Me Before You

Perhaps this is the year of reading sad books for me. Although this one, in a weird way, wasn't entirely sad. Part romance (but not at all “romancey”) and part political piece (but not at all overly political), this was one I couldn't put down, especially in the second half. I loved the flawed characters–really, all of the characters were so well developed. It's rare a book has so many characters and I actually enjoy and care about all of them. To me, this was a very human story, and the pacing was great.