Hidden Bodies by Caroline Kepnes
Published : February 23rd 2016
Joe Goldberg is no stranger to hiding bodies. In the past ten years, this thirty-something has buried four of them, collateral damage in his quest for love. Now he’s heading west to Los Angeles, the city of second chances, determined to put his past behind him.
In Hollywood, Joe blends in effortlessly with the other young upstarts. He eats guac, works in a bookstore, and flirts with a journalist neighbor. But while others seem fixated on their own reflections, Joe can’t stop looking over his shoulder. The problem with hidden bodies is that they don’t always stay that way. They re-emerge, like dark thoughts, multiplying and threatening to destroy what Joe wants most: true love. And when he finds it in a darkened room in Soho House, he’s more desperate than ever to keep his secrets buried. He doesn’t want to hurt his new girlfriend—he wants to be with her forever. But if she ever finds out what he’s done, he may not have a choice…
Oh, you mean you didn’t know I like torturing myself by reading the sequel to a book that literally almost had me screaming and pooping my pants like 75% of the time?
WELL FOLKS, THERE’S A SEQUEL AND I READ IT. Yep. I did it.
I have to admit, I didn’t like this as much as I did You, but I always go into sequels expecting them to not be as good as the debut book. Hidden Bodies kind of let me down in the sense that I didn’t feel as urked as I did when I read You (WHICH IS REALLY WEIRD TO WRITE I KNOW, BUT IT’S TRUE). I didn’t really see the point to this book. And I guess there wasn’t as much suspense in Hidden Bodies as there was in You. I also felt a little weird about the fact that a lot of the women in this book actually LIKED Joe, like in You he actually had to insert himself into their lives and even then, it took them some time to warm up to him.
All in all with a few bumps in the road. Hidden Bodies makes for an okay sequel. Is it completely necessary? Not really, but still an entertaining read.
3/5 Stars
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