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* YourFavorite: Joe gets Beck all of her favorite things when he kidnaps her and locks her in the basement. RealityEnsues, of course, as it does very little to comfort or reassure her.
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* YourFavorite: Joe gets Beck all of her favorite things when he kidnaps her and locks her in the basement. RealityEnsues, It doesn't help much of course, as it and does very little to comfort or reassure her.
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* DrivenToSuicide: Beck notes that Peach attempted suicide several times in the past {[spoiler:which covers Joe's murder of her, as most people assume she died by suicide.]]
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* DrivenToSuicide: Beck notes that Peach attempted suicide several times in the past {[spoiler:which [[spoiler:which covers Joe's murder of her, as most people assume she died by suicide.]]
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A sequel, ''Literature/Hidden Bodies'', ''Literature/HiddenBodies'', was published in 2016, while [[Series/{{You|2018}} a television adaptation]] premiered on Creator/{{Lifetime}} in 2018, later moving to Creator/{{Netflix}} for its second season.
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A sequel, ''Hidden ''Literature/Hidden Bodies'', was published in 2016, while [[Series/{{You|2018}} a television adaptation]] premiered on Creator/{{Lifetime}} in 2018, later moving to Creator/{{Netflix}} for its second season.
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* HiddenDepths: Inverted with Beck, who is not nearly as deep or intellectual as Joe has convinced himself she is. At the end of the novel, when [[spoiler: Joe is holding her captive,]] she admits she doesn't really want to be a writer, she doesn't particularly enjoy reading and all she wants to do is go to Hollywood and become famous as an actress. Joe doesn't take this well.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Dr. Nicky quickly grows obsessed with Beck despite being married with kids and starts to use her (or at least, his idea of her) as an emotional crutch and escapism for getting away from his home life. The cheating eventually becomes physical, though Beck admits to Joe that she just wanted to screw with him.
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* AlmostFamousName: In ironic juxtaposition to the HeroWithAUniqueName, Guinevere Beck, Joe's other girlfriend is called Creator/{{Amy Adam|s}}. It's impossible for Joe to stalk her online as a result.
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* OneMarioLimit / SpellMyNameWithAnS: In ironic juxtaposition to the HeroWithAUniqueName, Guinevere Beck, Joe's other girlfriend is called Amy Adam, subverting the S trope. It's impossible for Joe to stalk her online as a result.
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** UpToEleven in the end for Joe. [[spoiler:After Beck discovers the box of items he's stolen from her, he thinks ''he's'' the one who deserves a groveling apology, because Beck had to snoop to find it. Afterwards, even when knocking her unconscious and imprisoning her, he considers himself the victim and requires Beck to correct her behavior. Even after murdering her, he's only consumed with how ''his'' life is going to be hard without her.]]
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* KickTheSonOfABitch: After Joe fires Curtis when the latter gives his home address to Beck, Curtis later returns with friends who beat the daylights out of Joe. Even Joe admits he's had a beating coming for a long time.
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* BetaCouple: Suggested all the time by the narrative - technically Benji and Beck and Joe and Karen Minty fall into this, but the clearest example is Ethan and Beck's classmate, Blythe.
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* BetaCouple: Suggested all the time by the narrative - technically Benji and Beck and Joe and Karen Minty fall into this, but the clearest example is Ethan and Beck's classmate, Blythe. Joe frequently finds himself competing with their relationship and eventually grows frustrated when he realizes that Ethan and Blythe, for all their issues, have a genuinely stronger relationship than the whirlwind passion of the fling between him and Beck. Blythe may be rude and condescending and Ethan may be a doorma of a NiceGuy, but apparently they do get along marvelously, and they're more mature about their relationship than the MadLove Joe is. [[spoiler:And in the end, they move in together and get married while Joe is left to go after his next victim.]]
* BlatantLies:
** Beck frequently lies to either get out of a promise or to get what she wants. Joe, who is reading her texts and emails, is the only one who can see through them, though he never calls her out on it [[spoiler:until the end, when he tests her on the emails she sent Nicky about him.]]
** [[spoiler:After Joe locks her in the cage, Beck plays along and tells him what he wants to hear. Joe is so delusional that he believes she really is impressed about the ingenuity of his murders of her friends and interested in reading a book with him, when really she's trying to get him to lower his guard.]]
* BlatantLies:
** Beck frequently lies to either get out of a promise or to get what she wants. Joe, who is reading her texts and emails, is the only one who can see through them, though he never calls her out on it [[spoiler:until the end, when he tests her on the emails she sent Nicky about him.]]
