#carolinekepnes

[lisa-lostinlit]

💬 Happy Friday! Reading check-in time... what are you currently reading? What’s up next? . Joe Goldberg is back and I’m sooo here for it!! You Love Me, book 3 in the You series by @carolinekepnes, just released this week! If you’ve read You and met Joe, you know exactly how I feel about getting more of him! Thank you to @randomhouse #partner for gifting me this copy! . . . h a s h t a g s ⇣ #youseries #youloveme #carolinekepnes #randomhouse #thrillerbooks #mysterythriller #readercommunity #literaryinfluencer #readersofig #whatimreading #booksonbooks #creativebookstagram #bookphoto #asecondofwhimsey #awakethelight #bookseverywhere #flashesofdelight #onthebedproject #bedroomdecor #hyggestyle #bedroomideas #beddecor #seekinspirecreate #lifestyleinspo #photosinbetween #readinglife #readinglove https://www.instagram.com/p/CNcqYMuHt8i/?igshid=1p2ry779j6vvp

#partner #youseries #youloveme #carolinekepnes #randomhouse #thrillerbooks #mysterythriller #readercommunity #literaryinfluencer #readersofig #whatimreading #booksonbooks #creativebookstagram #bookphoto #asecondofwhimsey #awakethelight #bookseverywhere #flashesofdelight #onthebedproject #bedroomdecor #hyggestyle #bedroomideas #beddecor #seekinspirecreate #lifestyleinspo #photosinbetween #readinglife #readinglove

[stretchearsnotvaginas]

I tried a #booktok trend the other day & hung up my current/future reads so I’d have more side table space. All you need is any kind of durable string and some washers (or buttons in my case) and you’re good to go! Definitely recommend if you have more books than you do shelves or if you have a random patch of wall you want to cover. 👏🏻 #bookstagram #currentreads #keepingupwithaskillings #smallspaces #bookblog #booksbooksbooks #youloveme #carolinekepnes #midnightsun #janeeyre #toogoodtobetrue #carolalovering #stepheniemeyer #twilight #vines #tezzaapp #chuckpalahniuk #writing #writer #considerthis #advice #classics #lifehacks #tiktok #booklover #hangingbooks (at Colorado Springs, Colorado) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTF_tT_L5TI/?utm_medium=tumblr

#booktok #bookstagram #currentreads #keepingupwithaskillings #smallspaces #bookblog #booksbooksbooks #youloveme #carolinekepnes #midnightsun #janeeyre #toogoodtobetrue #carolalovering #stepheniemeyer #twilight #vines #tezzaapp #chuckpalahniuk #writing #writer #considerthis #advice #classics #lifehacks #tiktok #booklover #hangingbooks

[meg-louise-giry]

Today's Audiobook: You Love Me by Caroline Kepnes read by Santino Fontana. #you #youloveme #carolinekepnes #author #santinofontana #narrator #unabridged #audiobook #joegoldberg https://www.instagram.com/p/CPaRlSfs4h_/?utm_medium=tumblr

#you #youloveme #carolinekepnes #author #santinofontana #narrator #unabridged #audiobook #joegoldberg

[bibliobethblog]

Hello everyone and hope you’re well. I’m back from my holiday and looking forward to catching up with everything you’ve been up to. This #stacksaturday I’m revealing five books on my TBR this month chosen for me by my sister @chrissireads one from each bookshelf. I did this challenge back in April when Mr B picked five books from my shelves that I HAD to read that month and once again, I’m looking forward to reading more backlist books rather than reading for the new shiny ones like a magpie! 😂 They Both Die At The End by Adam Silvera Bad Romance by Heather Demetrios Just My Type by Simon Garfield You by Caroline Kepnes After You by Jojo Moyes I think Chrissi has done brilliantly in picking me a TBR. Some of these books she’s been on at me to read for ages 🤣 and others she was drawn to. I can’t wait to get started! As always, I’d love to know your thoughts on any of these books or authors. Let’s have a chat in the comments! #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookrecommendations #bookspickedbymysister #mysisterpicksmytbr #bookstagramchallenge #readingfrommybookshelf #readingfrommytbrpile #theybothdieattheend #adamsilvera #badromance #heatherdemetrios #justmytype #simongarfield #you #carolinekepnes #afteryou #jojomoyes #booksandcandles #booksicantwaittoread https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ4BUZELUvM/?utm_medium=tumblr

