"After you" Jojo Moyes: reviews and reviews

Did readers ever see how the squirrel runs in the wheel? The mechanism, remaining motionless, does not cause anybody's interest. But if the squirrel begins to move, the wheel starts spinning, and with each turn, intrigue develops more and more. Twisting the wheel faster and faster, the runner entertains herself and at the same time gives pleasure to those who are watching her. Approximately by this principle, the narrative in the new book of Jojo Moyes "After You" is constructed. Readers' comments state that there is nothing wrong with this. But nevertheless, as they assure, this writing style tends with time. Like running squirrels in the wheel.

"After You" Jojo Moyes: Feedback

The novel, released in the spring of 2015, interested many. By and large, mainly readers were excited about the question: why? Why was the book After You written by Jojo Moyes? Readers' comments (very many) contain the statement that it was possible to do without it. And even more so. Many people consider it superfluous to write "After You" by Jojo Moyes. Reviews of the novel claim that the book, which was a continuation of the favorite "Before Meeting You", not only disappointed in itself, but also introduced a certain negative moment in the perception of the first work.

"After you", author - Jojo Moyes: reviews about the novel, biography of the writer

Users of networks, who at first counted themselves as admirers of the writer's creativity, began to speculate: why did this book originate, if the first contains, in their opinion, an entirely finished plot that does not require continuation?

Many readers condemned the publication of the book "After You" by Jojo Moyes. Customer feedback suggests that the writer just wanted to earn some money by writing a mediocre sequel to a fairly successful first book. She sacrificed art for the sake of gain. So characterize the author of the novel "After You", Jojo Moyes, reviews.

Puzzling readers and the desire to understand the motives that prompted the writer to create an unnecessary and unsuccessful continuation of the beloved book "Until We Meet You," intensified interest in the personality and life of the author of both works.

Who is she?

This question is answered by the readers themselves. Creativity Moyes before the release of the last book had some success in the circles of experts in the ladies' novel. On the life of the author "After you" Jojojo Moyes, the reviews tell the following.

The future English writer and journalist was born in 1969 in London. Her childhood and youth passed here. Jojo had to try many professions before she chose the career of a writer: she drove a taxi, dialed Braille, wrote tourist brochures, studied at the University College in London. Since 1992 Moyes is engaged in journalism - writing for the English leading newspapers. In 2002 she published her first book Sheltering Rain, written on the basis of stories about the love of her own grandfather and grandmother. The success of the book inspired the author to leave journalism and fully devote himself to the writer's career. And yet, incidentally, she returns to the reporter's work: she leads the columns in The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, and other publications. The writer and her family live on their own farm in Essex.

Written

The author of the book After You, Jojo Moyes (feedback informs everyone about this as much as possible about the writer) created eleven works:

• "Until we meet you" - a novel, conceived as a series.

• "After you" was conceived as its continuation.

Outside the series were created:

• "Night Music";

• "Silvery Bay";

• Villa Arkadia;

• "Happy steps in the rain";

• "Dancing with horses", etc.

The last novel written by Jojo Moyes is "After You." Reviews about him, as already said, are very mixed.

What is the novel about?

God forbid readers to survive what, at the will of the author, happened to experience the heroine of Jojo Moyes's work "After You." Reviews about the book abound with confessions of the most sensitive readers that the girl's story touched them to tears.

Is it worth it to live after you lose a loved one? Lou Clarke is not just a girl living her usual, unremarkable life. Her forever changed six months, spent with Will Traynor. After the death of a loved one, due to circumstances, Lu had to return home to her family. And here she has to spend a lot of effort to overcome her grief, which turned out to be so huge that it filled her whole soul. The bodily wounds are healed (with the girl an accident occurred), but her soul continues to suffer and demand healing. In his search, she comes to a psychological support group, with members who share joys and sorrows. Here she meets a doctor Sam Fielding, a man who knows everything about life and death. Sam becomes a man who can really understand the heroine. But will it find the strength for a new relationship?

Plot

For those who have not read the novel "After You" by Jojo Moyes, the reviews and the description of the book will help you to orient yourself in the twists and turns of the story.

The action of the new work takes place two years after the events that became the content of the first book. Lou (our heroine) is alone again. After Will's death, she feels completely unhappy and lost. Gradually, acute emotions recede into the background, giving way to everyday problems. Lou finds a new job. She again serves as a waitress. The heroine did not get education, she still has no chance to change her profession. Lou is so much into his own experiences that he can not save himself from an accident. She falls from the roof, suddenly with a sharp hint of a gloomy thought, withdrawn from the pool. With multiple fractures, Lou gets to the hospital, where he suffers several operations. For a while, the girl seems to fall into the place of her deceased lover. She is afraid of becoming an invalid. But the efforts of doctors prevent the worst outcome.

Morality

Despite the fact that most of the readers who read After You, Jojo Moyes, the reviews of the women's novel were mostly negative (the book disappointed the readers who expected the work of the beloved author of the same artistic level as the first novel, "Until We Meet You"), nevertheless The work made readers think about many serious things and draw important conclusions. Together with the main character, the readers realized that fate gives a chance for happiness more than once. It should not be "stuck" in the past and deprive yourself of the opportunity to once again become happy.

History of the book

To create the continuation of the book "Before the meeting with you", as Jojojo Moyes admitted to the journalists, she did not intend to. But the work on the script began and, in addition, a lot of letters came in which readers asked how the further life of the main character developed. All this did not allow the author to forget about the fallen in love heroes. I wanted to meet them again and go through new trials together.

"Not a point, but an ellipsis, and a too twisted plot ..."