** [[spoiler:After Joe locks her in the cage, Beck plays along and tells him what he wants to hear. Joe is so delusional that he believes she really is impressed about the ingenuity of his murders of her friends and interested in reading a book with him, when really she's trying to get him to lower his guard.]]
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: Beck masturbates very frequently, and often uses a green pillow that becomes a piece of Joe's obsession. Joe also can't keep his hands off of himself with thinking about Beck [[spoiler:and he later finds risque photos of Beck that Peach had secretly taken and realizes that Peach masturbates regularly to them.]]
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: Beck masturbates very frequently, and often uses a green pillow that becomes a piece of Joe's obsession. Joe also can't keep his hands off of himself with thinking about Beck [[spoiler:and he later finds risque photos of Beck that Peach had secretly taken and realizes that Peach masturbates regularly to them.]]]] Dr. Nicky also becomes obsessed with Beck and notes that he locks himself in his laundry room in order to masturbate while thinking of her.
* EveryoneHasStandards: As much as Joe hates Peach, he does pity her for never having been truly loved by her parents, and [[FreudianExcuse blames them for all of her issues]], which in itself is something of {{Foreshadowing}} when it's revealed that Joe's own parents didn't seem to care much about him.
* ForTheEvulz: Beck starts an affair with Dr. Nicky for no other reason than boredom with Joe and a desire to ruin Nicky's family life, stemming from her hang-ups about her own broken family.
* FriendlessBackground: Joe spends most of the book arrogantly and caustically writing off his need for social interaction outside of Beck, but towards the end, his inner monologue reveals that he has been alone for most of his life and never had any friends or family who cared about him. It becomes starkly clear that his obsessive search for his "one true love" is a way for him to seek out one person who will complete his needs and make up for all of his loneliness, not that it excuses anything he does.
* FriendlessBackground: Joe spends most of the book arrogantly and caustically writing off his need for social interaction outside of Beck, but towards the end, his inner monologue reveals that he has been alone for most of his life and never had any friends or family who cared about him. It becomes starkly clear that his obsessive search for his "one true love" is a way for him to seek out one person who will complete his needs and make up for all of his loneliness, not that it excuses anything he does.
* HereWeGoAgain: [[spoiler:The novel ends with Joe quickly getting over his depression over Beck's death by latching onto a new cute, quirky, book-loving target to stalk.]]
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* IfICantHaveYou: [[spoiler:Because Beck is disgusted with Joe's behavior, he ends up killing her.]]
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* HopeSpot: [[spoiler:For Beck, who manages to seduce Joe after he locks her in the cage and escape after he leaves the door open... Only to find herself still locked within the bookstore, with no one around to hear her cries for help in the wee hours of the morning.]]
* IfICantHaveYou:[[spoiler:Because [[spoiler:Joe kills Beck after he realizes that she'll never love him and is disgusted with Joe's behavior, he ends up killing her.done even pretending to try.]]
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Every one of the books central characters is guilty of this. Even some of the more minor characters like Curtis and Nicky, except for [[NiceGuy Ethan]]. But Joe, Beck, and Peach are probably the top contenders for the worst.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Every one of the books central characters is guilty of this. Even some of the more minor characters like Curtis and Nicky, except for [[NiceGuy Ethan]]. But Joe, Beck, and Peach are probably the top contenders for the worst. [[spoiler:Joe outright thinks this about Beck when the latter calls herself "Death Girl" after two people close to her die within a short period.]]
* LoveAtFirstSight: Joe becomes obsessed with Beck the minute she comes into the bookstore.
* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: Subverted. Joe doesn't intend his murders to go this way, but that's how they end up, regardless. [[spoiler:He cremated Benji, who is thought to have died in a boating accident. He wanted Peach's body to never be found, but when it washes up with rocks in her pocket, it's assumed a suicide. And it's unclear how he disposed of Candace's body, but her family assumed she suffered a recreational accident and drowned.]]
* NotSoDifferent: Joe and Peach absolutely loathe each other: Joe thinks she's a pretentious, vapid, cruel rich girl while Peach is condescending towards Joe, who she considers a poor and uneducated hick Beck is making a mistake with. Neither seems to grasp that they're judgmental, caustic, friendless people whose obsessions with Beck are rooted in a lack of love in their childhoods.
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* ParentalIssues: Beck has a textbook case of "daddy issues" stemming from a bad relationship with her father, who she claims passed away from addiction years before, and Joe frequently notices evidence of it in their interactions. [[spoiler:Her dad is revealed to be alive and well, but has a new wife and kids, and Beck only keeps a relationship with him so that he can give her money.]]
