YOU Book vs. TV Show Comparison & Biggest Differences

[@cinekizzle]

Have you read the first YOU book? What did you think of it?

[@cassiehumphreys1222]

Loved it, i Read it before the show came out

[@cinekizzle]

@@cassiehumphreys1222 when the show was released, were you happy with how season 1 compared the book?

[@cassiehumphreys1222]

@@cinekizzle Yes Definitely, it made Joe much more human in the books there is no relateability ,Which is great for character in a book but it doesn't translate to screen well so i think they are both the best versions of themselves. Also Santino Fontana has the best audio book voice in the world although it is creepy to think that Joe is Hans for frozen :)

[@susanmichele957]

I listened to both books on audio long before the tv series was made. I had to wait a year or so to watch the show, because I think I just needed a little distance from the book before I could get into the show. But, once I got into it, I was hooked. Every season has been great. I have really enjoyed your videos, as well. I am excited for the 5th season.

[@mrdabrow]

Now that I think about it, Joe at the end of season 4 being that way might be just so people wouldn't sympathize with him, just like the creators wanted.

[@shikuthetempest]

If you like the audiobook narrator, Santino Fontana, he's actually an actor! Both TV and Broadway. He plays my favorite character in a show called Crazy Ex Girlfriend. If you enjoy musicals at all you should check that one out. He has an amazing singing voice.

[@qwickhelp7553]

Great video you explained everything so well. I’ve watched this show intently and I’m debating on reading the books now

[@cinekizzle]

You should! I'm trying to make time to read the rest of the books while we wait for the final season

[@qwickhelp7553]

@@cinekizzle 😂 I’m not sure I want to experience the joe in the books. Might just ruin the show for me ngl but it would be interesting none the less. I can definitely see what you were saying about picturing the scenes from the show while you read the books. Id 100% do that cuz I’ve watched the full show 3 times in the past couple months with 3 different people

[@cinekizzle]

@@qwickhelp7553 I'll report back after I read the second book, because I think when the stories start to differ it might be easier to see the two different Joes. I had to stop opening netflix and start opening hulu because every time I open netflix I just end up watching YOU lol

[@SpyJay]

Solid review, I actually look forward to seeing your thoughts of Book Joe after reading/listening to the other books, because there is a noticeable difference in Joe by the time you get to book 3. P.S Now I need a Spencer Hewitt hat, where'd you get yours??

[@cinekizzle]

Thanks! I can't wait to get to the other books, it's on my list I just gotta find the time. As for the hat, I just bought a navy hat off amazon and quickly stitched the name into it the night before recording lol

[@SpyJay]

@@cinekizzle I had a feeling it was custom made 😆😅 Cheers!

[@user-kb8qw7dy4t]

I feel called out for drafting emails or text messages, usually angry ones. I never send them, though, so it's more therapeutic than anything.

[@_slimpickins_]

Was thinking about buying the book, since I’ve watched the show like 4 times over lol, think I’m gonna buy it today. Thanks for the video! I’m gonna subscribe

[@cinekizzle]

Be sure to let me know if you enjoy it!

[@_slimpickins_]

Will do!

[@Il_Cowboy]

funny to see a xmas tree in the summer 😄great video!

[@cinekizzle]

Thanks!

[@TheBooklover1848]

Book Joe's narration is very funny and caustic, which is harder to convey on screen (without resorting to lots of voice over). The book also spends a lot of time satirising "high" vs "low" art ( i.e. serious literature vs trashy genre fiction), which acts as a mirror for how Joe sees himself and Beck (i.e. a sweeping, all-consuming romance vs a perverted stalking/kidnapping case). In the scenes where Beck is in the cage she and Joe don't read Paula Fox or some other highbrow literature together, they read Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code. The book is very self-consciously satirical in a way that I'm not sure the show is?

[@lionkingquan]

Love your channel been wondering what your gonna do since cruel summer

[@cinekizzle]

I'm actually not sure right now :/ I've just been rewatching shows lately. but I'm open to recommendations!

[@lionkingquan]

@@cinekizzle I love the you content idk if you’d watch but a show called why women kill would fit in here the story of both seasons are great and it’s an anthology

[@cinekizzle]

I'll have to check it out!

[@emodante1084]

You show writers: We're gonna change Joe to have more heroic moments *Audience loves him* You show writers: What!? You're not supposed to like him! Audience: 🤨

[@cinekizzle]

Basically! Ahaha

[@aristocrat.co327]

from season 4 i remember they didn't have any material left to use so did he even go to Paris in the books and was any of season 4 one with the book?

[@cinekizzle]

So far I've only read the first book so idk about the rest of them. But I do think the show branched off a lot from the books and are very different by now.

[@josealbarranroque9147]

Honestly? I prefer TV Joe because he’s seems like a nice guy and that’s what’s terrifying, a handsome, sensitive, thoughtful and cultured guy that is good in bed, a catch right? But beneath the surface, there’s the obsessive, manipulating and selfish killer. That’s more like what the author had in mind when describing her inspiration for Joe in my opinion, the dark truth or optic of the “prince charming” in every Romcom

[@cinekizzle]

Yeah I definitely find show-Joe more entertaining because of that. Like he seems one way to the people around him but we the audience get to be clued into what he's really thinking. It's a lot more fun that way

[@chocylachy1]

How does joe kill beck in the books?

[@cinekizzle]

After she tries and fails to escape from the bookstore, Joe angrily strangles her. She seems dead so he gets sad. But she wasn't actually dead yet so she trips him and kicks him but he ends up overpowering her and angrily strangles her again. And then he gets sad again lol

[@wibithefirst]

What was the narrators name in the audiobook you listened to?

[@cinekizzle]

Santino Fontana

[@therealdomz182]

What site did you listen to the audio books on

[@cinekizzle]

I just got it on amazon audible, I think I had a free credit for some reason.

[@JosefinaQB]

what if, part of joes whole talking to his fixation about his life in his head and being the unreliable narrator means that this whooole time the alter side of himself that was reese in season 4 was in him since season 1- like what if this whole time show joe has been book joe but the show is a manifestation of his unreliable narrator, to himself even, and the false reality only collapsed in season 4 ykno- do u get what im saying? anyway i love how they tried to make us sympathize with joe in the show but it honestly didnt work he still deserves the chair in my opinion

[@jonah5548]

I just realized that you look a little like Victoria Pedretti! 😯

[@cinekizzle]

omg I wish!! but thank you lol

[@Jdoe-ve4vm]

his mother did abuse him i think it was mentioned in book 3

[@fife007]

I heard about the books from the You subreddit. I read people's thoughts and pics of the pages. I seriously need to read the books! They have been on my radar for a while. I finally started reading You. Book Joe is worse than Netflix Joe. I got Patrick Bateman vibes from Joe. I've been loving the book.

[@carlitobrigante330]

I read the first book after watching Season 1, and was not at all impressed. The series was far more interesting and engrossing, IMO.

[@cinekizzle]

That's fair, they do have their differences. I think if I had read the book without ever seeing the show, I don't know that I would have liked it on its own.

[@Avinash-nu6xe]

Hello , you

[@YeahKhan-hc5zh]

I'm Korean and read translated version. It was suck... It has a lot of faults. For example, Beck refer Joe as a 'maybe'. It should be translated into '썸남' but translated into '아마'. So I stopped reading it and threw away. I hope to read the original someday.

[@Blue-kn6cr]

i hope you can read the original or a better translated copy!

[@SpiritualMain99]

Absolutely obsessed with serial killer shows like YOU and DEXTER…should that be worrying? 😂

[@talhaabdullah2859]

Joe is amazing only killed a few people how is he a bad guy