Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

Tu by Caroline Kepnes

242 reviews

eyesofcrows's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I wanted to read a crazy protagonist and I got a crazy protagonist. I found myself rooting for Joe on several occasions even if it was insane to do so. He’s a funny guy and the problems he focuses on are equally funny. It’s a fun book filled with murder, stalking, and romance. It’s different from a lot of books I read but it does fulfill my love of an unreliable narrator because our narrator is just way too crazy. I like how the characters play out and how Joe always looks at what’s wrong with them. Of course there’s a million things wrong with Joe (he’s both pretentious and self satisfying) but man are the people in Beck’s life just as, if not more, messed up as her

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Mental illness and Grief

Minor: Infidelity

luzzemilee's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Stalking, and Murder

Minor: Confinement, Cursing, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

kiwichill's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Not for the faint hearted, this book is very twisted and dark and graphic

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Excrement, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Drug use, Blood, Medical content, and Alcohol

Very graphic tale from the POV of a stalker obsessed with a girl after a brief encounter. I watched the series so I knew how this obsession takes over and leads to violence. There is nothing redeeming about the character Joe. I wouldn't say I enjoyed the book, more like disturbed by its nature

sandysmith's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

I'm gradually adding books I've read in 2021 to give a true reflection of the books I've read since keeping records.  In January 2021, I kick-started my reading journey having put reading on the  back burner whilst bringing up the children only reading when on holiday, having previously being an avid reader. A difficult disturbing read, dark, twisty and uncomfortable. Made me think but not in a good way. Its a  disturbing stalker and obsession based read.  Uncomfortable but well written

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Stalking, and Murder

dahliaeulalie's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Eating disorder and Blood

heyitsseph's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

The book is very similar to the tv show  but there are some differences. I like watching the tv show more than I like reading the bbut I don’t feel like it’s for me. I wouldn’t read the second book. You don’t have to pay attention the small ideas. You can experience it and actually see what happens instead picturing what’s happening in mind . There’s a lot spicy scenes in this book. Dan is a creepy, stalking character. He has obsession with a women he would not letting anyone get in the way to get close the women. It’s a psychological, narcissistic book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, and Stalking

shysbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Book Joe is much creepier and more deranged than series Joe. Book Joe is intense, I had to read it in sections and take breaks. But it was worth it. At the end, I ended up disliking everyone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Stalking, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

mithridatic's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, Car accident, and Death of parent

urfriendash's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

CHILLING........

so i bought this because i loved the show, and everyone told me 'joe is so much darker in the book!' and i was like okay ill bite

i don't think joe is like super darker in this, but because we are limited to his inner dialogue in the show, we miss out on some of the crazy creepy stuff he thinks about. plus, the show made a lot of changes to the plot. like the paco plot doesn't exist in the books, and yk in the show ur like 'oh he a terrible guy but at least he's helping paco' well you cant say that in the book..

this book was actually scary, not cuz of some monster or vampire yk but because this could happen to anyone irl! plenty of people don't figure out their being stalked for years.. joes narrating was so crazy to me, like people actually think this shit. he's super perverted and he's great at gaslighting and manipulating!

anyway super good book, very disturbing, anddddd id say 13+. if your mature. there's a bunch of perverted stuff and sex scenes, as well as detailing of murder and stalking (obviously)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

lots of perverted content

s1ck4n's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, and Stalking