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* ParentalIssues: OppositesAttract: The minute Joe sees Beck, he's convinced that they share a connection that other people just don't understand, because they're better than everybody else. Beck, however, is the exact kind of person he considers opposite to himself, who he continuously mocks and degrades throughout the novel: a vapid, talentless, privileged, insincere ManipulativeBitch who posts every detail of her life online and wastes every opportunity she's given or wheedles into her grasp. Tellingly, when he meets Karen Minty, who is more like himself -- working-class, direct, sexually aggressive, and a spontaneous romantic who develops a connection early -- he is turned off and only pines for Beck.
* ParentalIssues:
** Beck has a textbook case of "daddy issues" stemming from a bad relationship with her father, who she claims passed away from addiction years before, and Joe frequently notices evidence of it in their interactions. Dr. Nicky even reveals in a tape that the green pillow Beck regularly masturbates with had belonged to her father. [[spoiler:Her dad is revealed to be alive and well, but has a new wife and kids, and Beck only keeps a relationship with him so that he can give hermoney.]]money, though she openly resents his new life.]]
** It gradually becomes clear that Joe, unlike in the television adaptation, wasn't close to either of his parents and was frequently caught in their fighting and bitterness.
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** Beck has a textbook case of "daddy issues" stemming from a bad relationship with her father, who she claims passed away from addiction years before, and Joe frequently notices evidence of it in their interactions. Dr. Nicky even reveals in a tape that the green pillow Beck regularly masturbates with had belonged to her father. [[spoiler:Her dad is revealed to be alive and well, but has a new wife and kids, and Beck only keeps a relationship with him so that he can give her
** It gradually becomes clear that Joe, unlike in the television adaptation, wasn't close to either of his parents and was frequently caught in their fighting and bitterness.
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* PopularityCycle: Beck describes this as her problem in romantic relationships: that, as soon as she gets someone, she immediately loses interest in them. Joe observes this happening when he orchestrates a way back into Beck's life because Beck says she missed him, their relationship lasts a couple of blissfully perfect weeks, and then Beck cools off on him and starts cheating on him with Dr Nicky, only to get sick of him as soon as he leaves his wife.
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* PopularityCycle: Beck describes this as her problem in romantic relationships: that, as soon as she gets someone, she immediately loses interest in them. Joe observes this happening when he orchestrates a way back into Beck's life because Beck says she missed him, their relationship lasts a couple of blissfully perfect weeks, and then Beck cools off on him and starts cheating on him with Dr Dr. Nicky, only to get sick of him as soon as he leaves his wife.
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* TooDumbToLive: Joe's ex, Candace, from his perspective. After breaking his heart, he asked her to walk down the beach to the water with him, and instead of leaving, she agreed, only for him to drown her.
* UnreliableNarrator: Joe, in spades. He's extremely delusional and narcissistic, and he's extremely biased toward his own beliefs and cynical about others. For example, he claims Candace joined him at the beach after breaking up with him because she was so cruel that she loved to see him heartbroken, but since he views everyone as being out to get him, it's impossible to know for sure what Candace was really like.
* UnreliableNarrator: Joe, in spades. He's extremely delusional and narcissistic, and he's extremely biased toward his own beliefs and cynical about others. For example, he claims Candace joined him at the beach after breaking up with him because she was so cruel that she loved to see him heartbroken, but since he views everyone as being out to get him, it's impossible to know for sure what Candace was really like.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Dr. Nicky quickly grows obsessed with Beck despite being married with kids and starts to use her (or at least, his idea of her) as an emotional crutch and escapism for getting away from his home life. The cheating eventually becomes physical, though Beck admits to Joe that she just wanted to screw with him.
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* HatesEveryoneEqually: ''Joe.'' Seriously, he has a chip on his shoulder about ''everyone'' he meets. It's no surprise that he has no friends whatsoever, though he admits he doesn't even want one. He hates most women and other men as well, and lambasts everyone for having boring lives, whether they are "whores" who seek sex or dress provocatively, "boring" women who settle down and have children, children themselves, people who enjoy certain books, people who own e-readers, people who work for a living, people who don't work... The list goes on.
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* HatesEveryoneEqually: ''Joe.'' Seriously, he has a chip on his shoulder about ''everyone'' he meets. It's no surprise that he has no friends whatsoever, though he admits he doesn't even want one. He hates most women and other men as well, and lambasts everyone for having boring lives, whether they are "whores" who seek sex or dress provocatively, "boring" women who settle down and have children, children themselves, people who enjoy certain books, people who own e-readers, people who work for a living, people who don't work... The list goes on. That being said, he has rose-colored classes about Beck's flaws, often repainting them in a positive light or even praising her bad qualities and stupid decisions, though even he acknowledges her foolishness sometimes.
