I'm really glad I didn't read this in public as this book made me uglycry - gasping for breath, face screwed up, snotty with cheeks drowning in tears. I wasn't expecting to like this book as much as I did, but the characters really drew me in and I found that I actually cared about what happened to them, even the supporting characters (which can be quite rare). Which is why it hit me so hard.



I knew what the outcome was going to be as soon as I got around half way through, but Moyes kept me guessing and there were times when I thought Will might change his mind and we'd end up with Louisa and Will living happily ever after. That ending might've reduced it to a 3/5 book. I liked that it was honest with Will's feelings.

This is going to be one of those things, like The Notebook and Up, where I will think of it randomly and just feel tears prickling behind my eyes.