You by Caroline Kepnes
Published September 30th 2014
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.
So, I SWEAR I wrote a blog post about this before but I guess not. Let me just begin with OH DEAR GOD WHAT DID I READ!?…in the best way possible.
HOOKED. SHOOKETH. MIND. BLOWN. I can’t even begin to explain what this book did to me. I felt so weird reading it but I couldn’t put it down. Not for one second. I just kept going and going and Joe was just the worst human being alive but I HAD to know what happened next. To be honest, I had a very big love hate relationship with all the characters honestly…except Peach I HATED Peach. But seriously, this book took me through an emotional roller coaster.
I even got one of my bet friend’s hooked on it and I think she might have hated me for it because it was just one of those books you absolutely love but at the same time CAN’T BELIEVE IT HAPPENED. I’m seriously proud that Caroline Kepnes is local to me here in Massachusetts. I love knowing there’s an amazing author like her around and from my state.
Seriously. If you like thriller/suspense books. Go pick this up. It’s literally a heart attack on every page.
5/5 Stars
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