Review: Invisible Girl by Lisa Jewell

Invisible Girl by Lisa Jewell
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Published: October 2020

Saffyre Maddox has had a rough life in her short 17 years, the worst part of it happening when she was just 10 years old. When she gets help from a therapist, Roan Fours, she really feels like he has helped her, for part of her issues, but they never touched on the big one. After their sessions end, Saffyre decides to follow Roan around and see what he does when he isn't working. She makes a lot of interesting discoveries. Cate and Roan have been married for 20 years. When their daughter comes home one night upset about being followed by a creepy neighbor, it puts Cate on high alert. Then Saffyre goes missing and the neighbor is charged with her disappearance. But something doesn't add up.

Thanks to Atria Books for the opportunity to read and review this title.

I was a little leary about reading Lisa Jewell since I really didn't like her previous book, The Family Upstairs. This one was a lot better. The story is told from three different points of view. Saffyre, the girl who goes missing; Owen, the creepy neighbor; and Cate, Roan Fours wife. These three are connected by a terrible incident. In the midst of Saffyre's disappearance, other women in the neighborhood are also being accosted. Is it the creepy guy who is behind all of this, or is it someone else?

This book really kept me enthralled for the entire time I was reading.


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Review: The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell

The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Published: November 2019
 

On her 25th birthday, Libby receives a message from a solicitor that she has inherited the family house in Chelsea. Anxious to find out about her past, she heads to the house left to her to find out what happened to her family and where her brother and sister could be. What she finds is a hidden past that will change her future forever. Told from the point of view of Libby, Lucy and Henry, each of them with a connection to the house, the story goes back and forth from modern day to before Libby was born to show everything that happened leading up to Libby's adoption and what happened after.

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I was really looking forward to this book because I really enjoy Lisa Jewell's books. I'm not sure if it was me since I've been in a bit of a reading slump, or if it was the book itself. For me, it felt as if it moved slowly.

What would you do if you inherited a huge house from a family that you never knew? Being adopted when she was just a few months old, Libby never knew about the family that left her the house. Lucy has been waiting for the baby to turn 25 for 25 years. Saving this date in her phone, but how is she going to get from France to London without any money. Henry has also been waiting for this day, telling the entire story from start to finish.

Even though this wasn't my favorite Lisa Jewell book, I will definitely be reading more.



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Review: Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell

Then She Was Gone  by Lisa Jewell

My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Published: April 2018

Ten years ago, Ellie Mack went missing. The police think she is just another teenage runaway, but her mother, Laurel, doesn't believe that for a second. Ellie's disappearance destroyed the family and now that her remains have been found, Laurel will finally have some closure. When she meets Floyd, it's like she's getting a second chance at life. But when she meets his daughter, Poppy, life comes to an alarming halt. Poppy looks so much like Ellie, but why? Of course people look like other people all the time, but there is just something about this child that keeps Ellie at the forefront. When Laurel discovers a connection between Floyd and her family, she embarks on a journey to find out exactly what happened to her daughter and who did it.

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After the first few chapters of this book, I figured out a few things about this story that I think most readers will discover as well. But the thing that made this book so hard to put down was how it was all going to come together, it's an incredible journey.

Losing a child is the most painful experience. When Laurel loses Ellis, her whole world is turned upside down and she can no longer function as she once did. She stops cooking for her family, her relationships become strained and eventually she and her husband divorce. Once they find the body of her daughter, the pain becomes a little less since she now has some closure. But why does this young girl look so much like her dead daughter. Did Floyd have something to do with Ellie's disappearance and death? Her family doesn't get a good vibe from this man, but Laurel feels as if she needs to stay with him until the whole truth is revealed.

I really enjoyed this story and I think that everyone who reads it will enjoy it. Very hard to put down.



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