Suzie lives in a downstairs flat in London, her new neighbour above her, Emily, is quite a noisy neighbour and after a complaint to Emily, to the landlord, Suzie makes a complaint to the council.
Then Emily disappears and with what happened before, Suzie takes it upon herself to find out what has happened to her.
This was a great book, learning why Suzie is like she is, why she doesn’t sleep in her bedroom and seems to have basically given up, but then her getting up and being determined to do what she couldn’t do in the past.
First, I thought she was one of ‘those’ neighbours, but there is so much more to her, and I loved reading the book and her layers peeling back and finding out more about her.
By the end of the book, I really liked Suzie, she was one determined lady.
There were a lot of twists although I did guess who the culprit was around halfway through the book. It was still a gripping read and I really enjoyed reading it.

The Girl Upstairs tells the story of Suzie, who lives in a ground floor flat in London and can hear everything that goes on in the flat above. When Emily, the upstairs resident disappears, Suzie is reminded of a similar experience in her past and tries to solve the mystery of what has happened to her. In theory, this sounds like it should make for a great read, but sadly I didn't find this to be the case.

Suzie wasn't particularly likeable as a character and the majority of the book was written from her point of view. Part way through, chapters told from Emily's point of view are added in; but I found the book to be very slow paced and it just didn't keep me interested.

This book is described as 'a spine-tingling psychological thriller' and, sadly, it just doesn't deliver on this atall for me. I really enjoyed the very last part of the story as it did get more exciting at the end, but it just didn't make up for the rest of it.

My thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for sending me this ARC in return for an honest review.

I feel like it's been forever since I've had the chance to do a review and this one did not disappoint.

Suzie is a widow who lives on the first floor. Emily is the young neighbor upstairs who plays music too loud, has men over , and has parties. The two have never had a nice conversation so why is Suzie so worried when the above apartment goes silent?

I really did enjoy this book. It kept me intrigued and took a twist I wasn't expecting.

Thank you Netgalley for giving me the chance to read The Girl Upstairs in exchange for my honest opinion.

A very clever unusual read. A lonely nosy downstairs neighbour hears the woman in the flat above her and thinks she knows everything about her. and her life. But does she? and why is Susie so obsessed with Emily’s life? A claustrophobic read that has brilliant twists and turns

I absolutely loved this book. Really reccomend you try it. The plot was really engaging and the characters were the same. I got very involved in the upcoming ending and it was not disappointing.

I enjoyed The Girl Upstairs although did figure out some things out quite quickly.
The story centres around Suzie Arlington, a woman who is clearly depressed and distancing herself from her family, she's existing rather than living.
Suzie has become fixated on her new upstairs neighbour Emily who seems to lead an exciting life.
As Suzie lives in the flat below Emily she can hear her going about her daily routines – cooking, singing, cleaning and so on.
Suzie complains to the landlord and the council as Emily becomes noisier and then after a brief confrontation between the neighbours Emily suddenly disappears and Suzie feels compelled to find her.
There’s a few mysteries going on in the plot – what has happened to Suzie and the man she lived with?
Why won’t Suzie leave London?
Who is Emily’s secret boyfriend and what has happened to her?
There’s a few twists and turns to keep the reader interested but the first half is quite a slow burner.
Is Suzie putting herself in danger in her quest to find Emily?
I enjoyed the second half of the book more as the pace intensified as Suzie hunts for clues about Emily’s whereabouts.
As more is revealed about Emily’s life in London, why she fell out with her parents and who had motive for possibly hurting her the danger for Suzie is heightened.

Wow, this book is mind blowing! Great, great read!!

It is a slow burner, so much so that I considered the possibility of giving up on it a few chapters in, but i'm so happy I didn't as this might as well be one of the best psychological thriller I've read this year.

There's so much depth to the story and the characters have so many layers that I was captivated by it and completely engrossed in it. I literally couldn't put it down and felt i just wanted to hug Suzie and Emily: it was very emotional for me to hear their side of the story and be privy to their real thoughts as opposed as to the actual facts only.

I highly recommend this book and I'll talk about it to anyone!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

What a brilliant thriller with so many messages 👏🏼 there’s so much mystery throughout the book and at times it was frustrating because some things you don’t find out til late on, however it was definitely worth the wait and how it was all explained was perfect. I loved Suzie and felt so many emotions for her. I had mixed feelings about Emily but then things definitely change with that!

I love the messages behind it. It covers grief, loneliness, trying to be happy etc. Also how people view others and judge their behaviours / lifestyles. This book definitely did justice at showing different perspectives 👏🏼

Brilliant read and definitely can’t wait for more from Georgina 😍

The Girl Upstairs starts promisingly but doesn’t really live up to the blurb unfortunately. Suzie lives in a ground floor flat, her husband died suddenly a couple of years before and she finds herself struggling to move onwith her life. When Emily, the latest of a string of upstairs neighbours, gives her reason to complain about her behaviour, she becomes intrigued by her lifestyle.
Emily suddenly disappears and Suzie decides to investigate when the police don’t take the case seriously.
It’s a good story and it all resolves quite cleverly but I found the central characters difficult to like and their motivations were rather thin. There wasn’t enough surrounding the central mystery to really up the intrigue - my attitude to the denouement was oh rather than aha! Having said that it’s a decent debut and the writing is solid if not sparkling, I’m sure she will write some amazing thrillers in the years to come.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for allowing me to review this ARC

I took a gamble when requesting this book, because I’m living between ‘the neighbours from hell’. And no, for several reasons I cannot move. So, when I read about a young widow (to be clear: I’m happily married so that’s not why I speak of ‘a gamble’) who is slowly getting crazy about the noises she hears from her upstairs neighbour, my interest was piqued. Luckily there were enough differences between the horrible Emily upstairs and my living situation to enjoy this book. Although ‘enjoy’ may sound strange here, because Suzie is such a tragic figure with such a complicated back story. I could really relate to her feelings and her way of living, although it’s a bit difficult to believe she really wanted to Emily – unless there’s a complicated psychological background that I don’t understand. Anyway, although not as exciting as the blurb would like the reader to believe (but that’s hardly ever the case), it’s an interesting story where there’s happening more than you think – it is all revealed in good time. The solution to the mystery is a bit cut short; I could have done with a little more background here. This was a fast read and I think I would like to read more by this author.
Thanks to NetGalley for this review copy.