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* RoseColoredGlasses: Zig-zagged. Beck's bad qualities are glaringly obvious, but Joe often paints them in a positive light or even appreciates when she treats other people terribly or makes stupid decisions. However, there are times where even he has to admit that she's acting badly, though it does little to sway his obsessive opinion of her.
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: Beck masturbates very frequently, and often uses a green pillow that becomes a piece of Joe's obsession. Joe also can't keep his hands off of himself with thinking about Beck [[spoiler:and he later finds risque photos of Beck that Peach had secretly taken and realizes that Peach masturbates regularly to them.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: Beck notes that Peach attempted suicide several times in the past {[spoiler:which covers Joe's murder of her, as most people assume she died by suicide.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: Beck notes that Peach attempted suicide several times in the past {[spoiler:which covers Joe's murder of her, as most people assume she died by suicide.]]
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* {{Hypocrite}}: A rather dark version comes up when [[spoiler:Beck finds Joe's StalkerShrine that has her yearbook, at least one pair of panties and ''a used tampon''. Joe is disappointed in her for invading his privacy, ignoring how he got those items in the first place.]]
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* {{Hypocrite}}: ExtremeDoormat: Even when Joe is outright rude to Ethan, Ethan just smiles and thanks Joe for talking with him.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Peach is disliked by all of Beck's other friends, and Joe sympathizes with them when he himself meets her and realizes that she's a massive JerkAss. Beck herself gradually becomes this to her other friends as they quickly tire of her whining about Benji and flaking out on plans to spend more time with Peach.
* GoldDigger: Benji remarks that Beck is only obsessed with him because he's rich. Indeed, Beck keeps close with those who can offer her privileges, and Joe himself notes that Beck isn't the type to hold down a part-time job when she could beg [[spoiler:her wealthy father]] for money instead.
* HatesEveryoneEqually: ''Joe.'' Seriously, he has a chip on his shoulder about ''everyone'' he meets. It's no surprise that he has no friends whatsoever, though he admits he doesn't even want one. He hates most women and other men as well, and lambasts everyone for having boring lives, whether they are "whores" who seek sex or dress provocatively, "boring" women who settle down and have children, children themselves, people who enjoy certain books, people who own e-readers, people who work for a living, people who don't work... The list goes on.
* {{Hypocrite}}:
** Joe is annoyed that Benji rails against Monsanto when Benji's own dad worked for Nestle.
** Beck is disgusted by Joe's apartment (which is littered with discarded furniture), which briefly takes the wind out of his sails as he's proud of his thrifty abode. He inwardly criticizes her for preferring the sterile appeal of Ikea and being disgusted when she herself shoves used tissues into her filthy purse.
** A rather dark version comes up when [[spoiler:Beck finds Joe's StalkerShrine that has her yearbook, at least one pair of panties and ''a used tampon''. Joe is disappointed in her for invading his privacy, ignoring how he got those items in the first place.]]
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Peach is disliked by all of Beck's other friends, and Joe sympathizes with them when he himself meets her and realizes that she's a massive JerkAss. Beck herself gradually becomes this to her other friends as they quickly tire of her whining about Benji and flaking out on plans to spend more time with Peach.
* GoldDigger: Benji remarks that Beck is only obsessed with him because he's rich. Indeed, Beck keeps close with those who can offer her privileges, and Joe himself notes that Beck isn't the type to hold down a part-time job when she could beg [[spoiler:her wealthy father]] for money instead.
* HatesEveryoneEqually: ''Joe.'' Seriously, he has a chip on his shoulder about ''everyone'' he meets. It's no surprise that he has no friends whatsoever, though he admits he doesn't even want one. He hates most women and other men as well, and lambasts everyone for having boring lives, whether they are "whores" who seek sex or dress provocatively, "boring" women who settle down and have children, children themselves, people who enjoy certain books, people who own e-readers, people who work for a living, people who don't work... The list goes on.
* {{Hypocrite}}:
** Joe is annoyed that Benji rails against Monsanto when Benji's own dad worked for Nestle.
** Beck is disgusted by Joe's apartment (which is littered with discarded furniture), which briefly takes the wind out of his sails as he's proud of his thrifty abode. He inwardly criticizes her for preferring the sterile appeal of Ikea and being disgusted when she herself shoves used tissues into her filthy purse.
** A rather dark version comes up when [[spoiler:Beck finds Joe's StalkerShrine that has her yearbook, at least one pair of panties and ''a used tampon''. Joe is disappointed in her for invading his privacy, ignoring how he got those items in the first place.]]
* JerkAss:
** Joe, in spades. Everything about everybody else (except Beck, of course) annoys him, down to the most innocuous action, and he is frequently rude to customers and coworkers.
