Still Me: A Novel (Me Before You Trilogy) Hardcover – January 30, 2018

The book is the third book in a trilogy. Our local book store did not have one available. With a few clicks, Amazon confirmed the book was in the mail. Thank you for your quick service. I am enjoying the final book today!

I love Louisa Clark. She’s brave and kind and quirky. The ending was just perfect. Read the first two books if you haven’t. But this can be read as a standalone book, too

Louisa goes to New York and finds herself while experiencing some of the things Will did before his accident. It all ends well. I read too late several nights anxious to finf out what happened. No spoilers. But this is a well written conclusion to the Trilogy.

I should have known that I was going to ugly cry while reading Still Me since this makes the 8th Jojo Moyes book that I’ve read, and I’ve never been able to read one of her books without being an emotional mess! Moyes is so wonderful at tugging on her reader’s heartstrings, and no character does it better than lovely, sweet Louisa Clark!Lou is back for a 3rd time in Still Me, and I for one was thrilled to read about a character who I had grown to love so much in the first two books. I was also glad to reconnect with past characters, like her family (her parents always make me laugh) and the Traynors, that I’ve grown to love too! While I agree with many that After You was not as good as Me Before You (I did thoroughly enjoy book 2 even if I didn’t love it like I did book 1), I can’t say that about Still Me since I felt it was almost as good as the first (honestly, nothing can top Me Before You)!In Still Me, Lou is finally living up to the promise she made to Will to live boldly and say yes to new experiences. She’s left her family and her boyfriend, ambulance Sam, in England and moved to New York City to be an assistant…and secret keeper…to Agnes, the younger, second wife of the extremely wealthy Mr. Gopnik.“You always have one foot in two places. You can never be truly happy because, from the moment you leave, you are two selves, and wherever you are one half of you is always calling to the other. This is our price, Louisa. This is the cost of who we are.”Lou quickly finds out that it can be very lonely trying to figure out who you really are in a new place while the people you know and love the most are continuing to live their lives. She feels torn between what she wants in England, with Sam, and the life that she is making for herself in NYC. Who is Louisa Clark? It was so wonderful to see Lou grow and blossom in this book. Her journey to discover just who she really is and what she wants is poignant, heartbreaking, and heartwarming. She meets some unexpected people along the way who help her remember that she is still Lou but better and that remaining true to herself is the only path she knows how to take.Moyes writing, as usual, is superb and she brilliantly shows us the scenery of NYC, the parties, the crowded streets, and more. She is an author who makes me laugh and cry, and I did so much of both with Still Me since Moyes always seems to get Lou in the wildest situations! Moyes has definitely become an auto-buy author for me, so I can’t wait to see what she writes next!I love Lou, I truly do, and I hated saying goodbye to her, but I felt that Moyes gave her a happy ending, on her own terms which is all that I’ve ever wanted her to have. It was an utter joy to spend time with Lou one more time…Highly, highly recommended!

Louisa Clark is one of the most delightful characters of all time, I just love her. This third book in this series does not disappoint, I read it in two days staying up late into the night. You will laugh, cry, get angry over the injustice, but will raise a fist of triumph at the end. Read something to feel good. Read this book.

The author’s attention to detail make the scene come to life… over and over again. Humor sprinkled throughout adds to this story’s charm. Very enjoyable.

Oh this book, like its two predecessors, gave me all of the feels. I was going to wait a bit to read this, but my life is in such a slump right now that I needed something redeeming and happy to read. I had hoped Still Me would deliver and I was not wrong at all. I laughed and cried throughout the entire book and I stayed in bed most of a Sunday morning to finish the last half. That’s been unheard of around my house here lately. I now have the worst of book hangovers.I loved Me Before You. I was so so on After You; I didn’t feel the same spark as Me Before You but still enjoyed it. Still Me has rekindled the flame I had for book one. I couldn’t put it down and I kept falling in love over and over with Lou and her chaotic adventures in New York City. Our Lou is as madcap as ever in this one!Like Lou, I fell in love with New York when I was there for a long weekend over a year ago now. There was something about it that leaves me aching to go back. I can’t put my finger on what it was exactly, but New York just hooks its claws inside of you and refuses to let go. Moyes’s New York was well drawn and, having stayed in a flat near Central Park myself, I can almost picture the Lavery and its rich, eccentric inhabitants.Moyes, as ever, does an amazing job with not just character development but with minor characters too. People like Ashok and his wife and the girls running the vintage clothes shop were so vivid and so well done without a lot of description or a ton of page time. Their personalities shined through and I almost felt as if I knew them. And I couldn’t help but be totally in love with Dean Martin (ha ha) by the end!This conclusion to Lou’s story was perfect, not to mention downright cinematic. I haven’t seen Me Before You yet (I don’t think I need the ugly tears right now) but I genuinely hope they turn Still Me into a film. The setting, people and moments would translate so well for the screen.I know Moyes isn’t planning for anymore novels about Lou, but even so I’m excited to see what she comes out with next.

