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So, when I saw that this book was available on Scribd, I jumped at the chance to read it, mostly because I loved the TV show so much and binged it in a matter of days. I was certain that I wouldn't like the book nearly as much as I love the show but I was wrong (as is very often the case) and ended up loving the book as much as I love the show. I do wish I would have read the book first, before watching the show, but either way I love both for their own unique aspects and traits.

To begin with, the characterization of this book was probably not like anything I have ever encountered in a book before. The main character, Joe, he just takes you on a rollercoaster ride inside his psyche and it's fascinating and absolutely dreadful at the same time. I found myself trying to understand him throughout the whole book but then I realized that he's definitely a different breed of psychopath and we're probably not meant to understand him completely. That didn't make the journey any less exhilarating though and I inhaled this book! Second person point-of-view is definitely my favorite thing and boy does this book deliver that!

The plot itself was not what I would call the typical stalker tale and there were twists and turns at every corner. Even though I watched the show before, I found myself taken aback by things that happened as if I was only reading it for the first time and didn't have any kind of idea what it was even about. The story just had so much juiciness to it, so much good stuff that it was beyond masterful in that aspect, no wonder they went ahead and made a show about it. In the show they did take out and add some stuff that was or wasn't in the book but that works well for the screen adaptation in my opinion.

The writing style was also very direct, and didn't beat around the bush. Since we were in Joe's head the whole time, this type of writing style would be the only one that would have made sense. And man, was it done beautifully! I gasped so many times all throughout the novel and couldn't put the book down because even though I was a bit nervous as to what would happen next, I also HAD to find out what that exactly was.

All in all, this book is going down as one of my favorite books of all time and I'm not saying that lightly. I would recommend it to anyone who likes psychological thrillers or even any reader who likes books that keep them on the edge of their seats. Especially in our modern age, this novel is in one word-invaluable.