
For You and Only You
You, Book 4
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Narrated by:
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Santino Fontana
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By:
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Caroline Kepnes
About this listen
‘Joe Goldberg is my guilty pleasure, my strange addiction. If loving him is wrong, I don’t want to be right’ Erin Kelly
JOE GOLDBERG IS BACK, AND THIS TIME HE'S WRITING HIS OWN HAPPILY EVER AFTER . . .
Joe Goldberg is ready for a change. Instead of selling books, he’s writing them. And he’s off to a good start.
Invited to join a tight-knit writing fellowship at Harvard, Joe thinks he’s finally found a place where talent matters more than pedigree. Where anything is possible, even happy endings. At least until he meets his uber-privileged, already-published, already-distinguished peers.
Thankfully, Wonder enters the picture. They have so much in common: no college degrees, no pretensions, just a love for literature. They could be those rare literary soulmates who never fall prey to their demons. If only Wonder could just commit herself to the writing life.
But Joe has faith in Wonder. He will sacrifice his art for hers. And, if he must, he will kill her darlings for her.
With her trademark biting wit, Caroline Kepnes explores why vulnerable people bring out the worst in others as Joe sets out to make this small, elite world a fairer place. And if a little crimson runs in the streets of Cambridge, who can blame him? Love doesn’t conquer all. Often, it needs a little push.
so much better than the TV dhow
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Different from the other books but I loved it
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Another exceptional story!
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Kepnes is contemplative, allowing Joe to explore his writer persona in depth while clashing with the reality of publishing, an avatar for her own experiences and frustrations with the media industry and the inextricable corruption that it bears on art to create something of mass appeal.
Kepnes dissects the notion of writing vs. storytelling, a key thesis throughout the text. This conversation is used grant Kepnes permission to allow events and relationships to breathe more freely, not unlike the last book, but with a more cogent layer of Joe's insecurities and unstable sense of self at the forefront, while inverting the expectations of where the overall narrative will lead. It leads, perhaps, to a feeling of disconnection between this novel and the previous novels, where the action escalates and tension culminates in a climactic way.
We are left with a Joe, played to perfection by Santino Fontana, who is obsessed with himself, and utterly insecure. The same Joe in every book of the series. The difference now is that Kepnes is challenging the readers to observe capitalism's impact on storytelling and the narcissism that lurks within Joe with more intent and focus. We have more of Joe than ever, but less of a thriller than ever, too, perhaps to make room for more Joe monologuing. Is this a bad thing? Maybe. Regardless, Kepnes wants the reader to examine what's important to them as a reader, a writer, not the least through the characters of Wonder and Sarah Beth, who embody the ideas sincerity and capitalist inhumanity respectively, but laced throughout the novel in plot, theming, tone, and narrative. The intent and discussion is clear and focused, but the plot will not thrill you like before. Nonetheless an interesting, if restrained, entry into the You series.
Santino delivers Joe, Kepnes delivers reflection
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I would read another “You” book 100%, but id struggle if it kept to this formula.
Santino Fontana was great as always.
Joe goes mild`\
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I love it!!
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boring
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A rollercoaster that didn’t drop, an unfulfilled orgasm.
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Hearing Joe's neurosis in Santino Fontana's voice is as always, unmatched by any other audiobook series I've listened to. The combination of the signature writing style and the brilliant performance make me feel like I'm trapped in Joe's head with him. I'm not an authority on books (I'm no Goodreads Girl) but for me, this is a great listen.
Dazzlingly Disturbing
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I feel like in the previous book we really lost Joe but we had the cage..so i could bare it. In this book however we lost Joe AND the cage. It didn’t feel like a You book at all.
Like the other readers have mentioned - the story was lacking depth. There was NO story to speak of. Wonders character felt so under developed and the story line felt a little similar to Becks in the beginning too..
I missed Joe sneaking around, plotting stuff and up until now I really enjoyed Joe putting his characters in the cage or atleast the final conversations between Joe and his victims before he killed them. There was none of that here. The book felt rushed and empty.
I do hope we get more in the series and I hope we get Joe AND the cage back. His character, for me anyway, is my favourite in any book/series I’ve ever read.
I think the narrator deserves and Oscar for his performance and to me, his voice will always be Joe. He can do no wrong.
The only thing I have an issue with is the story. Or lack of it.
Read it..it’s OK. Not the best and certainly not the worst.
Hear me out..
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