Why did the author already complete the story decided to continue? This is often asked by the readers of the novel "After You" by Jojo Moyes. Comments on the book of network users contain the belief that this author spoiled the perception of the first book, where a very touching, tragic story was actually described. Readers believed that in its finale there was a convincing, according to the logic of the development of events and characters, the point. It turned out that this was just an ellipsis ...

Often, according to the authors of the reviews, the continuation of a story loses before it begins. "After you" is just such an option.

Many people consider the plot of the novel too "twisted": Will's daughter materializes from the air, the relationship between the heroine and her family is complicated, and another heap of events that do not care at all, just goes on and on.

According to one of the readers of the novel, the piercing story has degenerated into a cheap romance, with the tortured search for "that, I do not know what."

"It's boring, a lot of extra ..."

"Places are boring", the readers of the novel "After You" write Jojojo Moyes. Reviews and reviews of female literature lovers who have read the novel, in addition to conveying personal impressions, contain an interesting analysis of the plot, characters and style features of the work.

The readers note that at the beginning of the book too much pain, the heroine is broken, broken. She absolutely has no strength to build life anew. Louise has driven herself into the world of four walls and refuses to be interested in what is happening around her ... Next the narrative flows smoothly and boringly, especially annoying the heroine's campaigns in the support group. The text abounds in boring dialogues. Readers agree that these people need to share their burdens and pain, but it's difficult to get into this, so these dialogues and conversations are simply read "diagonally."

The more you read the novel, the more irritating the phrases: "And what did Will do?" What would he do? " The heroine is too fixated on this.

The character of Sam, according to the authors of the reviews, remained undisclosed, against the backdrop of the memory of Willa, he seemed to be lost. Only in the final Sam became a significant figure. The novel lacks emotions, intrigue, sharpness in the plot and directly in the very fate of the new hero. Ending readers also do not like: all messy, a lot of frills, like everyone is happy, and Sam - as if on the sidelines.

After reading the book "there is a bright sadness ..."

The novel "After You", readers believe, very loses to its predecessor - "Until we meet you". There are no colors, no emotions. The work does not leave a vivid impression, does not make you think long after reading over the fates of the heroes. The book causes very different emotions. After reading the novel does not want to cry, "there is a light sadness ..." Many complain that the work is slightly stretched.

"Sometimes the novel causes bewilderment ..."

Unlike the first novel, this book sometimes causes anger irritation because of stupid acts of heroes - this is shared by the readers in their reviews. And sometimes something in the story causes bewilderment. In their opinion, the book has a clear similarity with the mediocre Latin American series.

In the novel, nothing is left of the bright and cheerful Lou. The authors of the reviews are sorry about this. Apparently, everything that Will taught her, was wasted, they believe. In the new novel, the heroine is some kind of gray, unremarkable. It seems that her age is not 28 years, but all 60. But some readers can not blame her. The situation in which she turned out to be too difficult is too difficult. And it's not at all improbable that she has grieved over Will for so long. Who knows how others would act in its place. Hardly having found the person who understands it, she almost immediately loses it. It's bad that she does not try to go any further, constantly feels sorry for herself, scrolls past events in her head, misses Will, who does not return, does not want to change anything.

The authors of the reviews agree with what Trine (her sister) said about her: "It's easier for you to hold on to your dull work and constantly whine. It's easier for you to think that nothing depends on you." Most readers are unhappy with the "spinelessness" of the main character, the fact that she constantly indulges and forgives everything.

"Jojo must have a hidden subtext."

According to readers, the events in the novel do not just develop - they necessarily conceal a hidden subtext, which is revealed sometimes through a hundred or even more pages. Why can not we just draw a parallel between the fatal shout, after which Lou fell off the roof unexpectedly, and the appearance of a new heroine from nowhere? This question is contained in some reviews. Why flood the novel with a description of things, because of which the characters can not find their place and which in fact are nonsense? For example, the mother of the main character basically does not shave her legs, and because of this in the family runs a real war. In the novel, very funny are the parents of Lou with their pseudo problems - as many believe, who read the book. For some reason, the writer needed to squeeze into the novel feminist beliefs of the mother, once again distracting readers from the main thing. The constant expectation of a hidden subtext eventually tires ...

"Life is a series of suffering and failure ..."

As users of networks consider, the author conducts the heroine on the invented life stages, each of which is any failure, misfortune or suffering. Step by step, they with the heroine are moving along this abyss of grief, not letting the reader come to their senses - slowly, surely and steadily, but still to a happy ending. Probably, in this way the writer tries to brighten the boredom of gray everyday life for the public, forcing them to experience the exceptional bitter fate of the heroes.

There is an impression that in England there was nothing good that would inspire optimism and bright hopes, according to the authors of the reviews. Some degeneration in the country is obtained and complete degradation - the reader was literally bathed in a sea of suffering, and this is surprising.

Many also noticed that nothing happens in the novel simply. You can not just go to a relative and get in touch with him. It is necessary to contact any intermediary. How else? What kind of intrigue is this without?

And if the reader expects that all these adventures will eventually be completed and the author will still put the final point, then he is deeply mistaken. The wheel of events depicted in the novel, stops only for a while, the author with the heroine will rest for a bit, and then the squirrel (remember the metaphor at the beginning of the article?) Will run again.

"You do not need to regret anything ..."

To some readers the ending of the novel seemed open. Others argue, believing that for any book you can write an infinite continuation. This final - not necessarily the one where the characters get married, achieve something definite. At the end of the novel, the author shows that Louise is calm, strong and hopeful.

The story described in the book, according to users of networks, makes you think that you must definitely go further, get pleasure from life. By this you do not betray the memory of a loved one who has passed away. And most importantly, you do not need to regret anything.

In this opinion, readers coincide. Whatever impressions remain after acquaintance with the novel, the authors of the reviews are unanimous in one thing: they do not regret that they have read it.