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Hidden Bodies by Caroline Kepnes
4.0

"Well THAT didn't happen in season 2 of the tv show!"

Firstly: I keep thinking the audiobook narrator is the actor from the show. He is not. But boy does he do a phenomenal job and how I am sad my library doesn't have the third book on audio.

Secondly: this book made me feel like I'd forgotten the entire second season of you. Turns out that was only part of the story. This book is completely different, alternative reality style. Some broad strokes are the same, but a lot of minor and major details are surprising and fun.

Thirdly: how does one rate a book written from the perspective of a misogynist psychopath whose delusions of grandeur make you laugh? Joe is crass, full of himself, pretentious, ridiculous, a little predictable, and yet I love the ride.

Bring on book 3, I'm ready.

Recommended if you liked the first book (this sequel is not a standalone), want to experience alt-season-2, and don't mind a narrator that keeps insulting Angelinos.

More thoughts here: https://youtu.be/iNUD3wZlu7w