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Me Before You by Jojo Moyes

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Summary Louisa Clark is 26 years old and has just lost her job. Her entire family, consisting of her mother, father, sister Treena, nephew Thomas and Grandad, all rely on her income. So she has to pull herself together and find a new job. This is not easy. Louisa/Lou doesn't have an education and the jobs that are offered aren't entirely great. She tries different things for some weeks, but just as Lou is about to loose hope, a new job offer comes in. Although she isn't keen on the idea of being someone's caretaker and having to wipe someone's butt, Louisa takes the job. She becomes the carer of Will Traynor who is a 35-year-old quad. Which means that he has no movement in his legs or arms. Therefore, he needs care 24/7. Louisa and Will are not happy with each other. They are two entirely different people with entirely different perspectives on life. Louisa is chatty and almost always in a good mood. Whereas Will has lost all hope. Some days he does not speak to...

INSURGENT by Veronica Roth

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I finally came around to read Insurgent . At first I wasn't all that amazed by the book because I had already watched the movie (which I can't even remember now). Although it did excite me and I've always been captured by the love between Tris and Tobias. I think they're so cute together and in this book so much drama happens between them. Their love is really tested and oh my heart.. I honestly felt like my heart was torn in peaces at some points. But how about I start out with a short summary:  "Divergent" ended on a train with Tris, Tobias, Marcus (Tobias' psycho dad), Peter (Tris' enemy) and Caleb (Tris' brother) heading towards the Amity headquarters. Here they stayed for some time, but rules were set out for them. Since Amity is all about keeping the peace, they could not start any conflicts. - or else they would be thrown out. As we know, the Dauntless are very loud and not afraid to start conflicts. What's bad is the fact that Pe...