You (Volume 1) (YOU series) - Softcover

Kepnes, Caroline

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1471137368 ISBN 13: 9781471137365

Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK, 2014

Synopsis

Gone Girl meetsFatal Attractionin Caroline Kepnes' You, a chilling account of the twisted psychology behind unrelenting passion.

When aspiring writer Guinevere Beck strides into the bookstore where Joe works he is instantly smitten. Beck is everything Joe has ever wanted: tough, razor-smart and sexier than his wildest dreams. He'd kill to have her.

Soon Beck can't resist her feelings for a guy who seems custom made for her. When a string of macabre incidents tears her world apart there is only one person she can turn to. But there's more to Joe than Beck realises and much more to Beck than her perfect facade. The obsessive relationship quickly spirals into a whirlwind of deadly consequences...

A chilling account of unrelenting, terrifying deceit, Caroline Kepnes' You is a thriller more perversely clever and dangerously twisted than any YOU have ever read.

About this title

Review:

'There are resonances of The Collector by John Fowles, and Stephen King's Misery... There are hints of Gone Girl, but the story is both original and compelling. If you only read one new thriller this year, make it this one. It will stay with you long after you have put it down.' Daily Mail

'A fantastically creepy thriller... The kind of book you put your life on hold for.' Glamour

'YOU is the story of a man's obsession with a student unlucky enough to turn up in his bookstore. The twist? You'll end up (almost) siding with the stalker... Clever and chilling.' Elle

'A brilliant tale of obsessive love that centres on Joe, the stalker, and Beck, the victim of his infatuation. It's Gone Girl meets a sinister version of Girls.' Marie Claire

'An addictive thriller!' Closer

'If you liked Gone Girl's portrayal of a marriage in decline, the demented love story at the heart of YOU will have you gripped... YOU is the love-hate child of Patricia Highsmith and Bret Easton Ellis. Goldberg draws Beck into his web, only to discover she has a web of her own; there is sex, violence and deception aplenty, with a liberal application of American Psycho-esque pop culture. But the rotten heart of Kepnes' novel is Goldberg himself, a perversely charismatic Tom Ripley for the social media age. This book will give you Stockholm syndrome.' -- Harper's Bazaar

'Chilling...[Kepnes's] will have readers looking over their shoulders.' Publisher's Weekly

'A deeply dark yet mesmerizing first novel of two people caught in a romantic tangle with an ever-tightening knot.' Booklist

'Is Caroline Kepnes' YOU the next GONE GIRL? It'll take you inside a psychopath's head... and might even make you like him. A mad and macabre love story.' TimeOut Australia

'Chilling...unrelenting.' USAToday.com

'All-consuming a book that will not release its hold on you, even when you are not actively reading it.' BoloBooks.com

'You...had the page-turning quality of classic (Stephen) King at his peak.' The Devil's Advocate

'Could be the next GONE GIRL...a perverse suspense romance about obsession, sex, and secrets.' -- PopSugar.com

About the Author:

Caroline Kepnes is from Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Her first novel YOU was translated into 19 languages and shortlisted for a CWA New Blood Award. Her second novel HIDDEN BODIES is a sequel that Booklist describes as 'the love child of Holden Caulfield and Patrick Bateman'. Caroline earned a BA in American Civilization at Brown University and worked as a pop culture journalist on Entertainment Weekly and a TV writer on 7th Heaven. She now writes full-time and lives in Los Angeles. A 10 episode TV series based on YOU will premiere on Lifetime Network in 2018.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1471137368
• ISBN 13: 9781471137365
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 432