Ratings63
Average rating3.8
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Ratings63
Average rating3.8
When aspiring writer and recent Brown graduate Guinevere Beck strides into the bookstore where Joe works, he's instantly smitten. Beck is everything Joe has ever wanted: she's gorgeous, tough, razor-smart, and sexy beyond his wildest dreams. Joe needs to have her, and he'll stop at nothing to do so. As he begins to insinuate himself into her life - her friendships, her email, her phone - she can't resist her feelings for a guy who seems custom-made for her. So when her boyfriend, Benji, mysteriously disappears, Beck and Joe fall into a tumultuous affair. But there's more to Beck than her oh-so-perfect façade, and their mutual obsession quickly spirals into a whirlwind of deadly consequences.
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Series
4 primary booksYou is a 4-book series with 4 primary works first released in 2014 with contributions by Caroline Kepnes.
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I read this book over three sittings - it was worth every moment invested.
Right at the beginning, you realize that there's something very wrong about the main character - it's only much later that you realize that there's something wrong with his obsession (his ‘love interest') as well.
Suffice to say that there is not a single likeable character in this novel, and yet you can't help but plod on, thinking of what monstrous behavior you'll encounter next.
Obviously, this being the author's first novel, some loopholes were found, and there were some Deus ex machinas to make the plot plod along - but these minor transgressions are mere specks of dust in the cesspool of moral decay and corruption that is described by this masterpiece.
TL;DR - spellbinding, stupefying, so on and so forth. Worth every moment of binging it.
Rating 3.5/5 stars
Rounded up to 4 stars
Joe. Goldberg.
Goodness, Caroline Kepnes does a great job at making her protagonist likeable. Joe Goldberg is something else and Kepnes' book makes you start to side with him. He's just a poor, misunderstood, lovesick individual... or so he believes. Great book, and a great adaptation on Netflix.
I read this after watching the show and once I finished reading the book, I watched the show again. I have to say that watching the show after reading the book made it more entertaining, at least for me.
This book is crazy in so many ways and one word that sums it all up is: Joe. Joe makes this book. Obviously, because he's the main character and it's in his POV, but what makes this story truly interesting and entertaining IS that we hear from Joe and his thoughts.
The plot is pretty interesting itself, but this book is nothing without Joe. He's such an unreliable narrator and essentially a crazy stalker and serial killer yet you find yourself agreeing, sympathizing, and even liking him at times which makes it even more creepy.
Getting his perspective and view makes this story so much better and I'm glad it was done that way. He truly is an interesting character to pick at and was definitely an interesting character to read.
I enjoyed watching You on Netflix so much that when I am folding laundry I keep season 1 playing in the background. I wasn't going to read the book because I thought that Joe couldn't be more violent and sick in the novel. I was wrong. Book Joe is nothing like the psycho narcissist TV Joe. I think Penn Badgley portrayed Joe perfectly after reading You, but Netflix definitely toned down how just deranged Joe truly could be.
I am going to continue this series.
