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Let me start off by saying I'm sorry this post is late. It's the end of the semester and I'm terrible. I apologize, but allow me to make it up to you by reviewing a book :D ***SPOILERS BELOW: PLEASE READ THIS BOOK BEFORE YOU READ THIS POST. THIS WILL BE MOST APPRECIATED IF YOU'VE READ IT AS YOU WILL BE ABLE TO EITHER AGREE WITH ME OR CALL ME A CRAZY LOON*** Let me start off by saying I am glad I read this book. It was worth it. It's an enjoyable and interesting story, with compelling characters. The whole world St. James created is a well loved one. You can feel the affection for the characters and it makes you love them all the more. That being said, I still had my issues. To set up the context of this review I will say that I'm a writer. So this is going to have more of a workshop feel to it than a traditional review. For those of you unfamiliar with workshops it's the offering of constructive criticism. You don't have to like it, but you have...

Alright so I'm like really late for the party here but I just read Me Before You because I just watched the movie (late to the party for that too but hey it was on Hulu) and I had both feelings and questions--so I read it and here are my issues. ***These are all just my opinions and remember opinions are like assholes: Everyone has one and they're all shitty ;) *** Number One: Random POV jumps Why? Just--why? I mean right off the bat the accident from Will's perspective I get. We get to see a brief glimpse into his life before it's changed. Great. Awesome. I love it. But 7 chapters in throwing us into the first person point of view of Camilla and then several chapters later Mr. Traynor and then again with Nathan and Treena? No. It's too jolting and helps us to miss things I'd rather have liked to see. Lou moving in? I wanted to see that. The jumps seem strategically placed for us to miss things between Lou and Will and I would rather the book were long...

Today I thought I'd come at you with some books because who doesn't love books? Better yet, who doesn't love a good list of books you have and have vowed to read so many times it's reached the point where you just pass them and bitterly sigh, "Before I die I will read you" because that's the best you can hope for? I do! So here you are. Read and enjoy :) 1) Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy      I have literally started and stopped this book at least 12 times--can anyone else relate? 2) Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov      Almost finished this book like 6 years ago but stopped 75% of the way--Nabokov is disturbed. 3) Diary of a Young Girl - Anne Frank      This I'm just too scared to read, which I know is a chicken shit excuse--she lived it--but nonetheless I'm too chicken shit to start it. 4) The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson       It's just so used in pop culture yet I've...