[1][4] Joe Goldberg came to Los Angeles from New York to start over and hunt down the woman who broke his heart – Amy Adam.

Joe also wants to leave behind his dark past, which includes the murder of his girlfriend, Guinevere Beck.

Anthony Breznican from Entertainment Weekly gave praise to the novel, stating that "as satire of a self-absorbed society, Kepnes hits the mark, cuts deep, and twists the knife".

[5] In February 2015, it was announced that Greg Berlanti and Sera Gamble would develop a television series based on the novel at Showtime.

[9][10] On December 3, 2018, it was confirmed that Lifetime had passed on a second season of the series, and that Netflix had picked it up.