![]() ![]() ![]() Things will change in ways neither could imagine or anticipate. But little does she, nor Will, know that life is never going to be the same. It’s only a 6 month job, she tells herself. Lou takes the job as Will’s carer purely for financial purposes as her family struggle for money. It made my skin prickle and my palms dampen…It was the most beautiful thing I had ever heard.” It made the hairs on my skin stand up, my breath catch in my throat… I felt the music like a physical thing it didn’t just sit in my ears, it flowed through me, around me, made my senses vibrate. “They began to tune up, and suddenly the auditorium was filled with a single sound – the most alive, three-dimensional thing I had ever heard. Throughout this entire chapter, you feel as though you are in the room with Lou and Will, that you are sitting behind them and savouring the delightful notes played by the orchestra. It left an imprint in the air around you, as if you carried its remnants with you when you went.” “I hadn’t realised that music could unlock things in you, could transport you to somewhere even the composer hadn’t predicted. Will and Lou attend the concert and Lou’s eyes are opened to the power and magic of classical music: Will challenges this and says he’ll go with her if it means she’ll actually attend. Will doesn’t want to go to the concert but tells Lou she should go, however she says she doesn’t want to go alone. Lou has never been to a classical concert, she has convinced herself that “she’s not that sort of person”. My particular favourite demonstration of this is the concert recital. Lou starts taking Will out on trips and outings in her attempt to change his mind about his life expectancy, with not all going to plan – need I mention the trip to the races? However I also suspect that Will agreed to go on some of these trips for his own intents and purposes: to show Lou that there is so much out there for her to experience and enjoy. He knows he doesn’t want the life he has now, compared to the life he once lived. Lou has her work cut out for her as Will is a determined man and has his mind firmly made up on what he wants. Lou is hired after she loses her job from the cafe that closes down, her role to be his carer and work on convincing Will that he still has a life worth living. Will is a recently paralysed man who has given his family 6 months before he wants to die with dignity. He believes Lou has a future of endless possibilities and potential, if she would only just broaden her horizons and think of life outside of their small tiny town. Louisa ‘Lou’ Clark is “an ordinary girl living an ordinary life”, or so she tells herself. WARNING: The following passages contain spoilers for those who have not read the novel. Be prepared to embark on a roller coaster of emotions as it navigates the many twists and turns of life and the importance of choices. This book will make you laugh, cry, sigh, cheer, wonder, imagine, empathise, weep and will have you up until midnight having an emotional endurance test. But there’s also deeper elements to the story, such as learning to step out of your comfort zone, dealing with life and its curve-balls, making difficult choices, learning who you are and remembering to chase your dreams, finding strength within yourself and seeing all of the possibilities and potential in your futures. Yes, there is a budding romance – like a rose bud, it takes time to grow and nurture and blossom. There is so much more to this carefully crafted narrative than meets the eye. To those who think that its “just another love story”, then you could not be farther from the truth. This is a story that knows exactly how to pull your heartstrings and when to draw on your emotions. So while I knew what was coming when I opened the book and turned each page, I still found myself reaching for the box of tissues. This was one occasion where I had seen the movie first before reading the book, thanks to a movie recommendation from a good friend last year when I was going through a rough patch. It’s actually your duty to live it as fully as possible.” – Will Traynor ![]()
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