This life-affirming tearjerker more than deserves its recognition as one of the most memorable books of the last decade

You might have seen the film, but we promise the book is better - you won't be able to forget quirky Lou's joruney with Will as she becomes his caregiver and their relationship blossoms. You will be needing tissues

Arm yourself with tissues for this incredibly emotional bestseller

Utterly absorbing and blissfully romantic

The only book that ever made me cry. I wept so much I thought I might not stop!

This truly beautiful story made us laugh, smile and sob like a baby - you simply have to read it

A compelling novel of life and death decisions and unlikely affections. It's magical and heartbreaking, but doesn't shy away from difficult emotional realities. Waterproof mascara essential

A timeless love story

Destined to be the novel that friends press upon each other more than any other . . . Moyes does a majestic job of conjuring a cast of characters who are charismatic, credible and utterly compelling; Lou and Will are a couple who readers will take into their hearts as they did One Day's Emma and Dex

A deftly plotted narrative populated with likeable engaging characters . . . A bittersweet story about love, learning and letting go. A tremendous read

Beautifully written

Funny, believable and heartbreaking

A perceptive and moving tale

When I finished this novel, I didn't want to review it: I wanted to reread it. Which might seem perverse if you know that for most of the last hundred pages I was dissolved in tears. Jojo Moyes, the writer who produced this emotional typhoon, knows very well that Me Before You is a 'real weepy'. Moyes's story provokes tears that are redemptive, the opposite of gratuitous. Some situations, she forces the reader to recognise, really are worth crying over . . . An affair to remember

A triumph

Jojo Moyes' poignantly romantic tales have readers streaming their way through boxes of Kleenex . . . Me Before You is compelling reading. A profound, fundamental, thought-provoking conundrum lies at the heart of the story, a huge moral dilemma, explored with great fictional finesse. Devotees of Jojo Moyes and newcomers alike will settle into this entertaining book with gusto

A small-life-big-dreams weepie that'll have you snivelling ecstatically into your cocoa

Keep the tissues close . . . A heartbreaking yet ultimately uplifting tale

A romantic, thought-provoking tear-jerker that you won't be able to put down

An unlikely love story . . . To be devoured like candy, between tears

A disarmingly moving love story . . . A lovely novel, both nontraditional and enthralling

Funny, surprising and heartbreaking, populated with characters who are affecting and amusing . . . This is a thought-provoking, thoroughly entertaining novel that captures the complexity of love

Read it and weep: Heartbreak collides with humour in Jojo Moyes's Me Before You

Jojo Moyes has done it again with this funny, touching tale that is impossible to put down. Make sure you have a box of tissues to hand!

Poignant and beautifully written, this book will stay with you long after you've put it down

The compelling portrait of an unlikely couple

This tale of love-against-the-odds . . . breaks your heart one minute, only to send it soaring again. Keep the tissues close!

Poignant, heartfelt . . . Me Before You, at its heart, is about two people who properly listen to each other; it is something good

Compelling, moving and absorbing. It's also a real weepie

A triumph. Her story of love blossoming in the most unlikely of ways packs such an emotional punch, you'll need a box of tissues

Me Before You is a page-turner that sucks the reader into caring about the fate of the heroine. By turns funny and moving but never predictable. The plot contains a number of surprises and raises thoughtful questions

PRAISE FOR JOJO MOYES

Manages to be both a gorgeously romantic and partner-ignoringly compulsive read