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A review by kadota
You by Caroline Kepnes
4.0
My mind is tuned to interference aka the static aka the noise.
I AM SPEECHLESS.
Let's start with what the book is about shall we?
The book is about a handsome, charasmatic, ready to fall head over heels, Joe Goldberg, who is a bookseller, a kinda bookstore owner. And then there walks in an aspiring writer Guinevere Beck, who manages to make it into Joe's bookstore. Instantly swept of his feet, Joe pledges that he'll meet her again, and to meet her again he has to know her. So, he does what any person would do, look her up on the internet, a little bit of looking won't hurt anyone right? Like just a little bit? And the next thing we know is that Joe has set up a meeting with the love of his life. What can go wrong when they are so attracted to one another, their chemistry being insanely amazing, what can go wrong?
Oh yeah, an explosion can happen because they both are quite nuclear... Because neither Beck knows much about Joe below the surface, nor Joe is aware of the fact that there is more to surface. And so, when the events get out of hands, they both end up where they had not even thought about...
To be honest, after seeing and reading some reviews I was a bit hesitant on whether to give this book a try or not. But as you know life has its way, and it can prove you wrong. And also your heart wants what it wants. So here I am, proven wrong. The book was mind boggling and I loved it. It was engaging, compelling, riveting as well a book that can put your life on hold if you are not cautious of it. But I know you know me how I would never do such a thing. I so wanted to put my life on hold, to have hot chocolate and blankets covering me all day long, but I didn't do that because I am not you. But I would love to be you, because you want me to be you. And you love attention, so you'll agree that I should do it, be you, and put my life on hold, but I am no kid and I won't do it. But again, I would do it because I like you.
I will be you.
(Okay that was creepy as hell of me, the book has effected me, ignore).
I would say that this book was very different, the narration, the narrator, the storyline, the plot, everything was moving, compelling me to go from one chapter to another, I was more like sprinting to know what's gonna happen next.
Also, the characters kept me engaged. They were all so flawed, so complex, they had their nice moments and goodness too, but they all were troubled and in one word I say; broken. Joe being the main character was making me feel like I better kill him or smack my head on something. He was obsessive, possessive, controlling, and totally cunning. He was clever, sometimes witty, a manipulator, a pathological liar, compulsive, and also thought about sex very often. He is disgusting too in twisted ways. His views are enraging, and also he is condescending. Plus, he is a bad guy who thinks he is a good guy. Helping his loved aka the ones he is obsessed with, by killing people off. Oh and also he is a stalker. So yea. But also he is very twisted.
AND I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES I HAD ROLLED MY EYES BECAUSE OF HIM AND HIS THOUGHTS. I REALLY HAD TO STARE AT MY CEILING AND WALLS TO HOLD MYSELF FROM SMACKING HIS FACE AND HITTING HIM WITH A CAR. AND I FORGOT TO MENTION HE IS SO DELUSIONAL! So infuriating it was.
But all in all, it was a very good read, the thing that troubled me was that he got away with many things, and it was like people were blind or something and they didn't feel it, or they were so engrossed with themselves that they didn't know they were being stalked. That was unnerving. But some things were totally ludicrous. Yet again guys, it didn't disappoint me, so I'll give it the credit.
Caroline Kepnes did an absolutely great job at writing this, while keeping it intriguing and creepy at the same time. It is really creative of her to write a book like this. And also how she made the main character to make the readers believe that it was about "you" (the deuteragonist) not about him. Whereas it was basically about him and his obsessiveness and his plans on how to possess the person he was obsessed with.
Like hats off to Caroline Kepnes.
Plus, each and every character was struggling with something, and it was devastating to see how they were dealing with it. Plus, stalkers and stalking is very real, so beware.
Again despite Joe's weird thinking, awful thoughts, and him acting as a douche, book was awesome.
And I am totally gonna read the sequel.
So, ☮ï¸âœŒï¸
I AM SPEECHLESS.
Let's start with what the book is about shall we?
The book is about a handsome, charasmatic, ready to fall head over heels, Joe Goldberg, who is a bookseller, a kinda bookstore owner. And then there walks in an aspiring writer Guinevere Beck, who manages to make it into Joe's bookstore. Instantly swept of his feet, Joe pledges that he'll meet her again, and to meet her again he has to know her. So, he does what any person would do, look her up on the internet, a little bit of looking won't hurt anyone right? Like just a little bit? And the next thing we know is that Joe has set up a meeting with the love of his life. What can go wrong when they are so attracted to one another, their chemistry being insanely amazing, what can go wrong?
Oh yeah, an explosion can happen because they both are quite nuclear... Because neither Beck knows much about Joe below the surface, nor Joe is aware of the fact that there is more to surface. And so, when the events get out of hands, they both end up where they had not even thought about...
To be honest, after seeing and reading some reviews I was a bit hesitant on whether to give this book a try or not. But as you know life has its way, and it can prove you wrong. And also your heart wants what it wants. So here I am, proven wrong. The book was mind boggling and I loved it. It was engaging, compelling, riveting as well a book that can put your life on hold if you are not cautious of it. But I know you know me how I would never do such a thing. I so wanted to put my life on hold, to have hot chocolate and blankets covering me all day long, but I didn't do that because I am not you. But I would love to be you, because you want me to be you. And you love attention, so you'll agree that I should do it, be you, and put my life on hold, but I am no kid and I won't do it. But again, I would do it because I like you.
I will be you.
(Okay that was creepy as hell of me, the book has effected me, ignore).
I would say that this book was very different, the narration, the narrator, the storyline, the plot, everything was moving, compelling me to go from one chapter to another, I was more like sprinting to know what's gonna happen next.
Also, the characters kept me engaged. They were all so flawed, so complex, they had their nice moments and goodness too, but they all were troubled and in one word I say; broken. Joe being the main character was making me feel like I better kill him or smack my head on something. He was obsessive, possessive, controlling, and totally cunning. He was clever, sometimes witty, a manipulator, a pathological liar, compulsive, and also thought about sex very often. He is disgusting too in twisted ways. His views are enraging, and also he is condescending. Plus, he is a bad guy who thinks he is a good guy. Helping his loved aka the ones he is obsessed with, by killing people off. Oh and also he is a stalker. So yea. But also he is very twisted.
AND I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES I HAD ROLLED MY EYES BECAUSE OF HIM AND HIS THOUGHTS. I REALLY HAD TO STARE AT MY CEILING AND WALLS TO HOLD MYSELF FROM SMACKING HIS FACE AND HITTING HIM WITH A CAR. AND I FORGOT TO MENTION HE IS SO DELUSIONAL! So infuriating it was.
But all in all, it was a very good read, the thing that troubled me was that he got away with many things, and it was like people were blind or something and they didn't feel it, or they were so engrossed with themselves that they didn't know they were being stalked. That was unnerving. But some things were totally ludicrous. Yet again guys, it didn't disappoint me, so I'll give it the credit.
Caroline Kepnes did an absolutely great job at writing this, while keeping it intriguing and creepy at the same time. It is really creative of her to write a book like this. And also how she made the main character to make the readers believe that it was about "you" (the deuteragonist) not about him. Whereas it was basically about him and his obsessiveness and his plans on how to possess the person he was obsessed with.
Like hats off to Caroline Kepnes.
Plus, each and every character was struggling with something, and it was devastating to see how they were dealing with it. Plus, stalkers and stalking is very real, so beware.
Again despite Joe's weird thinking, awful thoughts, and him acting as a douche, book was awesome.
And I am totally gonna read the sequel.
So, ☮ï¸âœŒï¸