** When Beck's spunky act drops, she reveals herself to be an inconsiderate and judgmental person with a bad temper who takes out on other people.
** ''Peach.'' It's no wonder none of Beck's other friends like her. She's incredibly impolite and condescending, and makes a host of cutting remarks to Joe about his lack of privilege during their first meeting.
** Joe, in spades. Everything about everybody else (except Beck, of course) annoys him, down to the most innocuous action, and he is frequently rude to customers and coworkers.
** When Beck's spunky act drops, she reveals herself to be an inconsiderate and judgmental person with a bad temper who takes out on other people.
** ''Peach.'' It's no wonder none of Beck's other friends like her. She's incredibly impolite and condescending, and makes a host of cutting remarks to Joe about his lack of privilege during their first meeting.
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** Joe
** Beck is far from the helpless damsel Joe often believes her to be. Joe's acquisition of her phone allows him to see how often she lies, plays nice, or uses sex to get out of a situation or to get what she wants. Benji even tells him she's a GoldDigger who's just looking for a rich husband. Her "first date" with Joe only happens because she tries to essentially hire free labor from Craigslist for an Ikea trip and then enlists Joe when it's clear it won't be possible. [[spoiler:The only reason she still talks to the father she loathes is because he bankrolls her lifestyle, and later she uses her affair witih Dr. Nicky to fuck with the latter's family life.]]
** Peach is one, which Joe picks up on almost immediately. She frequently manipulates Beck into spending time with her instead of other people, and she undermines her relationships with men. She claims to be hounded by a disease that Joe suspects is heavily exaggerated so
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* MyGirlIsNotASlut: Joe's Beck has a lot of casual hookups, but Joe alternates between being envious of her lovers and living in denial that her sex life is actually that active. He's also far more willing to believe that Beck is a naïve damsel who was taken advantage of then believe she [[spoiler:willingly seduced Nicky for no other reason than just to screw with Nicky's life]].
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* ParentalIssues: Beck has a textbook case of "daddy issues" stemming from a bad relationship with her father, who she claims passed away from addiction years before, and Joe frequently notices evidence of it in their interactions. [[spoiler:Her dad is revealed to be alive and well, but has a new wife and kids, and Beck only keeps a relationship with him so that he can give her money.]]
* PassiveAggressiveKombat: Joe and Peach's first meeting smacks of this, with both of them intentionally calling them by the wrong name and sniping each other's pasts and lifestyles, much to Beck's dismay. Joe ruminates that she must have been honing her verbal warfare for decades.
* PassiveAggressiveKombat: Joe and Peach's first meeting smacks of this, with both of them intentionally calling them by the wrong name and sniping each other's pasts and lifestyles, much to Beck's dismay. Joe ruminates that she must have been honing her verbal warfare for decades.
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* ReallyGetsAround: Beck has a ''lot'' of casual hookups, and Joe deludely believes that she'll change when she meets him and realizes their connection. Of course, she doesn't.
* RescueRomance: Joe and Beck's relationship kicks off when he rescues her when she drunkenly falls on the train tracks.
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* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: Beck and Peach. Peach share a sickeningly close, cuddly, almost codependent relationship that her other friends look at sideways. [[spoiler:Ultimately deconstructed when it becomes increasingly clear that Peach has an obsessive, psychotic crush on Beck, and Beck is playing into what Peach wants because Peach offers her privileges that other friends don't.]]
* RoseColoredGlasses: Zig-zagged. Beck's bad qualities are glaringly obvious, but Joe often paints them in a positive light or even appreciates when she treats other people terribly or makes stupid decisions. However, there are times where even he has to admit that she's acting badly, though it does little to sway his obsessive opinion of her.
* RoseColoredGlasses: Zig-zagged. Beck's bad qualities are glaringly obvious, but Joe often paints them in a positive light or even appreciates when she treats other people terribly or makes stupid decisions. However, there are times where even he has to admit that she's acting badly, though it does little to sway his obsessive opinion of her.
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* WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief: The plot of the novel relies heavily on Beck ignoring every piece of common sense regarding her personal security, as well as many coincidences working in Joe's favor, but it works for the story.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Peach's favorite tactic to get to Beck is to fake a dramatic incident so that Beck will feel guilty about spending time with anyone else. Joe sees right through it and is frustrated by how effective it is.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Peach's favorite tactic to get to Beck is to fake a dramatic incident so that Beck will feel guilty about spending time with anyone else. Joe sees right through it and is frustrated by how effective it is.
