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It is always a trip being inside Joe's head. Kepness does a really good job submersing you into his thoughts. It always takes me a minute to adjust when starting these books. His head is quite chaotic and obviously a bit disturbing. It feels weird to say that I was glad that he wrote his own book. He goes to Harvard and starts his fellowship with others looking to publish and become authors. Everyone in the class is full of self absorbed writers. I didn't care for Wonder. I did not like her character and was disappointed that Joe did not kill her at the end. (that feels very disturbing to say lol) I did like the friendship that sparked/forced with Sarah Beth. I would like to see if something happens down the road with these two in the future.

It was very slow. I couldn't finish this one. Thank you to the publishers and author for my copy in exchange for a review.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for an advanced reader copy of this book!

Caroline Kepnes again brings to bear all the suspense and tension of a man who believes he can do no wrong. There are scenes that are very disturbing, some that are very tense, and some that seem so unrealistic, only a delusional man could think those things about himself.

I am not sure if I am losing my interest in what else happens with Joe, but there were times that I definitely thought I didn't care about what happened to him next. There is some frustration as a reader to see someone face consequences not at all commensurate to his crimes, but that's probably the draw of a story surrounding someone so sociopathic.

Oh, Joe. Is this the end of the road for you? Will we hear from you again?

For You and Only You left me feeling a little... unfulfilled. That is the only reason it lost a star. I wanted a ending. From Chapter 23, I was like Joe. Anticipation at every corner, tension growing, paranoia building... and I felt a little unfulfilled. An incomplete climax so to say.

Joe is at his whiniest in this novel. He stomps his feet throughout, his inner monologue at it's breaking point. He's gone through so much, can't you see, Dear Reader? He's been so GOOD, but why isn't anyone singing his praises? Why won't someone adore him the way he deserves?

"...look at me. I never hurt anyone and I came here to talk to you, and this is what you do to me?"

Let me reiterate, CHAPTER 23!!! I love that Joe heads to Harvard and then is shook when his gaslighting and sycophancy doesn't work immediately on these people. My favorite parts of this book are when Joe's façade breaks, bit by bit. And I'm not talking about the façade he puts on for his Shoddy's. His inner dialogue. He's letting his inner child shine.

I truly did enjoy this book. It was a little meta, which I love.

Thank you Caroline Kepnes, NetGalley, and Random House Publishing for this ARC.

My expectations weren’t high for this one due to the last book and well when you don’t have high expectations you get a better experience. I didn’t love this book but didn’t hate it. It was interesting but just more of the same. I hate to say this but This should be the last of Joe.

Another fantastic book about Joe Goldberg! This time Joe is a college man in a writing fellowship at Harvard. After RIP Mary Beth, Joe needed a change of scenery as he so often does when his love life goes south. This time he tries his hand at writing a novel, with all the experience he has with books and writing (RIP Forty Quinn) it should be a cinch. But as Joe falls in love with a beautiful woman named Wonder, chaos ensues. With a pack of overly self absorbed writers and their clueless narcissistic teacher Joe must survive the idiots he’s surrounded by and save his relationship with Wonder. Joe is back and just as screwed up and wonderful as ever.

Thanks to the Publisher and netgalley for the early read.
This is the 4th installment in the You series. It seemed to lack the magic held by the others. The first 1/3 of this book was a struggle. I did make it through it and find it entertaining at times.
Overall, a 3.5 star for me so I'll round up to 4.

This one was just ok. It kinda fell flat & felt a little redundant. I liked the idea of this book but I think the Joe moment has passed.

I absolutely loved the first few books in this series, but this one felt bland and redundant. I think the magic of Joe Goldberg grasping my full attention has definitely faded. I liked the premise of this book, but I think the Joe train has passed and he’s overstayed his welcome. Overall a not bad book but I personally think this is my last Joe Goldberg book I’ll pick up.

Thank you Random House Publishing and Netgalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review

Thank you to Net Galley for the advance reader copy of the 4th Joe novel. I will always read a Joe Goldberg, but the stories surrounding him are getting less exciting. He is a psycho of the greatest kind and has the personality that everyone loves to hate. 4 stars just because he's Joe!

A fantastic return to form for the series, Joe is back. Learning his lesson from RIP Mary Kay, clean hands often won't reap the rewards we want. Can't wait to see what lessons Joe will take away from this latest dive into his never-ending quest to find "The One".

Joe Goldberg is back! And what a Wonder it is. Caroline Kepnes keeps the Joe we have come to know throughout the series and brings him to doing what he loves most- reading and writing while doing a fellowship at Harvard where he meets his newest Love. Mix this with an author he thought he knew and enjoyed, we find Joe at it again just doing Joe things. Another great one!

I have followed along with the Joe Goldberg series since the beginning. I feel like the story is becoming a bit stale. I enjoyed the setting of the writers retreat and the characters in the book but it is becoming a bit over the top and unbelievable to me. This is probably the last book in this series that I will pick up.