A good read

Pure bliss. Loved the first book in the series... Me and everyone else of course! ... It was a hit for a very good reason - it was so good and it resonated with people.. The second book was good too but left us on a cliff hanger wanting to know what would happen next to Louisa as she prepared to go to New York. This third book was enjoyable from the first page. I delighted in immersing myself in the story. I couldn't put it down. I was so excited when this pre-ordered book dropped in my kindle. Love the characters, especially lovely Louisa with her wacky dress sense, but all the characters are so well drawn. Love, love, loved the book. It didn't disappoint. Another huge hit for JoJo Moyes. I cannot imagine anyone not loving it. Brilliant. There is a lot of truth about New York, fitting in ... Or not ...and has great insight into family, love and loss. We share Lousa's struggles cheering her on as she stumbles her way down her path towards true love. Aaaah.... Warm, witty. and enchanting. Loved it. An easy five stars. Brilliant. Loved it.

I will confess to not having read the first two but assure you that paperbacks are on the way. I came to this book from watching the film for Me Before You which touched me profoundly and as a great believer in the book is better than the film I ordered it and am waiting it's arrival in old school paperback which is of no interest to anyone but me. I saw there were others and also went to order them but could not wait to see what had happened to Louisa Clark. I have and still suffer with mental ill health, and the film still made me cry despite my meds as did this book which some if not all will think bizarre advantage to this book but this booked touched me somewhere deep and I connected with Lou, and I loved that the author has not shied away from the subject of grief and how near the knuckle it felt as it grazed the subject is what has made me cry. That we all choose not to cry when things hurt, when we feel wounded is something that my poor pea sized brain can't understand or process because crying can sometimes also help us heal. I'm not going to tell you this book will change your life or that it has cured my mental illness. It has not, could not as nothing in life comes that easily but has it helped a tiny wounded piece of my soul and heart heal, not totally but it has helped me feel less shattered and broken even for just a few hours and that for this moment in time makes my world and outlook a little less bleak. It may be fleeting but for the momentary release from the constant slam of thought and internal monologue that is so often damaging and exhausting, and momentary mindfulness that living in the moment and knowing and feeling it brings, thank you Jojo Moyes. #grief #recovery #mentalillhealth #reprieve

Anyone that has read Me Before You and After You will have fallen in love with the quirky Lou Clark. The final instalment Still Me was no exception where she embarks on a new life and job in New York. This brings many ups and downs for Lou but sees her really evolving into the person she knows she should be. I was sorry to finish this book knowing it was the end if her story. Farewell Lou Clark, it's been a blast!

I was slightly sceptical of this book before reading it, as I had been a little bit disappointed by ‘After You’. I am so very glad that I read it though, because I absolutely loved it!I loved all the characters-good and bad but especially Margot De Witt and her bulgy eyed pug, Dean Martin! They were hilarious and had me in stitches!!!I don’t see this book as part of the ‘Me Before You’ trilogy though. I think of ‘Me Before You’ as a stand alone novel and then ‘After You’ and ‘Still Me’ as a separate series!Anyhow, I loved this book and can only hope that there will be more to come!!

I didn't realise until after I finished this book that it was third in a series. It makes more sense to me now however I definitely won't be buying the first two because I thought it was really awful. To be fair, I may be a bit too old for it as I'm in my 30s.Louisa Clark (the full name thing was really irritating) has some sort of tragedy in her recent past( having not read the first two books, I didn't have a clue what it was but I think I got the gist), her new bosses are mean, she had a fight with her boyfriend Sam, she likes vintage clothes and is very sad when her grandad dies. It's all very childish almost like a twelve year old's idea of adult life. It was much, much too long and just poorly written to be honest. I just made a mistake in buying this. It's not for me. Lots of other people seem to have enjoy it.