You by Caroline Kepnes
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Description from the Publisher
“[A] beautifully crafted thriller that will give you chills.” (People magazine)
From debut author Caroline Kepnes comes You, one of Suspense Magazine’s Best Books of 2014, and a brilliant and terrifying novel for the social media age.
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.
My Review
Page Count: 424 pgs./11 hrs.
Narrator: Santino Fontana
Genre: Thriller
Series: You, Book 1
CW: violence, murder, graphic language, stalking, drug abuse, sexual scenes
CW: violence, murder, graphic language, stalking, drug abuse, sexual scenes
This book was an insane ride! Holy cow! This was an excellent novel, and the plot was very well done. Kepnes writes in a way that makes the narrator, Joe Goldberg, somewhat relatable and compels the reader to sympathize with him...at least until the reader remembers all of the awful actions Joe has done. It is tremendously thought-provoking as well as entertaining.
I listened to this audiobook through Scribd, and I highly recommend it. Listening to Joe's voice as he stalks Beck gives the reader a very visceral experience, and exacerbates the thrill. The pacing was well done, and the narrator gave me chills throughout the novel.
Kepnes did an outstanding job of capturing Joe's psyche and stalking behaviors. Writing the novel from his perspective was a very good choice and really added to the story. It was creepy, engaging, and very disturbing.
The only thing that kept me from giving You five stars is that I did find the story a bit predictable. However, this did not detract from my reading experience. I HIGHLY recommend listening to this on audiobook!
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I listened to this audiobook through Scribd, and I highly recommend it. Listening to Joe's voice as he stalks Beck gives the reader a very visceral experience, and exacerbates the thrill. The pacing was well done, and the narrator gave me chills throughout the novel.
Kepnes did an outstanding job of capturing Joe's psyche and stalking behaviors. Writing the novel from his perspective was a very good choice and really added to the story. It was creepy, engaging, and very disturbing.
The only thing that kept me from giving You five stars is that I did find the story a bit predictable. However, this did not detract from my reading experience. I HIGHLY recommend listening to this on audiobook!
If you would like a free 60 day trial to Scribd, please click on my link. You can listen to unlimited audiobooks, read unlimited ebooks, and have access to documents, sheet music, and more!
https://www.scribd.com/g/7475t1
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