#stacksaturday #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookrecommendations #bookspickedbymysister #mysisterpicksmytbr #bookstagramchallenge #readingfrommybookshelf #readingfrommytbrpile #theybothdieattheend #adamsilvera #badromance #heatherdemetrios #justmytype #simongarfield #you #carolinekepnes #afteryou #jojomoyes #booksandcandles #booksicantwaittoread

[scarluxia]

I was so excited when You Love Me came out! I put the audiobook on hold at the library and when they emailed me to tell me it was ready to check out, I grabbed it IMMEDIATELY! Devoured the entire book in about 20 hours (I have the audio speed on OverDrive set to 1.20x as a matter of course). Caroline Kepnes is a goddess and I'm excited that the sequel hook means there's more to come! Also can't wait to see where the showrunners decided to go with this. Also, I bought the first audiobook for my boss for her birthday and I think I might do the same for our coworker who's also a fan of the TV series. #carolinekepnes #you #youloveme https://www.instagram.com/p/CPCsdn1JAJy/?utm_medium=tumblr

#carolinekepnes #you #youloveme

[theremightbecupcakespodcast]

There’s an in-joke hovering throughout the novel You Love Me, by Caroline Kepnes, but never spoken. The Lemonheads’ song (and album) “It’s a Shame About Ray” (Quinn). 😆 That is just chef’s kiss. Just finished reading, ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️, now off to listen to this album, which was a staple of my grad school years. “Some things need to go away, it's a shame about Ray”. 😁 #thelemonheads #carolinekepnes #joegoldberg #youseries #lyrics #1990s #bookseries #books #amreading #bookstagram #beyourownheroine #readersofinstagram #bookstagrammer #bibliophile #bookgram #booklife #bookblogger #bookpodcaster #booksofinstagram #bookphotography #bookdragon #bookaesthetic #bookpodcast #theremightbecupcakes https://www.instagram.com/p/CNiDZwnFxhc/?igshid=fdtvvqvh64ij

#thelemonheads #carolinekepnes #joegoldberg #youseries #lyrics #1990s #bookseries #books #amreading #bookstagram #beyourownheroine #readersofinstagram #bookstagrammer #bibliophile #bookgram #booklife #bookblogger #bookpodcaster #booksofinstagram #bookphotography #bookdragon #bookaesthetic #bookpodcast #theremightbecupcakes

[maxinemunroeart]

Hello you. Who's your favorite character from @younetflix ? I definitely binged all of season 2, I couldn't stop myself @carolinekepnes creates such intriguing characters 😍 @then0t0ri0usvip did such an incredible job portraying Love ❤️ . #younetflix #youseason2 #victoriapedretti #carolinekepnes #pennbadgley https://www.instagram.com/p/B6tsEAsF_Nk/?igshid=petebske9f1n

#younetflix #youseason2 #victoriapedretti #carolinekepnes #pennbadgley

[nny13]

New read to cure my boredom at work. Let's see how different it is, compared to season 2. Lol #You #youseason2 #hiddenbodies #carolinekepnes https://www.instagram.com/p/B72uS7OgizX/?igshid=1k22xz5e1axv2

#you #youseason2 #hiddenbodies #carolinekepnes

[mybookbath]