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* PopularityCycle: Beck describes this as her problem in romantic relationships: that, as soon as she gets someone, she immediately loses interest in them. Joe observes this happening when he orchestrates a way back into Beck's life because Beck says she missed him, their relationship lasts a couple of blissfully perfect weeks, and then Beck cools off on him and starts cheating on him with Dr Nicky, only to get sick of him as soon as he leaves his wife.
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* RightForTheWrongReasons: Peach's place is broken into ''once'' and it's enough for her to declare that [[ItsAllAboutMe she]] has a stalker. [[spoiler:She's right in that a stalker did break in. But it wasn't nessisarily for her, and the stalker actually hates her guts.]]
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* RightForTheWrongReasons: Peach's place is broken into ''once'' and it's enough for her to declare that [[ItsAllAboutMe she]] has a stalker. [[spoiler:She's right in that a stalker did break in. But it wasn't nessisarily necessarily for her, and the stalker actually hates her guts.]]
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As Joe invisibly and obsessively takes control of Beck’s life, he orchestrates a series of events to ensure Beck finds herself in his waiting arms. Moving [[RelationshipUpgrade from stalker to boyfriend]], Joe transforms himself into Beck’s perfect man, all while quietly removing the obstacles that stand in their way—even if it means [[{{Yandere}} murder]].
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As Joe invisibly and obsessively takes control of Beck’s life, he orchestrates a series of events to ensure Beck finds herself in his waiting arms. Moving [[RelationshipUpgrade from stalker to boyfriend]], Joe transforms himself into Beck’s perfect man, all while quietly removing the obstacles that stand in their way—even way —even if it means [[{{Yandere}} murder]].
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* BrainyBrunette: Beck has dark hair and is Ivy-educated. Slightly deconstructed in the sense that she's not as smart as she appears.
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* BrainyBrunette: Beck has dark hair and is Ivy-educated. Slightly deconstructed Subverted in the sense that she's not as smart as she appears.
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* ChekhovsGift: Beck gives Joe ''Literature/TheDaVinciCode'' for saving her life. They then read it when [[spoiler:Joe captures Beck in the basement]] and [[spoiler:Joe chokes her with it.]]
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* EntitledBastard: As a part of [[spoiler:Beck's GoldDigger tendencies, she talks like she's entitled to a bit of her ''stepmother's'' money simply because her dad married the woman.]]
* EntitledToHaveYou: Joe volleys between subtly and unsubtly. [[spoiler:While killing Beck he drops all pretenses and flat out says he "deserves" her.]]
* EntitledToHaveYou: Joe volleys between subtly and unsubtly. [[spoiler:While killing Beck he drops all pretenses and flat out says he "deserves" her.]]
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* EntitledBastard: As a part of [[spoiler:Beck's GoldDigger tendencies, she talks like she's entitled EntitledToHaveYou:
** Peach seems determined toa bit of use her ''stepmother's'' money simply because her dad married the woman.]]
* EntitledToHaveYou:to get Beck all to herself.
** Joe volleys between subtly and unsubtly. [[spoiler:While killing Beck he drops all pretenses and flat out says he "deserves" her.]]
** Peach seems determined to
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* CastFullOfRichPeople: PlayedForDrama. All of the main characters are very wealthy, except [[StalkerWithACrush Joe]], who is legitimately poor, and the object of his affection, StarvingStudent, Beck, who is constantly broke just trying to fit in. Even more so in ''Hidden Bodies'', where Joe moves to LA and almost every single major character is a trust fund baby and/or famous, and the "poorest" other character is a cop.
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* ImprovisedWeapon: Joe uses the pages of the copy of ''The Da Vinci Code'' Beck gave him to [[spoiler:stuff pages down Beck's throat while killing her]].
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* LethalJokeWeapon: A rare fictional example. Beck buys Joe a version of the Da Vinci Code after he saves her life. [[spoiler:Joe chokes her with it at the end of the novel.]]
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* LethalJokeWeapon: A rare fictional example. Beck buys Joe a version of the Da Vinci Code after he saves her life. [[spoiler:Joe chokes her with it by shoving the pages down her throat at the end of the novel.]]
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* EntitledBastard: As a part of [[spoiler:Beck's GoldDigger tendencies, she talks like she's entitled to a bit of her ''stepmother's'' money simply because her dad married the woman.]]
* EntitledToHaveYou: Joe volleys between subtly and unsubtly. [[spoiler:While killing Beck he drops all pretenses and flat out says he "deserves" her.]]
* EntitledToHaveYou: Joe volleys between subtly and unsubtly. [[spoiler:While killing Beck he drops all pretenses and flat out says he "deserves" her.]]
