Hidden Bodies – Cannonball Read 17

Bodies? Bodies!

Hidden Bodies by Caroline Kepnes

August 29, 2022 by Jake 2 Comments

Read this as part of CBR14 Bingo: Bodies. Because it has “bodies” in the title and involves a lot of bodies, some alive, some dead. You was by far one of the best books I read this year. Which surprised me given that I don’t care for books about serial killers; finding them monotonous and often gratuitously violent. Everyone is trying to rip off Hannibal Lecter these days (and has been for the last thirty years). But Caroline Kepnes has crafted a you-niquely (see what I did there? […]

I buy violets for Amy.

Hidden Bodies by Caroline Kepnes

July 8, 2020 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

The sequel to You and continues much of the good work from the first book, as well continuing some of the silliness. While the first book felt like a funny takedown of East Coast Ivy League elites, this one takes on Hollywood. This would mostly be ok and work, but it can’t quite tell if it wants to say something or tell a story at various turns. So I spent a lot of time thinking about what this book is. It’s got some Boogie Nights wrapped […]

“It is my destiny to know people who abuse punctuation.” Same, Joe. Same.

Hidden Bodies by Caroline Kepnes

June 27, 2019 by scootsa1000 Leave a Comment

A few weeks ago, I reviewed the utterly bizarre You, by Caroline Kepnes. I wasn’t quite sure about the story, but I adored the narration of the audiobook (BEST GREG 4EVA), and immediately wanted MORE. So, here I am, doubly confused after having listened to Hidden Bodies, the sequel to You. Joe is terrible, and I kind of love him a little bit. For the first part of the book, Joe and his new girlfriend, Amy (who he started dating in You, after murdering Beck […]

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 […]

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