You

You by Caroline Kepnes

Summary: From debut author Caroline Kepnes comes You, one of Suspense Magazine’s Best Books of 2014, and a brilliant and terrifying novel for the social media age. 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’sMisery. Angie's Comments: I am of two minds about this book. The novel is told from Joe’s perspective, which took a while for me to get into his mindset. Also, Joe’s murders did not seem believable. Really, wouldn’t someone have noticed that the one girl did not actually drown? Some things are a bit hard to believe in this book. On the other hand, it is creepy. Joe seems somewhat rational as long as you think as he does, but once you start thinking not as Joe, you realize that he is way off base with his perspective. Some parts I liked, others l didn’t. All the characters seemed odd and everybody had issues. Joe is scary, and this book is haunting. I am still not sure whether I liked the book or not. I recommend this book to readers who like creepy stories about crazy personalities. Request this item