You, Caroline Kepnes
You, Caroline Kepnes
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You

Author: Caroline Kepnes

Narrator: Santino Fontana

Unabridged: 11 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/30/2014


Synopsis

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A NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER

“Hypnotic and scary.” —Stephen King

“I am riveted, aghast, aroused, you name it. The rare instance when prose and plot are equally delicious.” —Lena Dunham

From bestselling author Caroline Kepnes comes a brilliant and terrifying psychological thriller that blurs the line between love and obsession in the age of social media.

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.

A terrifying exploration of how vulnerable we all are to stalking and manipulation, debut author Caroline Kepnes delivers a razor-sharp novel for our hyper-connected digital age. You is a compulsively readable page-turner that’s being compared to Gone Girl, American Psycho, and Stephen King’s Misery.

About Caroline Kepnes

Caroline Kepnes is the author of YouHidden BodiesProvidence, and numerous short stories. Her work has been translated into a multitude of languages and inspired a television series adaptation of You, currently on Netflix. Kepnes graduated from Brown University and previously worked as a pop culture journalist for Entertainment Weekly and a TV writer for 7th Heaven and The Secret Life of the American Teenager. She grew up on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and now lives in Los Angeles.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Elle on January 06, 2021

UPDATE: I am officially muting comments on this review because they without fail make me hate my life. You can take my points or you can leave them. It's a book review. If your point is "thinking critically about media is stupid and bad", I can absolutely promise you I do not care. If you want to se......more

Goodreads review by Emily May on November 22, 2014

I'm not sure what crazy people shelved this book as "romance". You is romantic in the same way that Lolita is romantic. In other words: an insane, obsessive and manipulative romance from the perspective of a charming psychopath. It's a fucked up tale told from the POV of a stalker who obsesses over a......more

Goodreads review by Matthew on July 23, 2018

I finished this book while recovering from surgery. I was medicated and kind of loopy. Considering how weird this book is, it is kind of perfect! Not for the faint of heart! This book is demented and twisted. You will feel uncomfortable that the words on these pages came from someone and were actuall......more

Goodreads review by Nilufer on October 16, 2021

They always say the book is always better than its adaptation. Even Kubrick’s Shinning disappointed Stephen King and he told that “the Shining” movie version was like a big, beautiful Cadillac with no engine inside it. It is always risky to see the adaptions because when the screenwriter turned at le......more

Goodreads review by Kat on December 30, 2020

A reread. I wanted to finally get around to watching the show (mostly for Victoria Pedretti in S2, can’t lie). 16 y/o me thought this book was way hotter shit than it actually is, and while there are some good things going on in You, it's definitely not as scandalous/edgy/impressive as I remember. C......more