* {{Hypocrite}}: A rather dark version comes up when [[spoiler:Beck finds Joe's StalkerShrine that has her yearbook, at least one pair of panties and ''a used tampon''. Joe is disappointed in her for invading his privacy, ignoring how he got those items in the first place.]]
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Every one of the books central characters is guilty of this. Except for Ethan. But Joe, Beck, and Peach are probably the top contenders.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Every one of the books central characters is guilty of this. Except Even some of the more minor characters like Curtis and Nicky, except for Ethan. [[NiceGuy Ethan]]. But Joe, Beck, and Peach are probably the top contenders.contenders for the worst.
* ManipulativeBastard: Another trope just about every character is guilty of.
* NotThatKindOfDoctor: Despite Beck calling him "Dr. Nicky" Nicky isn't actually a doctor.
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* RightForTheWrongReasons: Peach's place is broken into ''once'' and it's enough for her to declare that [[ItsAllAboutMe she]] has a stalker. [[spoiler:A stalker did indeed break-in, but he hates her guts.]]
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* RightForTheWrongReasons: Peach's place is broken into ''once'' and it's enough for her to declare that [[ItsAllAboutMe she]] has a stalker. [[spoiler:A [[spoiler:She's right in that a stalker did indeed break-in, but he break in. But it wasn't nessisarily for her, and the stalker actually hates her guts.]]
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* CryingWolf: In a sense. When Benji and Peach go missing, those in their lives don’t worry too much because both have a habit of disappearing every now and then (Benji on drug benders, and Peach to cause [[AttentionWhore drama]]). So no one is too concerned when they suddenly disappear and neither are [[spoiler: considered dead]] until weeks later.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Every one of the books central characters is guilty of this. Except for Ethan. But Joe, Beck, and Peach are probably the top contenders.
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* LoveMakesYouEvil: Joe, especially because, unlike in the adaptation, Joe at least ''intends'' to spare Benji. But it's still mentioned he has a history of disturbing behaviour, like stalking, and possibly sexual assault. While it may be a stretch to call Peach evil, she's endlessly rude and cruel to everyone, particularly Joe, out of jealousy [[spoiler:that he has Beck and she doesn't.]]
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* LoveMakesYouEvil: Joe, especially because, unlike in the adaptation, Joe at least ''intends'' to spare Benji. But it's still mentioned he has a history of disturbing behaviour, behavior, like stalking, and possibly sexual assault. While it may be a stretch to call Peach evil, she's endlessly rude and cruel to everyone, particularly Joe, out of jealousy [[spoiler:that he has Beck and she doesn't.]]
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* MurderTheHypotenuse: Joe does this to [[spoiler:Benji]] and [[spoiler:Peach]]. There's not many people he ''wouldn't'' do it to.
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* MurderTheHypotenuse: Joe does this to [[spoiler:Benji]] and [[spoiler:Peach]]. There's There are not many people he ''wouldn't'' do it to.to.
* MyGirlIsNotASlut: Joe's far more willing to believe that Beck is a naïve damsel who was taken advantage of then believe she [[spoiler:willingly seduced Nicky for no other reason than just to screw with Nicky's life]].
* MyGirlIsNotASlut: Joe's far more willing to believe that Beck is a naïve damsel who was taken advantage of then believe she [[spoiler:willingly seduced Nicky for no other reason than just to screw with Nicky's life]].
* RightForTheWrongReasons: Peach's place is broken into ''once'' and it's enough for her to declare that [[ItsAllAboutMe she]] has a stalker. [[spoiler:A stalker did indeed break-in, but he hates her guts.]]
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* YouExclamation: Peach does this when she realises that Joe is Beck's stalker. Also qualifies as FamousLastWords.
* YourFavorite: Joe gets Beck all of her favourite things when he kidnaps her and locks her in the basement. RealityEnsues, of course, as it does very little to comfort or reassure her.
* YourFavorite: Joe gets Beck all of her favourite things when he kidnaps her and locks her in the basement. RealityEnsues, of course, as it does very little to comfort or reassure her.
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* YouExclamation: Peach does this when she realises realizes that Joe is Beck's stalker. Also qualifies as FamousLastWords.
* YourFavorite: Joe gets Beck all of herfavourite favorite things when he kidnaps her and locks her in the basement. RealityEnsues, of course, as it does very little to comfort or reassure her.
* YourFavorite: Joe gets Beck all of her
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* OneMarioLimit / SpellMyNameWithAS: In ironic juxtaposition to the HeroWithAUniqueName, Guinevere Beck, Joe's other girlfriend is called Amy Adam, subverting the S trope. It's impossible for Joe to stalk her online as a result.
