Describing their first hug when they were reunited, Manni says it was “just amazing”. He says that Reuben told him afterwards: “I needed that” – to which Reuben raises his finger to show me he is in agreement. Overall, this is a highly entertaining and welcome return to Joe and the YOU-verse, and I can’t wait to see where the story goes next. You Love Me is a thriller novel by Caroline Kepnes, published in April 2021. [1] It is the sequel to her 2016 novel, Hidden Bodies, and third installment of the You series. [2] Why? Of course Mr. Goldberg keeps his secrets which prevent him to ride into the sunset with his love of his life. But this time her new woman has more obstacles to start a relationship with him. As a result: Joe needs to get action to terminate those obstacles one by one. But he shall not kill or hurt anyone! He has new principles, new rules. Is he closer to get his HEA? Of course not! Everything comes with price in his life. He lights another match to brighten depressed lives of small town’s people and now his fire can burn the whole place to the ground. I am so sorry for the pain I have caused. I will be listening, and doing a notes app apology, and any other white-man-waiting-for-forgiveness strategies I can think of.

Sarah Weinman from The New York Times gave a glowing review of the novel, stating that it "continues to work because Kepnes is brilliant at depicting the cognitive dissonance of someone like Joe. His stalkerish behavior steps over the line again and again, but in a way that is all too familiar to any woman menaced or made uncomfortable by the so-called “good guy." No doubt he'll return in future installments, demonstrating the shattered barrier between id and superego." [10] Sequels [ edit ] As anyone who is familiar with the the book series and TV series knows, Joe is a man you hate to love. He’s deeply psychotic, but you can’t help rooting for him. That continues to be the case here, and author Caroline Kepnes does a superb job of making him sympathetic...and making us feel crazy for feeling that way about him. Oh, and the cliffhangers...I forgot how well she utilizes those at the end of chapters. Some of them gave me massive anxiety, and I had no choice but to dive into the next chapter. Before September 2018, when Reuben lived with his brother and his partner in Spain , he was “chatty Cathy”, says Manni. “Always the life and soul of the party.” He didn’t use many full sentences but he was a skilled communicator.They used dance and music on a daily basis, as well as focusing on “the five pillars of good food, sleep, exercise and fresh air, responsibility, and love”.

That night, Mary Kay is shows up to the meetup when Phil blows her off. Joe sees her there and sneaks out, hoping she didn’t see him. She shows up at his house and he worries that she’s here to confront him, but instead she tells him that it’s over between her and Phil. Joe and Mary Kay have sex, and they trade “I love you”s afterwards. Caroline Kepnes must be some kind of storytelling sorcerer. How else can Joe Goldberg — stalker, creep, multiple-murderer, blamer of everyone else but himself, a “long overdue book, the one you never thought was coming” — be such an entertaining narrator? . . . brilliant’ New York Times Every night he would do a drawing for me, give me a kiss, whisper ‘night brother’, and then hand it to me upside down, so there was a big reveal,” says Manni. “And that’s how we communicated – he communicated with me through drawing.” I also found this book to be quite slow. This was not a psychological thriller so much as a domestic drama. And I won't even get into all the implausibilities, because my review would be twenty paragraphs long.In a nutshell, this is what happens, and I kid you not, the first 80% is balls boring. This all happened maybe the last 25%?

Three weeks later, and Joe is deliriously happy. He and Mary Kay are secretly hooking up all the time. Oliver is concerned because she’s married, but Joe reassures him. Mary Kay has even met with some divorce attorneys. Mary Kay notes that Joe will eventually have to meet Phil if things work out (but of course in reality Joe has already met Phil). Reasons I hate Mary Kay: she's married. And hid that from Joe. He should have been like OKAY MOVING ON. This bitch is nothing special. She's a liar, she's married, let me find a new conquest. But no. He perseveres for this bitch because... why? She has a daughter? He wants a family? So what. Creating a structure for their often challenging days together was vital. Their neatly annotated daily diaries form the endpapers of the book, revealing the minutiae of a repeating grid of meals and activities. Rather than trying to lure him out, Manni decided to join him there – choosing language that would resonate with his sibling. Reading Kepnes is like a mashup of EW and Jim Thompson . . . You Love Me delivers and then some.” — CrimeReads

That was when I realised the power of what we were living through. I knew I wasn’t writing a fairy-tale. There were tiny chinks of moments when I thought we were getting somewhere – when he would give me the most amazing drawings – but it was a belief system, rather than circumstantial evidence.” Joe text Mary Kay from Melanda’s phone and pretends to run into her at the salon where Mary Kay says she’s going. Joe pushes her to get a drink with him. Mary Kay says that there’s something “off” about Melanda suddenly planning on leaving town. When Joe tries to convince her to get something to eat too, Mary Kay finally admits that she’s married. She says she has no intention of leaving her husband or cheating on him. She apologizes for leading him on, but says that she has a family. But she also says she never imagined she’d meet someone like Joe. It’s a nice ‘antidote to the hell scape reality of the world right now’…” That’s me. You’re quoting me. Joe moves to this cozy island, after leaving his adventurous lives in big Apple and city of Mr. Morningstar, having a big, lovely house, volunteered job in library. You ask “how”, I just shrug, zipping my lips. You gotta read and learn if he quit his full time daddy job!!!!!!

He gets a job at the local library—he does know a thing or two about books—and that’s where he meets her: Mary Kay DiMarco. Librarian. Joe won’t meddle, he will not obsess. He’ll win her the old-fashioned way... by providing a shoulder to cry on, a helping hand. Over time, they’ll both heal their wounds and begin their happily ever after in this sleepy town. Since this book won't be released for another month or so, this is as far as I'm willing to go with any plot details but I will say that this is the perfect third book for the series. Joe has aged. He's grown. He thinks he knows more about what he's looking for in terms of settling down with the right woman and it is ridiculously hysterical to be inside his head and listen to all the ways he convinces himself that he's really turned over a new leaf. His interactions with secondary characters are beyond entertaining. I loved all the colorful people Kepnes brought into Joe's life. As an extra bonus, living just a stone's throw from where the book is set was a delight-I knew the town and all the places mentioned--so fun. Thanks, Caroline Kepnes! You've given the people what they want - another fun ride on the Merry-Joe-Round.

You Season 3: the Book versus the Show

It's been an emotional rollercoaster, reading this. A beautiful story told by Manni Coe, with illustrations by his brother Reuben, who has Downs' syndrome. This is their story and I'll be recommending it as much as I can from now on. The trouble is . . . Mary Kay already has a life. She's a mother. She's a friend. She's . . . busy. This time the people Joe got involved are more broken, resentful, self destructive; they don’t belong to a big city, living their lives in a small island of Pacific Island which made them feel like more trapped, miserable, regretful.