Unpopular opinion ahead! I am not a fan of soppy love stories, and Me Before You is not my cup of tea, I'm sorry to say. I will preface this review by saying that I devoured the first 45% of the book, but the rest of it bored and grated me. 
 I have many issues with this book, but I've been itching to talk about one especially. 
 The Characters 
 As the great Frank Costanza once said, "I got a lot of problems with you people. And now you're gonna hear about it!" 
 To start, everyone in this book is terrible and very flawed. Apart from Nathan, I hate the lot of them, especially Lou's family. 
 Lou's family treat her like she's an idiot. They insult her harshly and incessantly, and not only does she - a 27 year old grown-ass woman - say nothing about their appalling behavior, she then hands over her weekly paychecks to dear old mummy and daddy in order to keep the household of six afloat. 
 It's apparent that their treatment of Lou has been ongoing since childhood and negatively affects her, as her inner monologue is a constant stream of insecurities and anxieties about life. But she (mostly) smiles and accepts it, except from her sister who she rightfully confronts for being a gigantic brat. I have no siblings, but Treena is selfish and acts far more important than she actually is, all while pressuring Lou to take up the slack so she can go off and pursue a life that she had previously given up. Seriously, fuck Treena. 
 Some examples that made me want to punch the Clark family: 
 "[Will] and Dad had quickly found a shared point of reference, which turned out to be my general uselessness. I didn't mind. It kept them both happy." 
 This passage is so bizarre to me. If my dad talked about me like that, even jokingly, I'd be hurt and pissed off, especially since Lou is the sole provider in the family at this point in the book, and does so without complaint. Also, Will is Lou's de facto employer that her dad is meeting for the first time, so slagging off one's own daughter is hugely inappropriate. 
 At one point during her birthday dinner, Lou says '"Blimey," I said. "I should have a birthday more often. Most days you all just hurl abuse at me."' Some family. 
 Lou herself irritated me throughout most of the story. She has no aspirations, no desire to leave town, travel, go to school, or even end the relationship with her boyfriend given that he is a total knob and they are completely wrong for one another. She is a doormat and a settler. And we find out later, the reason behind her personality is a prior sexual assault, for which she never seeks help. Rolling my eyes at this one. Authors need to stop using the Rape as Backstory trope. It's lazy and cheap. 
 Moyes tries to make Lou stand out against the sterile, stuffy environment of her wealthy employers and boring town by giving her a penchant for kitschy fashion (also a result of the rape) and saying whatever comes to mind. But I found her twee and immature. For example, it's 2009 in the book, but she's never used the internet and doesn't have a computer at home. 
 Patrick, the boyfriend, was pointless to the plot. He was there to be pitted against Will, and ultimately served no other purpose. Lou also believes, once she moves in with Patrick, that she's obligated to give him sex every day. This girl has some seriously messed up views about relationships. Get some therapy, Lou! 
 Will, the disabled man she looks after, is kind of a knob, too. He is unpleasant toward Lou throughout much of the book and doesn't inform her of his final plans until it's much too late, even after he's seen how fond of him she has become. 
 I'm of the opinion that Will is not selfish for choosing to end his life. Many of the reviews I read talk about how he should not have ended his life simply because he was unhappy with current circumstances. However, I think most people are forgetting that he frequently talks about how much physical pain he is in due to his disability. I cannot imagine how agonizing it would be to have no control of my own body but still be able to feel physical and constant pain that I was unable to myself relieve or properly convey. Will is fervently coddled after his accident, something a "former Master of the Universe" would be inclined to resent; he is constantly monitored by family and carers and not even allowed to be left alone for long periods. Lou makes it her goal to convince him to live. Her newfound computer skills and advice from Nathan's expertise lead her to tell Will that he should at least hang around for ten more years because of the potential for advancements in medical science that could allow him increased mobility. Remember, these are potential advancements, not guarantees, and even Nathan reminds her that there is no curing Will's injury in the meantime. He tells her that his body will only deteriorate further the longer he is alive. In her short time with Will, she sees him ill multiple times, including a bout of pneumonia that lands him in the hospital and weakens him severely. Lou selfishly wants him to deal with these potentially life threatening illnesses bourn of his disability for ten or more years. She also wants him to remain alive in order to start a romantic relationship with her. She professes her love to him in a last effort to get him to avoid suicide, but he never says the words back. He cares for her, yes, but he had long resigned himself to ending his life even before he met her, and nothing and no one was going to change his mind. 
 I would have been much more interested to read this book from Will's POV. Because, in the end, it still felt like I didn't know him as a character. 
 I thought the message of this book was a bit contradictory as well; Will constantly tells people he wants control over his life and doesn't appreciate people dictating how he should behave or feel, yet he tells Lou that it is her duty to get out of their crap town and see the world after he's gone, to get an education and make something of herself. He even says that she can't get the other half of the money he's left her unless she fulfills a trip to France and eats croissants and drinks wine and buys perfume, etc. He's telling her how to live her life, even though people gave him the respect of "living" his by letting him end it.