12/30/2023 0 Comments Hidden bodies![]() ![]() The way she responds to his explanation doesn't even make sense. Also, what kind of girl would just not care that her boyfriend is a serial killer and killed two of his previous girlfriends?! EXTREMELY unrealistic and really tarnished my opinion of Love. No one can just murder 5+ people without getting followed-up after he essentially doesn't cover his tracks much at all. At the end I was WISHING that Joe would get caught and thrown and jail forever. I think Caroline got away with this sloppiness in "You" because the plot and obsession with Beck drove the storyline forward, and there hadn't been much repetition of these crime scenes. It eventually starts to repeatedly sound like "oh I pulled her hair and she died, and then dragged the body out to sea." That's about the extent of the detail of the crime and how he covers his tracks. There isn't enough detail to how he covers his tracks, and it just gets so unbelievable time after time. Joe is able to kill and hide his crime scenes with just too much ease. Details that Caroline got away with in the first book become very unrealistic after constant coincidental happenings and killings that just magically seem to happen. But things start to get sloppy in the narration and plot. However, being that I loved "You," I was very excited for Hidden Bodies. It was the kind of book that needs no sequel. What was most disappointing about Caroline Kepnes’s story? Ugh, why did the author have to go and ruin a perfectly good character and story?! Disappointed in the direction the narrator chose to go. What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you? If you didn't really care for You, definitely don't bother with this one. Speaking of love, can I say how much I hate that there is a character named Love? All in all, if you loved You, give Hidden Bodies a chance. The character of Joe begins to feel more and more like a judgy girl throughout this book, and no longer the interesting and intelligent killer we weirdly love. Like I said, Fontana really saved so many passages with his tone and sarcasm. There are so many comments meant to sound satarical, but really just sound like a girl whining about other girls. I think this book would have been unbearable to read on paper with SO. Thank goodness for Fontana!!! He saves the day on this one, and kept me interested enough to keep listening. ![]() It is not terrible, but it is all over the place-literally-and should probably have been half its length. Hidden Bodies is not terrible (unless you're offended easily, and if so, steer clear!!!). I wanted so, so badly to love it, just as I loved its predessecor. 'You' was suspenseful, 'You' was a guilty pleasure. Like The Little Mermaid 2,this is a sequel alright But if she ever finds out what he's done, he may not have a choice. He doesn't want to hurt his new girlfriend - he wants to be with her forever. And when he finds it in a darkened room in Soho House, he's more desperate than ever to keep his secrets buried. They reemerge like dark thoughts, multiplying and threatening to destroy what Joe wants most: true love. The problem with hidden bodies is that they don't always stay that way. But while others seem fixated on their own reflections, Joe can't stop looking over his shoulder. He eats guac, works in a bookstore, and flirts with a journalist neighbor. ![]() In Hollywood, Joe blends in effortlessly with the other young upstarts. Now he's heading west to Los Angeles, the city of second chances, determined to put his past behind him. In the past 10 years, this 30-something has buried four of them, collateral damage in his quest for love. Joe Goldberg is no stranger to hiding bodies. Hidden Bodies marks the return of a voice that Stephen King described as original and hypnotic, and through the divisive and charmingly sociopathic character of Joe Goldberg, Kepnes satirizes and dissects our culture, blending suspense with scathing wit. In the compulsively listenable follow-up to her widely acclaimed debut novel, You, Caroline Kepnes weaves a tale that Booklist calls "the love child of Holden Caulfield and Patrick Bateman".Ģ017 Audie Award Finalist for Thriller/Suspense
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