After You is exactly what it sounds like, a book that picks up after Me Before You. Only, instead of living the fabulous life Will wished for Lou, she's struggling hard. She's in a dead end job as a bartender at an airport. She's in a grief support group. She's trying to move on with her life, but she's stuck. 
 While I was super skeptical of this book at first, I'm glad we picked back up with Lou. I'm glad she's not going to live as a character forever in the aftermath of Me Before You. Because as beautiful and tragic as that book was, having to continue with daily life after maybe even more powerful. Some of my favorite passages in this book were Lou trying to navigate being an employee at her bar. Or any of the absurd scenes of her ex-boyfriend trying to shove his new fiance in her face. Like when he takes her running past Lou's parents house on the regular. He's awful. I hate him so much. And there is a lot of emotional honesty in just the day to day in this novel. 
 I loved watching Lou continue to grow. Will may have given her more fight, but she has to discover who she is, and where that fight will come from, without him. I love that she's allowed to toy with the idea of falling in love again, but that she's obviously still impacted by Will. Like for Lou, it can be hard as a reader to come to terms with what isn't in the story. 
 There is one plot point in this that I will avoid for spoiler reasons that I am super on the fence about. I get it. I kind of think it's too much, both as a plot twist and because it introduces a character I can't stand. I get that this character allows Lou to feel like she has a purpose again, that she's helping someone, but she also gets super taken advantage of. Yes, she does figure that out and does learn how to stand up for herself (in a specific powerful, slightly heartbreaking moment I wish I could talk about. Just know it involves Lou's specific wardrobe quirks, and that she hasn't been dressing as vibrantly), but still. I don't know. If you've read the book and have thoughts about said character (if you've read you know who I am talking about), drop me a line in the comments. 
 Overall though, while this didn't touch me as deeply as Me Before You, there is something to be said about the small important moments it portrays. And while Lou strives throughout the novel to not be shaped but not defined forever by this one relationship and experience in her life, I think it's important to allow her to have that. 
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