Thank you to Netgalley, Caroline Kepnes, and Random House for this book.
In this book we find Joe at Harvard as part of a writing fellowship. At this fellowship he meets Wonder Parish who he instantly falls for and begins to find out everything about her. He tries to kill her childhood best friend who turns out to be gay because her family wants her to be with him. We also meet Sarah Beth who is another writer in the fellowship who writes thriller/mystery books. Sarah Beth brings up a podcast one session and it’s about the last person that Joe killed and he instantly wants to kill her so that she will stop looking. He goes into her death shed filled with poisons where she works on her novels and confesses to everything he’s done up until this point. Sarah Beth wants to use it for her next book so Joe doesn’t end up killing her. Glenn is the person in charge of the fellowship and instantly takes a liking to Joe and his novel. So Joe becomes his “brotern” and ends up doing errands for him and going on bike rides, then when he insults Wonder’s novel , Joe kills him by sabotaging a bike ride and making Glenn ride off a cliff. Then his wife Sly ends up taking over and admits to Joe that she wrote Glenn’s book and he just took credit. Sly takes a liking to both Joe and Wonder and ends up giving their books to a publisher that she ends up changing unbeknownst to them both. So Sly ends up dead in her hot tub when she tries to break them up and when Wonder goes by her house just moments after Joe kills her they find her dead with a note that Joe wrote and Wonder tears it apart and takes it on herself to tell her story. Joe and Wonder break up after this and Wonder gets a book deal and Joe goes back to selling books at a bookstore and wanting to get back to loving reading. The book ends with him and Sarah Beth going to her cabin in Maine. It did take me a moment to read but I wanted to make sure I didn’t miss a thing and I loved the references to other books and the fact that Joe called Wonder a “Goodreads girl” it was very cleaver, lots of people use Goodreads to track their reading and review books. I cannot wait for the next book.

Is this the end of us? Joe, you have kept me on my toes for three books now. What's happening to you?

Thank you to the publisher and netgalley for the e-arc. Unfortunately this wasn’t my favourite. I found it to be an extremely slow read. I wanted to love it but couldn’t get into it.

I was initially excited to see another You novel but I found this one hard to get into. Joe was so creepy and the first 2 books were impossible to put down but now I feel like the stories are just rinse and repeat...

I’m sad to say this book was a huge let down for me :( I loved the first two books in this series so much, but by book #4 it’s getting very redundant. I was hoping that this book would veer off from the rest of the series, but it was more or less the same story: Joe meets a girl, Joe falls in love with the girl, Joe kills whoever he has to in order to get the girl. The first 1/4 of the book was so slow and repetitive I almost DNF’d.

Sadly my list of dislikes is much longer than my likes. Let’s start with what I liked: Joe as a narrator can be very entertaining, and though it felt repetitive at times, I still enjoyed his internal monologue guiding me through the story. I also liked Sarah Beth’s character, even though I think her story line could’ve and should’ve gone in a much different direction. Aaaand that’s pretty much it for things I liked about it.

Dislikes: the book was waaay too long. Like, could’ve shaved off 150 pages too long. There was too much about Joe and Wonder’s books (especially in the last 100 or so pages) and I just did not care at all. On that point - Wonder. She was so painfully average, and her and Joe had 0 chemistry right off the bat, making the entire story unbelievable. I also disliked pretty much every other side character. They were all very one dimensional, which I was surprised by considering how crafted the characters in books 1-3 were.

For a book marketed as a thriller, all of the “thrilling” aspects were wrapped up quickly, and it felt like nothing happened for 80% of the book. And to make matters worse, Joe was much more boring in this book. Being inside Joe’s mind, especially in the first book of the series, shows how twisted he is as a character. He can justify any and all of his actions, even if that is stalking, manipulation and murder. But there was so little of that in this one, and every time there was a little bit of action it fizzled immediately. I was bored and had to force myself to finish.

Though I have loved this series for years, I think it has run its course for me. Unless the formulaic structure of the books changes, I don’t see myself picking up book 5.

2/5⭐️

thank you to NetGalley and Random House for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review!

**Advanced copy provided by Net Galley**

Disclaimer: I do not watch the TV show but did read all previous books.

Mini spoiler for last book: Joe left for Florida at the end of the last book so I expected this book to start there. The author skipped Florida (and the pandemic) to bring us to Harvard. She did include some references to his time there which were incredibly entertaining!

The first chapter where you meet his fellows starts things off on the right foot and I loved his descriptions of them all. It was intriguing to see him from a writers perspective and it was a little bit of Beck’s role in the first book. As the book continues, Joe does what Joe does. The best part is the throwback to events from Bainbridge and one of the other fellows reaction to it. I loved the dynamics between the two “authors”. I could have used more time with the two of them, building on their baggage and histories. I loved how some of that was referenced in the epilogue.

I didn’t find the love interest as engaging. She is an interesting character, with enough drama around her to keep Joe spinning, but it wasn’t my favorite part of the story..

Overall, a great continuation of Joe’s story.

Note: Tesla’s do not need gas (chapter 39) or have engines (chapter 41)!

Another visit with the addicting anti-hero, Joe Goldberg. In anticipation of the newest season coming out on TV, I wanted to see what Caroline Kepnes had up her sleeve for Joe. I like reading the books and watching the show - in a dual-track, almost the same but not, sliding doors type of experience. I forgot how extra creepy and outrageous Book Joe is. This was a slow-burn read.

Thank you NetGalley for this ARC!

I loved this book. I will read anything Caroline Kepnes writes. She always knows how to surprise me!! I Highly recommend adding FOR YOU AND ONLY YOU to your list.

Many thanks to NewGalley and Atria for my ARC!