Title: You
Author: Caroline Kepnes
Genre: Thriller
Published: September 30, 2014
Pages: 448
From bestselling author Caroline Kepnes comes a brilliant and terrifying psychological thriller that blurs the line between love and obsession in the age of social media.
When a beautiful, aspiring writer strides into the East Village bookstore where Joe Goldberg works, he does what anyone would do: he Googles the name on her credit card.
There is only one Guinevere Beck in New York City. She has a public Facebook account and Tweets incessantly, telling Joe everything he needs to know: she is simply Beck to her friends, she went to Brown University, she lives on Bank Street, and she’ll be at a bar in Brooklyn tonight—the perfect place for a “chance” meeting.
As Joe invisibly and obsessively takes control of Beck’s life, he orchestrates a series of events to ensure Beck finds herself in his waiting arms. Moving from stalker to boyfriend, Joe transforms himself into Beck’s perfect man, all while quietly removing the obstacles that stand in their way—even if it means murder.
A terrifying exploration of how vulnerable we all are to stalking and manipulation, debut author Caroline Kepnes delivers a razor-sharp novel for our hyper-connected digital age. You is a compulsively readable page-turner that’s being compared to Gone Girl, American Psycho, and Stephen King’s Misery.
When a beautiful, aspiring writer strides into the East Village bookstore where Joe Goldberg works, he does what anyone would do: he Googles the name on her credit card.
There is only one Guinevere Beck in New York City. She has a public Facebook account and Tweets incessantly, telling Joe everything he needs to know: she is simply Beck to her friends, she went to Brown University, she lives on Bank Street, and she’ll be at a bar in Brooklyn tonight—the perfect place for a “chance” meeting.
As Joe invisibly and obsessively takes control of Beck’s life, he orchestrates a series of events to ensure Beck finds herself in his waiting arms. Moving from stalker to boyfriend, Joe transforms himself into Beck’s perfect man, all while quietly removing the obstacles that stand in their way—even if it means murder.
A terrifying exploration of how vulnerable we all are to stalking and manipulation, debut author Caroline Kepnes delivers a razor-sharp novel for our hyper-connected digital age. You is a compulsively readable page-turner that’s being compared to Gone Girl, American Psycho, and Stephen King’s Misery.
I read this book for Colorado Springs Thrills and Chills Book Club. This is my honest review.
I used to think that I might be a bit of a psychopath, but after reading You, I think I was wrong. Living inside Joe's head for the entire book was so uncomfortable, and yet I also thought Beck was awful. Even knowing the general direction the story was heading, I didn't really care what happened to Beck in the end (so maybe I wasn't wrong about being a bit of a psychopath).
Even though living in Joe's head gave me the serious ick, I was also really invested in the story, and couldn't wait to see what would happen with Beck. And you might be thinking "But Katie, you just said you didn't care what happened to Beck, and now you're saying you do?" And to that I say, there's a difference between caring what happens to someone and what happens with someone. And I was invested in Joe and Beck's "love" story.
Was the twist in this story predictable? I didn't call it, but I wasn't surprised by it when it happened, so if you're putting some effort into figuring it out, you'll probably get there when I didn't. I didn't put the effort in though, and just went along for the ride.
Overall I give You 4.0637 out of 5 stars. - Katie
CAROLINE KEPNES is the New York Times bestselling author of YOU, HIDDEN BODIES, PROVIDENCE, YOU LOVE ME and FOR YOU AND ONLY YOU. The Netflix series You is an adaptation of her Joe Goldberg/You novels.
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