This book had a terrifying air to
it. Joe’s obsession was clearly highlighted by his lack of description of much
other than Beck and this is where the choice of first person was key. The lack
of time spent on Benji’s death really struck me and made me realise properly
how messed up Joe was.
I must admit that I watched the
Netflix adaptation first and there was a time when the book was a let down in
comparison to this. The series seemed to take it’s time from when Joe enters
therapy till Beck’s death but in the book it seemed rushed. I feel like the
book could have had another fifty or a hundred pages and I would have loved to
have an extended version of that time.
