Reflexion One
Just start reading this book last Saturday, the book named "YOU", and is written by Caroline Kepnes. Let me just jump right into the story. Chapter 1~4, 02/22/2022 update.
The story is written in first-person point of view, Joe's. The protagonist was named Joe, he works in a bookstore, it seems like he is the only employee in the store. Just like every day, Joe's dealing with a random harsh customer, while a girl came in, suddenly caught Joe's attention. As the written words in the novel, the way Joe described the external beauty of the girl was spectacularly romantic, from the dress to the guess of her personality, the story was filled with the essence of literature between the lines, and I have to admit, it requires tons of readings and movie watching to thoroughly taste the meanings and have further imagination. The girl's named Beck, another main character. Joe and beck had a nice talk about the harsh customer and the book she has chosen, where chemicals kicked in. They exchanged names, and this is how everything begins.
Joe's obsessed with Beck, he just wants to know more about this girl. He searched her social media, read every single post, every single hashtag. He speculated about her life, her friends, and her family. Moreover, he found the place she lives. Now, this is where I sniffed some creepiness. He went around the street blocks where she lives with disguised, dressed up different every day to not draw attention from the near neighbor. Joe is very smart, he managed to get in to Beck's place, but he didn't do nothing harmful, just chilling in her house and checking out every detail abouther in the house. And then got out without being discovered, even Beck was already step in to her house. He actually jumped out of window. This is not his first time doing this, he has the experience, he did this because of the previous relationship (bad experience). He did this just to learn about them more. What a psychopath.
He's now stalking Beck. One day Beck's with her friends in a club, you know, girl's night. Joe was there, too. He listened to the chat with a safe enough distance, and learned a new important piece of imformation. A guy named Benji, seemed well F-trained in the lines, anyway I really started to worried about this Benji. End of chapter4
Wrapping things up, even the fact in the story tends to be creepy, the author
really giving this peaceful vibe, makes me want to believe that this is a pure love story, but the behavior of Joe is giving me this uncertainty. Can't wait to share further update with you next week.
Psychopath he is ! How bad is his previous experience in a relationship? It must be worse enough to make him become a weirdo. I hope this is a romantic love story instead of a suspense story. And I can imagine the girl will devastate when she knows the truth. Poor she!
ReplyDeleteI've seen some promos for the Netflix show, and everyone one of them had "stalker" or "creep" in the title; so, seeing you explaining Joe's behavior is making a lot of sense. It's also interesting how the author wrote the novel in the antagonist's (or the offender's) view. What's more, I think having a stalker might be someone's worst nightmare, as in being watched by another person without their knowledge. Their privacy is silently taken away from them. It's alright to want to know more about a person, but Joe's behavior is just huge red flag.
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ReplyDeleteWow wow wow YOU! I've been a big fan of that story since I found it on Netflix. Joe is absolutely a psychopath and a real stalker!!! I love the way the author shows how he misunderstands about girls and makes everything messed up! I totally agree that it makes me think it is a pure love. The excuses he creates to convince himself are well made and unknowingly I’m on his side. I’m now struggling to buy a book to see how the story ends because the episodes haven’t finish on Netflix yet 🥲
I'm so expected to STALK your reflection and see how the story moves !
Just finished this series a couple of weeks ago, I’ve always adored Joe’s obsession and effort when it comes to chasing his Miss Right. Its Netflix series is definitely worth watching, it tells more than a creepy romantic story. The sexy, descriptive lines with the actor’s deep, magnetic voice are absolutely satisfactory, and I love season 1 (what you’re reading) the most, for we audience did not know clearly who Joe is :D Season 3 is fascinating 2 if you reflect on it!
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