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* OneMarioLimit / SpellMyNameWithAS: SpellMyNameWithAnS: In ironic juxtaposition to the HeroWithAUniqueName, Guinevere Beck, Joe's other girlfriend is called Amy Adam, subverting the S trope. It's impossible for Joe to stalk her online as a result.
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* You!Exclamation: Peach does this when she realises that Joe is Beck's stalker. Also qualifies as FamousLastWords.
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* You!Exclamation: YouExclamation: Peach does this when she realises that Joe is Beck's stalker. Also qualifies as FamousLastWords.
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* "You!"Exclamation: Peach does this when she realises that Joe is Beck's stalker. Also qualifies as FamousLastWords.
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* ImprovisedWeapon:
* LethalJokeWeapon: A rare fictional example. Beck buys Joe a version of the Da Vinci Code after he saves her life. [[spoiler:Joe chokes her with it at the end of the novel.]]
* LoveMakesYouEvil: Joe, especially because, unlike in the adaptation, Joe at least ''intends'' to spare Benji. But it's still mentioned he has a history of disturbing behaviour, like stalking, and possibly sexual assault. While it may be a stretch to call Peach evil, she's endlessly rude and cruel to everyone, particularly Joe, out of jealousy [[spoiler:that he has Beck and she doesn't.]]
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Joe has this reaction after killing Beck. Although, he seems to forget about her after meeting a new woman whom he becomes obsessed for.]]
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Joe has this reaction after killing Beck. Although, he seems to forget about her after meeting a new woman whom he becomes obsessed for.with.]]
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* BrainyBrunette: Beck has dark hair and is Ivy-educated. Slightly deconstructed in the sense that she's not as smart as she appears.
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* "You!"Exclamation: Peach does this when she realises that Joe is Beck's stalker. Also qualifies as FamousLastWords.
* YourFavorite: Joe gets Beck all of her favourite things when he kidnaps her and locks her in the basement. RealityEnsues, of course, as it does very little to comfort or reassure her.
* YourFavorite: Joe gets Beck all of her favourite things when he kidnaps her and locks her in the basement. RealityEnsues, of course, as it does very little to comfort or reassure her.
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!!The 2018 adaptation provides examples of:
* BogglesTheMind: Beck and Joe play Scrabble covered in romance / love-themed words.
* CassandraTruth: For most of the show, Joe is a twisted manipulator. But in an ironic twist, the one time he's being totally honest, that [[spoiler: Peach is setting Beck up to fail]], Beck doesn't believe him.
* {{Hypocrite}}: While it's a by-product of his obvious mental issues, it's still notable how countless times, Joe talks of someone being horrible for Peach and outraged by their lying to her when he's doing the same. Notable is his attitude toward [[spoiler: Peach]], citing it as the stalker behavior of "a person who wants her to herself, wants to control her life and not truly loving you at all." That Joe is the biggest stalker of them all never crosses his mind.
** Notable is when Joe sees [[spoiler: Peach]] peeking in on Beck when the latter is in the bathtub and mentally rants on how perverse it is...while he's doing ''the exact same thing''. "How long is she going to just stand there staring at you?"
** When he finds Beck has been looking into his past, Joe rails at her on how "what kind of monster just goes ahead and dives into a person's past without permission?"
** All best summed up in the season finale where Joe goes on and on about all the dangerous people in Beck's life and how they could hurt her...[spoiler: all while she's locked up in a glass cell, begging to be let out.]]
* MoralityPet: Joe's affection for a kid who lives upstairs.
* PsychologicalProjection: Going over [[spoiler: Peach's]] photos of Beck, Joe notes "this is not what love is. Let's call it what it is, this is perversion. She wants to control you, like she controls every inch of your life. Beck...you have a stalker."
* RaceLift: Peach is mixed-race (and adopted) in the series, but white in the book. Karen Minty is black in the series and white in the book, too.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Emphasised with Beck in the series, where she goes viral after Peach's death.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: The final scene implies that this is the case for [[spoiler:Candace.]]
* TheStoner: Nicky is this in the adaptation.
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A sequel, Hidden Bodies, was published in 2016.
A mini-series based off the novel was released in September 2018 on Creator/{{Lifetime}}.
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A sequel, Hidden Bodies, ''Hidden Bodies'', was published in 2016.
A mini-series based off the novel was released2016, while [[Series/{{You|2018}} a television adaptation]] premiered on Creator/{{Lifetime}} in September 2018 on Creator/{{Lifetime}}.
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** All best summed up in the season finale where Joe goes on and on about all the dangerous people in Beck's life and how they could hurt her...[spoiler: all while she's locked up in a glass cell, begging to be let out.]]
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