Happy FriYAY! 🤓📖 What is everyone reading this weekend? I am finishing up YOU by Caroline Kepnes. It is a very creepy tale about a somewhat charming, psychopath, bookshop clerk named Joe who becomes obsessed with a twenty something year old wannabe writer who visits his bookshop—swipe left to view the dramatic photo I managed to capture in the forest. As much as I loved watching the Netflix series, I do wish I had read the captivating book first. Well, obviously! 😉 Have you watched or read YOU? . . . . . . . . . #bookshelfie #whatimreading #weekendreads #youbook #carolinekepnes #bookrecommendations https://www.instagram.com/p/B4DcyHJH7_1/?igshid=1lf6itdrtbclh

#bookshelfie #whatimreading #weekendreads #youbook #carolinekepnes #bookrecommendations

[anastasiathewriter]

«Спрятанные тела» Кэролайн Кепнес

Оригинальное название: Hidden Bodies

Рейтинг: 3,7 / 5

Жанр: роман, триллер

Год написания: 2016

Возрастное ограничение: 18+

“Love is kind, love is patient but also, mainly, above all — yes — Love is perverted.” 

Потрясающее продолжение книги «Ты», о которой я писала три поста назад. Перед тем, как Нетфликс выпустит продолжение сериала, экранизируемого «Ты», я хотела бы рассказать именно о КНИГЕ. В этом обзоре будет приличное количество спойлеров, поэтому тем, кто ещё не прочитал «Ты» (или не посмотрел), лучше не читать его.

Джо, наш старый добрый главный герой, двигается дальше, пытаясь забыть прошлое. Смерть Бек заставляет его по-другому посмотреть на мир, на людей и в частности на девушек. В этой книги Джо находит новую «жертву», меняет локацию с Нью-Йорка на Лос-Анджелес, и так же меняет свой стиль жизни. Теперь он активный пользователь социальных сетей, вроде фейсбука и тиндера. Он занимается спортом, при чём так же активно. Джо углубляется в мир кинематографии, пишет свой сценарий и находит новых друзей. 

В новой книге куда больше убийств, сцен секса, но так же куда больше любви. Именно любовь является сюжетным центром этой книги. Помимо этого Джо становится более харизматичные, непредсказуемым и умным. 

Сюжет «Спрятанных тел» мне понравился больше, чем «Ты». Но всё же старых персонажей мне так же не хватало. Питч Сэлинджер, мой второй любимый герой первой книги, будет появляться в новой книге, но не как целостный персонаж, а смерть которой будет нести за собой последствия. И Джо придётся хорошенько попотеть, чтобы «прикрыть» эти последствия.

Финал книги привёл в меня в некий шок, потому что слишком много неожиданных поворотов сюжета. Очень сложно уместить всё это в голове, и от этого хочется поскорее прочитать продолжение. Которое, к слову, в этом году обещают опубликовать. 

К сожалению, книга ещё не переведена на русский язык, хотя и опубликована уже три года назад. Поэтому прочитать её будет очень проблематично для тех, кто не знает английского языка. Но будет надеяться, что русские издания возьмутся за эту книгу, как взялись совсем недавно за «Ты». Её вы уже можете прочитать на русском языке.

Я хотела отметить особый стиль написания Кэролайн Кепнес. Девушка долгое время работала журналисткой, но то, как она пишет — ОГРОМНЫЙ ТАЛАНТ. Честно признаюсь, я завидую ей, и никогда ещё не встречала такой стиль написания. Это один из множества причин почему книги этого автора являются моими любимыми. 

Прочитала бы я эту книгу снова: ДА! И уже совсем скоро я хочу перечитать «Ты» и «Спрятанные тела». Буду ли я читать продолжение этой книги: с огромным удовольствием!

Один балл за главного героя. Два балла за смену локации и высмеивания ЛА. Балл за финал (сумасшедший). И по традиции балл автору, который проделал шикарную работу.

Моя оценка 5/5

“It is possible to know people. They show you who they are. You just have to be looking.” 

“The real horror of my life is not that I’ve killed some terrible people. The real horror is that the people I’ve loved didn’t love me back.” 

“And there is nothing more terrifying than realizing the one who knows you best loves you least.” 

