My absolute fave Lisa Jewell ever I adore it I want to read it again already this woman just keeps getting better and better

#InvisibleGirl #NetGalley What a really good read this is. It has an original storyline. You are kept guessing throughout and right until the end. You get to know various characters from seeing the story through their eyes and views. The plot has twists and turns even when you think you have worked things out. Hard to put down. I would recommend.

I love Lisa Jewells books and this one did not disappoint. The setting of the story ids very familiar as I live around the area and hence felt like I was right there! The characters and the plot was all great. Perfect summer read.

Gripping and will make a great TV drama.
Really enjoyed this book - great characters who you sympathised with and enough twists and turns to keep the pages turning.
I thought it had a very satisfying ending and although the subject matter is a little grim in parts its not over blown or sensationalised.
A perfect beach read.

I found this book absolutely outstanding, the storyline is brilliant and as you would expect from this author the writing is superb. I had so many theories but they were mostly all wrong as I was led down many a blind alley with a seesaw of emotions I read on into the night. I have loved all Lisa Jewells books but in my opinion, this book is her very best. Absolutely blown away

This is an absorbing story. In a posh suburb,an apparently wholesome middle class family is renting a property while their own house is remodelled. Dad Roan is a child psychologist,mum Cate looks after teenagers Georgia and Josh. Cate does suspect Roan of philandering but all seems good. A friend of Georgia's is molested in their street and that begins a rash of similar attacks. Then there is Saffyre Maddox,a girl affected by an attack on her when she was ten. She knows her attacker who was at her school and wonders if,now an adult,he has anything to do with these reported assaults. She recounts her experiences in her own words. There is also the neighbour across the road,Owen Pick,who is creepy and has been accused of inappropriate behaviour at the College he works at. When Saffyre goes missing,Owen has all the characteristics to mark him out. The police go for him. The story has many twists and turns as further information comes to light. With the help of the young Josh,Saffyre gets her revenge but that just leads at the very end to a further,unexpected turn to the plot. This is a book of recognisable characters with a story to involve the reader. It is also very well written. One of its highlights is the characterisaton of Owen Pick as an obvious suspect to a man getting his life together. There are interesting messages tucked away in there. I recommend this book.

I've become a big fan of Lisa's Jewell's writing - her ability to draw you in and keep you guessing is brilliant. This story twists and turns and keeps you reading. The pace of the plot is spot on. I also enjoyed the switching perspectives. The only reason I didn't give it five stars is because I didn't find the hook that compelling. However, once reading, I loved it.

Another fantastic read from Lisa Jewell! This kept me gripped and guessing the whole way through. I loved the different POVs and how the threads of the story came together. Roan was odious but I don’t think I was supposed to like him anyway lol. Thanks to Netgalley, the author and Century for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

Saffyre has been discharged from the care of her therapist Roan, he says she’s better but she knows that she isn't. After a chance meeting she begins following him, hiding in plain sight she is invisible.
Saffyre hides in a derelict building site watching, gathering information and she discovers things about him that he would not want his family to know.
When Saffyre disappears Owen Pick who lives in the same area becomes a suspect. He’s a loner, an oddball, single and in his thirties he has never had a girlfriend. He fits the profile but vehemently denies any involvement.
This is a multi layered story which I found gripping. I loved it.
I found the names of the characters rather annoying, I’ve never seen Saffyre spelt like that and didn’t know how to pronounce Roan. Is that like the colour of the horse or like the Rowan tree? A bit off putting for a lead character. There is also another character who explains how her name is pronounced!

Invisible Girl by Lisa Jewell
I have read a number of novels by Lisa Jewell and was sure that I was in for a treat with her new novel; I wasn’t disappointed . It is an interesting story told from three different points of view; Saffyre the troubled girl who began self-harming at the age of 10, Cate the wife of her psychologist and Owen the loner of 33 who lives with his aunt.
It becomes clear from the outset that Saffyre, a promising A level student has gone missing and suspicion falls upon Owen who thinks he saw her on the day she went missing. Cate describes to us her life and her fears that her husband had been having an affair. Her daughter, Georgia worries about the man who lives across the road, she finds him ‘creepy’ ,whilst her son spends all his time telling his mother how much he loves her. We also learn more about what brought Owen to the place in which he finds himself. Whilst some of his behaviours are difficult to understand we begin to empathise with what brought him to this point.
I found all of the characters believable and we were able to gain an understanding of the troubles each of them had been struggling with and suppressing. I thought at one point that I had worked out how the story would end only to have my ideas turned on their head. I thoroughly enjoyed the ending and the final twist. I read the book in almost one sitting and I would definitely recommend this to those who love a psychological thriller but with well developed characters. I would like to thank the author, the publishers and Net Galley for the opportunity to read this book in return for an honest review.

I enjoyed this book so so much!! Lots of twist and turns and loved how its jumps back and forth, past to present. I am a fan of Lisa Jewell already and this book did not disappoint! I would highly recommend!

As this was a Lisa Jewell novel I was highly expectant that it would hit all the right notes for me, and it did not disappoint. Once again there are some very sensitive issues tackled but done in the most sensitive and insightful way, particularly that of how we might base our judgements of people on the aspects the media chooses to portray. How others hide things from us, and us from ourselves is also addressed in a way which worked so well in this multiple character viewpoint novel.

