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You by Caroline Kepnes

May 9, 2019 by scootsa1000 5 Comments

You was a bizarre reading experience for me. I had heard of the show on Netflix, and was sort of aware that it was based on a book. I think I knew that it was about a sociopathic stalker, but honestly, didn’t care to know any more than that. I didn’t think it was for me. And then. Well, I have this friend. She’s extraordinarily talented and has been getting some amazing jobs as a director recently. She’s been doing episodes of Queen Sugar, The […]

Sometimes You Don’t Have to Write a Sequel

Hidden Bodies by Caroline Kepnes

March 8, 2019 by Classic Leave a Comment

Woo boy. The sequel to “You” was just flat out terrible. I read it immediately after finishing “You” and was disappointed. Kepnes decides to not have Joe tell his story directly to his love interest in this one. Also we ended up with Joe kind of all over the place. It seems like he is in love one minute and then ready to toss it all away the next. This isn’t the same Joe who couldn’t bear to be away from Beck for even more […]

The Story of You

You by Caroline Kepnes

March 8, 2019 by Classic Leave a Comment

“You” follows Joe Goldberg as he tells his love interest and eventual girlfriend (Guinevere Beck known as Beck) all about why he fell in love with her and how he has been doing his best to keep her safe from what Joe sees as negative outside influences. I found this to be a seriously creepy, and at times weirdly funny (in a dark way) book. I think that if Caroline Kepnes had tried to tell this story via another medium (third person) it would not […]

Crappy People, Decent Book

April 22, 2017 by Rachie3879 2 Comments

I often enjoy books where you have at least one character for whom you can enthusiastically root. Caroline Kepnes’ You is not one of those books. You is the story of Joe Goldberg and his obsessive love for Guinevere Beck, a sexy writing student who happens into his bookshop one day. Joe is smitten from the beginning, and lucky for him, Guinevere Beck is a pretty unique name and soon he is off and running on his foolproof plan to get more Beck in his […]

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