“A book lets you choose how much of the blood you want to see. A book gives you the permission to see the story as you want, as your mind directs.” 

“People are so lonely, they spend their birthdays on the Internet, thanking people for wishing them a happy birthday, people who only know it’s their birthday because Facebook told them.” 

“Los Angeles is full of places to hide a body, but when the person inside the body doesn’t love you, it’s not an easy thing, turning that breathing person into a dead one.” 

#книги #обзор книги #сериал #экранизация #книжный блог #книжнаяполка #книжныйчервь #текстовый пост #текстовый блог #текстовый тамблер #Кэролайн Кепнес #спрятанные тела #чтение #литература #зарубежная литература #блогосфера #books #hidden bodies #carolinekepnes #Joe Goldberg #beck #netflix #You #you tv series #girlaboutbooks

[buttermybooks]

have you watched YOU on netflix?

#bookstagram #bookishfeatures #bookstagramfeatures #read #buttermybooksblogs #influencer #books #you #pennbadgely #carolinekepnes

[misplaced-my-face]

#faceless #anonymous #misplacedmyface #Hidden bodies #poolside #summer #midsummer #summertime #pool #relax #read #reading #book #facelessportait #nofilter #sunny #sun #tanning #hiddenbodies #carolinekepnes #longlegs #swim #swimsuit #caroline kepnes #Faceless portrait #no edit

[booksbookandmorebooks]

Hello my lovelies, I hope you’ve had a fab week! Today I’m starting off by jumping on the band wagon of the crazy popular Netflix show “YOU”. Now this show was one I had been anticipating for so long after seeing the teaser trailers and it looked so up my alley, a little creepy and intense but still stylised. A real thriller you can sink your teeth into and it did not disappoint. This show was everything I expected and more which is why when I went to my local book store and saw it sitting there, I couldn’t ignore it. I just had to pick it up.

So here I am today to talk about the differences between the Netflix adaptation and the book. I know a lot of my posts tend to be actual book reviews but due to the popularity and hype around this book and show I thought it would be time wasted as there are so so many posts about it recently. So, I thought I’d compile a quick list of differences between the two platforms for the quick readers. I hope you enjoy this blog post and if so make sure to come back and check out my other book reviews!

                                                                              SPOILERS AHEAD.

Time line differences:

The progression of Joe and Bec’s relationship is a lot slower in the book, while the show is almost shot for shot when showing events in the book, their relationship is always an almost. For example, at the time of the Ikea visit they aren’t together in the book, this was a ploy Bec used to manipulate Joe into taking her places and putting her furniture together, while in the show they had already been established for a while and even engaged in some physical activities while there.

At the Dicken’s fair Bec visits with her estranged family, Joe and Bec again, are not together. A lot of the book hinges on the fact that Bec plays and toys with Joe through almost the entirety of the story. It’s cruel really, she spends weeks with him staying over, engaging in relationship-like activities, making him feel special and loved and then will ghost him and flake on him for no reason which in turn intensifies his creepy/ obsessive behaviour.

Character traits:

Bec plays Joe around a lot more in the book as I state above. She constantly cancels plans for Peach, Chyna or Lynn as they ‘need’ her more or because she’s sick. Without fail, there is always something wrong, or something she can’t get out of. She lies about plans and takes days sometimes weeks to reply to him, which is especially cruel in my eyes as she tends to do this after playing the perfect doting girlfriend. Bec in the show is depicted as a bit of a lost and confused soul, someone we are made to feel empathy for yet In the book she is extremely manipulative, a user and a cheat. A very unlikable character towards the end. 

Suspicions:

When in the show we are introduced to peach initially it is very obvious she is not only overly protective of Bec but also highly suspicious of Joe and this suspicion we only see intensify as she becomes paranoid of things that seem ‘too good to be true’ regarding their run ins and ‘fated meetings’. Establishing her as the villain/enemy of Joe quite early on. While in the book peach never catches wind of Joe's stalker-ish and violent tendencies, her irritation towards Joe (hatred if you will) simply stems from an over bearing and protective friendship.