I heard Emily before I saw her. The harsh smack of heels against cheap wooden floorboards. The loud phone calls. The incessant music. I knew Emily before I met her. Discarded receipts in our communal hallway. Sticky leftovers in the shared food waste bin. Wine shop vouchers in the letterbox. Now she's gone missing., and I'm the only one who can find her. The only one who can save her. Because I know her best, and I heard everything.

This is quite a slow burning read. It centres around Suzie Arlington, a widow in the depths of depression. She's become fixated on her neighbour Emily who seems to lead an exciting life. There's a bit of mystery and suspense surrounding this book. I wasn't really gripped by this story but I was still intrigued to know what had happened. There's lots of little twists throughout.

I would like to thank #NetGalley #HarperCollinsUK #OneMOreChapter and the author #GeorginaLees for my ARC of #TheGorlUpstairs in exchange for an honest review.

Suzie can hear everything her neighbor does and says. This gives her the idea that she knows more about Emily than most people do, so when she goes missing, Suzie decides the police are not doing enough. Unfortunately the pacing is very slow so it loses the tension that the author tried so hard to build. Suzie is also a very boring character and constantly thinks of the same things which doesn’t help. Also no part of this makes sense as to why Suzie is trying to go so far out of her way to help Emily when Emily was a terrible neighbor to her.
Thank you NetGalley, Harper Collins UK, and One More Chapter for the arc in exchange for an honest review.

The Girl Upstairs pleasantly surprised me with its page-turning mystery and emotionally complex main character.

3.5 which I gladly will round up to 4 after finishing The Girl Upstairs.

The Girl Upstairs draws you in slowly as Suzie realizes her once noisy thoughtless neighbour has not been seen or heard from for a few days.

Suzie is fighting her own demons so does beyond trying to figure out what happened to Emily.

Suzie has a gut feeling and it is not a good one.

You can't help feel sorry for both girls.

Suzie you are hero.

There are enough twists and turns to keep the pages turning and the lights on.

A satisfying read and one that keeps you entertained to the final page.

Thanks to NetGalley and Harper Collins UK , One More Chapter for a great read.

I really tried to like this book but it was not at all a thriller. The main character, Suzie, is not likeable or believable at all. She has undergone a tragedy that is hinted about as an explanation for her strange behavior but you don't find out what happened to her until more than halfway into the book. It was a huge leap for her to be the only one who knows Emily, the girl who goes missing, when she has barely spoken to her. I found myself skimming pages just to get to the end. The way it was written did not make is suspenseful, most just annoying.

Mmmmmm, another one that was ok, certainly did not deliver a ‘jaw dropping twist’ as was promised and left me underwhelmed if anything, tepid characters with at times peculiar dialogues and a story that did hold my attention enough to want to finish the book but only just
A story of a mysterious neighbour in the flat above and once disappeared a hunt to find out what happened to her, nothing seemed to gel though to bring the various sub stories together
Not going to string it out as all can think to say was as started with it was ok

5/10
2.5 Stars

I’d like to thank HarperCollins UK, One More Chapter and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read ‘The Girl Upstairs’ written by Georgina Lees in exchange for my honest and unbiased review.

Suzie and Emily live in flats in the Angel, Islington, Suzie on the ground floor and Emily upstairs. Suzie likes peace and quiet and gets distressed when everything Emily does is noisy from walking in her high heels on thin wooden floorboards to entertaining men and playing pop music loudly into the night.

‘The Girl Upstairs’ is about two neighbours and what happens when for no apparent reason Emily stops making a noise and Suzie starts to worry that something has happened to her. When I read the description this book sounded exactly what I like to read but it was so slow that I found it difficult to get into and skipped over bits to try to hurry it along. I didn’t like Emily who I thought was inconsiderate although I could empathise with Suzie but quite honestly I didn’t have any interest in either of them and realised I had no desire to find out what was going to happen. I know that other readers have enjoyed it so it’s most likely me making a bad choice of books to read as it didn’t grab me at all.

I found The Girl Upstairs to be a bit of a slow burner but it still managed to keep me wanting to read more. It doesn't have lots of twists and turns, just enough to keep you reading.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for my ARC.

I really didn't know what to make of this book. It was interesting enough to keep me reading but nothing out of the ordinary. Then I got to the end and the twist was so unexpected it turned everything I was thinking on its head.
Well written and clever however the pacing could be improved.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for this advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

The Girl Upstairs leaves me of two minds. On the one hand, I hated Susie. She is often that character that just does all kinds of stupid things for no actually good reason. I hate Emily. She is self-centered and rude. Yes, Susie has loss. She projects. She is a mess. Emily has had a shock. She is naive and a serious glutton for punishment. She is a mess.

What would have happened if these two messes had lived in a home together and gotten out of their own heads for more than a few minutes? They might have become friends. They may have saved each other. They may have both gotten out of this.

That is my second mind. The what if. It is the what if that won out.