No-one weaves a yarn like Lisa Jewell. I started reading this at 11pm last night and literally did not put it down until 2.37am this morning - no way I was sleeping until the very last word.
Twists, red herrings and suspicions are thrown around left right and centre - really questioning what it means to be 'innocent'.
I have read and watched a lot of books and TV shows involving 'incels' recently, all somewhat following the same pattern. It's testament to Lisa Jewell's writing that she is the first to really find the heart, soul and realism within - the first to portray a character in all his humanity.
Whilst some elements of the book are predictable, this does not detract from the story or the suspense - I presume she wanted us to know. With all of her books, I always feel as though there's another story behind the story, and more to be discovered.
I didn't enjoy this as much as The Family Upstairs or The House We Grew Up In, but that is a matter of personal taste; those two books had something that resonated personally for me. I believe elements of this book will resonate strongly with others,
Great book, addictive reading ....early night for me tonight!!!

LISA JEWELL – INVISIBLE GIRL

I read this novel in advance of publication through NetGalley in return for an honest review.

If it’s one thing this page-turner of a novel amply demonstrates, it’s that you can’t judge a book by its cover. The covers in this case being the seemingly perfect Fours family – mother Cate, father Roan, son Josh, daughter Georgia- and the weird nerd of a little man Owen Pick who lives opposite them with his aunt. But everything is not what it seems.

This is a veritable onion of a novel, with layers peeled back and revealed in dozens of short chapters following each of the well-rounded characters. The basic plot revolves round Roan and Saffyre Maddox, a self-harming young girl he was helping professionally who becomes his stalker and her disappearance, and Owen Pick, the self-doubting man accused of her murder. With the advent of social media, and tabloids knowing which emotive buttons to push to get their reader’s inevitable reactions, this story demonstrates the dangers of forming easy opinions from heresay and gossip and acting upon them as though they are facts.

I don’t want to give away plot spoilers, but one by one, secrets are revealed, and though we the reader are kept one jump ahead of the police, there are sufficient twists and turns to keep the most lethargic of readers firmly hooked. This is my first Lisa Jewell book and I really enjoyed it.

I received a free copy from Netgalley below is the blurb

"It is nearly midnight, and very cold. Yet in this dark place of long grass and tall trees where cats hunt and foxes shriek, a girl is waiting...
When Saffyre Maddox was ten something terrible happened and she's carried the pain of it around with her ever since. The man who she thought was going to heal her didn't, and now she hides from him, invisible in the shadows, learning his secrets; secrets she could use to blow his safe, cosy world apart.
Owen Pick is invisible too. He's thirty-three years old and he's never had a girlfriend, he's never even had a friend. Nobody sees him. Nobody cares about him.
But when Saffyre Maddox disappears from opposite his house on Valentine's night, suddenly the whole world is looking at him. Accusing him. Holding him responsible.
Because he's just the type, isn't he? A bit creepy?"

Having read The Family Upstairs by the same author I was really looking forward to reading this book and it did not disappoint. The book has chapters from different characters perspectives and follows different timelines with each character. If you have enjoyed her previous books you will enjoy this one. The character I liked best was Owen, the creepy guy who lives over the road from the Fours, he has such a miserable existence, can't really say much more without giving away the story line.. Definitely a mystery to be solved with this one with things not being quite as they appear on the surface. I have to be honest though and say I prefered The Family Upstairs, however, still a good read.

3.5* A good intro to this author, though the too-many characters got a bit confusing.

This tale wasn't at all what I thought it might end up being, but it was a good intro to this author, as she put together a tale that dovetailed and meshed well, with surprises coming at me throughout.

At times, though, I was confused by the many characters that she introduced, and their seemingly non-importance to the overall arc of the tale, but here's where LJ did really well to bring all together.

I'd certainly read more from her, though I couldn't quite see this version of one of the poshest parts of London town described as it was, though of course, it takes just one bad apple...

ARC courtesy of Random House UK, Cornerstone and NetGalley, for my reading pleasure.

I read my first Lisa Jewell many years ago and she just keeps on getting better and better. I rate two of her previous books, 'I Found You' and 'Watching You' as two of my favourite books of the past few years. When that happens it sometimes easy to expect too much from an author but she really has pulled it off again with Invisible Girl. Troubled teen, 17 year old Saffyre has gone missing, 34 year old Owen is making a mess of his life and Cate Fours can't trust her husband. At first it seems unlikely that these three characters could come in a novel but with Lisa's genius at weaving complex storylines together it just works. A totally absorbing plot meant yet again I read it in less than 2 days. Write faster please Lisa!

It took me a little while to get into this book, but when I did I couldn’t put it down. Well worth reading and thoroughly recommend.

Lisa Jewell knows how to keep your attention. The book touches on many aspects of life. But centres around four main characters
Saffyre, a troubled teenager. She lives with her Uncle. Was abused at a young age.
Owen. A teacher who is suspended from his job at a college after accusations are made against him.
Roan Fours. A counsellor who once treated Saffyre and has secrets of his own.
Cate Fours. Wife of Roan and mum to Josh and Georgia.
After Saffyre goes missing, Owen is accused of the crime but are things really what they seem. Do others really know what happened on Valentines night?
Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for the arc in return for an honest review

This is a wonderful physiological thriller that is really well written with captivating characters. It literally consumed me and I read this book near enough straight through in a day. The storyline was intriguing, addictive and thoroughly enjoyable.

The story is told from three POV's; Cate Fours, Owen Pick and Saffyre Maddox. The characters are so real and the story believable with so many different perspectives my head was spinning but in a good way.

Honestly, there are so many twists and turns in this story it was hard to keep up. Just when I thought I had it all sussed out in my head and I thought I knew which way this story was going, this very clever author flipped it all around and I was back to square one.

The chapters were short which I loved and the saying "don't judge a book by its cover" definitely comes to mind. There is a lesson to be learnt in this book and one that Lisa Jewel has portrayed exceptional well. This is a definite must-read.