Joe’s childhood:

Joe’s childhood is kept very hush hush and yes, in the book it’s not talked about in explicit detail but we do read in the form of a few throw away comments about how he had no mother figure growing up and was left with a drunk abusive father who had no time or care for his son.

We are only provided with one example in the book about the neglect Joe faced while growing up. He talks about the time when he was locked in the cage as punishment by Mr. Mooney, the shop owner, for three days and upon returning home Joe’s father was completely unaware his child had been missing at all and expressed no concern for his well being

Confrontation:

The Dicken’s fair is where we are introduced to Bec’s estranged and dysfunctional family, yet Bec is fully aware Joe has followed her and she spots him. Instead of the fire filled confrontation we see in the show, she doesn’t confront him and he flees from the scene in a fit of panic and drives back to his home where Bec bombards him with calls and texts desperate to talk to him. He is sure it’s to confront him about his behaviour and we see through his inner dialogue he is certain the jig is up and she will brand him a loser when in actual fact she ignores the fact he followed her across the country and just wants him to keep her company and listen to her moan about her hard life. Another reason I find Bec insanely irritating.

The reveal:

The box that Bec finds at the end of the book that results in her learning about Joe’s true identity contains her belongings but he had kept no keepsakes of his other victims like it shows in the Netflix adaptation. No teeth or phones or anything tying him to the other deaths. Only the stuff he has stolen from Bec’s apartment over the passing months. including the most disturbing item in my eyes, a used tampon, that Joe justifies as normal because it’s a plastic one. (I just can’t even)

Deaths:

When we finally see Joe's intense and violent side come out with unsuspecting Benji we were all shocked. The show seemed to go from 0 to a 100 real fast. Which if you felt was a little out of the blue, there’s a reason. The show clearly changed the interaction between Joe and Benji for artistic licence. We know this because in the book Joe only sedated Benji with a drink and then drags him into the cage in his comatose state. He never strikes him in a fit of panic or rage. We never really see an overly unhinged Joe, he is always calm and collected which I personally preferred because when he does start to unravel at the end of the book it makes it a little more exciting gives the scene more of a shocking impact.

Peach’s death is quite similar in both book and show, but there are some important differences. In the show we see it set up by a panicked Joe to look like a suicide which even includes a note (a clever foreshadowing of Bec’s grisly end). After an attempted drug fuelled threesome initiated by Peach and her unsuccessful male lover (a scene we see nothing of in the book) while in the book Joe secretly stalks the girls vacation home and sees Peach spike Bec’s drink and try to seduce her through an intimate massage that results in Peach’s total dismissal of Bec once she has been rejected. He then waits for Peach to go on a run along the beach and suffocates her in the sand and finally ends it all by hitting her over the head repeatedly with a rock.

We also find out through a series of throw away comments and one scene for scene recollection in the book how Candace died, or better yet, was murdered. Confirming suspicion, it was at Joe’s hand and it was death by drowning. Joe even admits to manipulating her suspicious brother into believing she died in a body surfing accident. We hear this through his own personal narrative while conversing with Bec about lies and secrets they both keep.

Initially at the very end of both book and show we see Joe lose his temper with Bec and strangle her. Once he has calmed down and the deed is done, he shows extreme remorse and guilt. We see a whole page where he expresses a mass amount of regret and begins to break down over what he’s done and how he’s lost her. Unknowingly Bec has tricked him and surprises him by attacking him when his guard is down. This in itself annoys Joe to breaking point and through a series of mental thoughts he explains how he was wrong about her, how she could never love him and how now she has proven to him she is everything he hoped she wasn’t, he then strangles her whole heartedly and even more sickening, he seems to enjoy it.

