was one of a kind. In the end it made the reader both laugh and cry. But, the story of Lou Clark continues beyond 'me before you', in this 'after you'. Losing a loved one is not so easy to deal with. It takes time to heal, and though it is difficult to forget, it might take years just to make you smile at those memories, rather than shed a tear whenever you hear the name. Now, let us go into the review of it. When i started reading this book, what i expected was another story similar to P.S I love you by Cecilia Ahern. But, it was not going to be. Lou Clark still hasn't recovered from what she has witnessed and what she has been a part of. She made a promise to live, but she is yet to start living. And she looks like she still hasn't started working on the promise. After Will, she is on her own. It had been 18 months, but she is still not over to it. And she still has plans to start over, but she herself doesn't know when. All she does is sleep, eat and her job at the airport bar. She slips and falls from her building. But, she lives with just a few fractures. Her parents are worried and during her stay at her parents home, she feels that she is slowly being sucked back into her former world, which was very small until Will came. One might say that she is still getting over it. Yes. She is getting over the tragedy. So, this novel should have been about her. About how she kept up her promise that she made. But, this is not about that. Though the novel totally does become an antidote for that sore disappointment, it might have done better without Lily. The character of Lily looked like an unwelcome addition. Apart from that, the book was a breeze. It took me one night to complete it. All the new characters and new budding romantic plots takes the story to the heart of the readers.
Sayma Nasreen
Rated 5 out of 5
March 17, 2026
After reading Me Before You, this book is another pleasant surprise. Jojo Moyes continues to give the readers exactly what they want, all those people who were masochist enough to read the second book after spending half an hour bawling at the end of the last one. Louisa's character has grown so much. Whilst we supported Will Traynor and his ability to choose his own destiny in the previous book, even though we hated that he died, this book shows us exactly how his death impacted those he surrounded with in his last moments. Camilla Traynor, mother to the quadriplegic who took his own life, is understandingly devastated. She lost her son, and with it, also dissolved her marriage, her job and her reputation. Will's father married the red-head who we've briefly encountered in the previous book, and is now expecting a daughter. Nathan is working for a big-shot in New York. Louisa seems to think that everyone has moved on, and after doing absolutely nothing for eighteen months, living in London and working as a waitress at the bar in the airport, she cannot stop feeling miserable. She's angry at Will, and she's afraid of meeting people and she's guilty for using the money Will gave her. One night, when she's had too much to drink and is standing too close to the edge of her balcony, screaming at the sky to Will, she hears a girl call out, but is so surprised she falls. Off the balcony. And breaks her hip. Literally. The paramedics are called and one of them is vividly imprinted in her brain. I don't want to give away details of the book but what I'm trying to say is, you won't be disappointed. It'll be a great experience, reading it, but I must tell you, "Waterproof mascara required." Just kidding, the book is great. And you'll give your heart away to the female characters *cough cough* again. You can't help it.
Irfana Anjum
Rated 5 out of 5
March 17, 2026
Worth reading!!