You by Caroline Kepnes

It’s been a while since I wrote a book review, but here we are today. You, the series, is now on Netflix, and it’s based on a book. I had to see if this was as fun as the first season of the series had been.

The book in short
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.

What did I think?
Every so often, you read a book that makes the hairs on your neck stand up. This is one of those books. The series did this to me as well. I think the writing in this book is so interesting because it is a bit of a slippery slope.

Lots of love,
Melissa