You by Caroline Kepnes

You (You, #1)

by Caroline Kepnes

Gone Girl meetsFatal Attractionin Caroline Kepnes' You, a chilling account of the twisted psychology behind unrelenting passion.

When aspiring writer Guinevere Beck strides into the bookstore where Joe works he is instantly smitten. Beck is everything Joe has ever wanted: tough, razor-smart and sexier than his wildest dreams. He'd kill to have her.

Soon Beck can't resist her feelings for a guy who seems custom made for her. When a string of macabre incidents tears her world apart there is only one person she can turn to. But there's more to Joe than Beck realises and much more to Beck than her perfect facade. The obsessive relationship quickly spirals into a whirlwind of deadly consequences...

A chilling account of unrelenting, terrifying deceit, Caroline Kepnes' You is a thriller more perversely clever and dangerously twisted than any YOU have ever read.

Reviewed by Eve1972 on

5 of 5 stars

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6+ Stars!!

WOW WOW WOW, I LOVED this book was SO MUCH!!



From page one I was sucked into this story. It's told in a second-person narrative which took a bit of getting used to but worked really well for this novel.

Joe deliciously twisted and disturbed Joe, meets the wholly unlikable Beck in his bookstore one day, and the infatuation begins.



What follows is a fabulously twisted and dark commentary on today's society. The ease in which someone can stalk another through Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc. I have to admit, even though I KNEW the dangers of putting EVERYTHING out there when you are seeing it through the eyes of a stalker, well, let's just say it makes you think twice.



I not really sure what this says about me, but I LOVED Joe. I was rooting for him through the whole book. Rooting for him to do what, I don't know. Get the girl? Kill the girl?? I didn't matter, Joe's voice was just that compelling, his character just that intriguing. Alas, that can't be said for ANY of the other characters. They all come across as spoiled, self-absorbed assholes. Which is pretty much the point I think. Perhaps a reflection of today's 20-something generation? And that ending, WOW...



In any case, this is right up on top of my favorite reads so far this year!

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