The ending:

In the show we see in the last episode a girl walk into the shop and the narration he shared when encountering Bec for the first time begins again, insinuating it’s all come full circle and is about to repeat itself. It proves that Joe is a creature of habit and this is his vicious circle and sadly is one he is unable/ unwilling to break. But as we see this girl is Candace (a shock to us all yes) yet in the book it’s already established she was murdered at Joe's hand many years ago. In the book it is a thief we encounter briefly a few chapters back who was using a fake name and a stolen credit card,  a girl who has named herself Amy Adams. While inquiring for a job it is hinted at that she is Joe’s next victim and someone he has chosen to become his new obsession.

This ending is what particularly interested me, as we see the book has a clear end and has given Candace a grisly death thus, eliminating the possibility of her return. Yet in the show, we hear nothing about her death it is just left to hearsay and suspicion. We are then thrown a curve ball by her entrance into the shop in the very last episode which leads us to believe that the show is now going off on a completely new and unknown path, something that both excites and worries fans of the books.

I am also aware a second follow on book has been written and I will be jumping on that very soon!

I hope you enjoyed this post and have a great day. Thanks for reading!

#YOU #Netflix #YOUnetflix #bookvsshow #bookvsshowcomparisons #bookvshow #bookvshowcomparison #Carolinekepnes

[books-are-my-escape]

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[wowzersbrina]

"What a shame to be so angered by what you don't have that you treat what you do have like it's nothing."

-You by Caroline Kepnes

#quotes #book quotes #book #books #quote #carolinekepnes #caroline kepnes #you #you by caroline kepnes #shame

[bookramblings]

You

Author: Caroline Kepnes

Published by: Simon & Schuster

Pages: 424

Format: Paperback

My Rating ★★★★

Joe Goldberg is handsome, charming and ready to fall in love. And when aspiring writer Guinevere Beck strides into the bookstore where Joe works, he is instantly smitten. He knows he has to see her again. So Joe does what anyone might: he looks Beck up online, and learns everything he can to set up another chance to meet her. Their chemistry is immediate. It seems like the perfect romance.

But there’s more to Joe than Beck realises… and more to Beck than Joe could ever guess. Their relationship soon spirals out of control, and the darkness they unleash will have deadly consequences for everyone in their lives.

My thoughts:

You is a thriller novel by Caroline Kepnes, was published in September 2014, and has recently been adapted into a Netflix original series of the same name.

After their first encounter at the bookstore, Joe becomes infatuated and begins to quietly and obsessively take control of Beck’s life. Moving from stalker to boyfriend, Joe works tirelessly to transform himself into Beck’s ideal man, all while secretly removing the obstacles that stand in their way—even if that means murder.

The thing about Joe is that his craziness really sucks you in. I even kind of liked Joe in parts of the book, along with his totally inappropriate thoughts and actions.

I don’t want to give too much of the plot away, but I can definitely tell you that Joe is a stalker and a murderer. He is also probably the most candidly honest character that I've ever come across. The author’s writing is so absorbing and she truly captured the mind of a crazy stalker, while also allowing him to remain human. This made the plot even more compelling and an immensely creepy and twisted undertaking to keep reading. 

Stylistically, I felt that Joe’s brutally honest inner monologues about people and society in general worked really well in portraying a loner with many issues and a great sense of darkness within. He really is such an interesting character, and being inside his brain is quite the experience. As I was reading, there were points when I actually felt kind of guilty for being enthralled by the madness and behaviour of the narrator. It really had me on the edge of my seat from page one. 

I also really loved all the film and literature references Joe makes throughout the book, and at one point, when shopping for furniture with Beck, he even compares his time there with the magical IKEA moment that Tom and Summer share in 500 Days of Summer. It is all so weird, yet immensely thought provoking, and highly entertaining.

Be warned, this is a hypnotic and creepy read, but ultimately You is a book I just couldn’t get myself to put down. The characters are just fascinating, the writing is brilliant and I’m hoping to get my hands on the sequel soon to see what comes next. This addictive thriller is definitely worth reading!

Overall reaction:

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