4 stars. I enjoyed this book. I felt the beginning was a little slow moving but once it took off, it was really good. It kind of had an “American Beauty” feel to it.
Honestly, everyone was watching everyone watch everyone but no one knew anything about who they were watching.
The ending was strong and it all made sense when it came full circle.
Thank you #NetGalley, the publisher and the author for my free ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Thanks for the early review copy!

I recommend this book to fans of thrillers. I've read other mysteries from Jewell and once again she did not fail to craft a good thriller!

I've read Lisa Jewell's books back from way before she started this "thriller" kick. I think she is a good, engaging writer so even when the plot twists are a tad unbelievable yet predictable as they are in this, I always enjoy reading her work.

The book starts off with a murder scene, where someone in Melville Heights has died. It then goes back to the months leading up to the murder, switching from the perspectives of various characters living on the street in Melville Heights. There is Josephine "Joey" Mullen, the sister of Jack who lives at Melville Heights. She and her new husband Alfie Butter have moved in with Jack and his pregnant wife Rebecca. Joey is attracted to Tom at first site and becomes obsessed. There are the two teens. A mother who is convinced she is being stalked and persecuted. Tom Fitzilliam, the new head of the local school, and his wife Nicola. Their son, who likes to watch all the comings and goings of the neighborhood and seems to be a stalker.

Lisa Jewell cleverly weaves reveals into the story, and you slowly see different elements to the backstory. It’s a gripping, enjoyable read. I found that the synopsis was misleading. I had some unanswered questions at the end of the book though. <spoiler>Do we take this reveal at the end about Nikki/Nicola to mean that Tom never had affairs with students? Did he never beat his wife? What is his culpability in all this? It sounds like he really didn't contribute to Viva's death, but has he done other questionable things?</spoiler>

ARC was provided by Atria Books via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

I am very selective when it comes to psychological thrillers and often find them too gruesome or poorly written. This is my second Lisa Jewell book and I have been very impressed by her writing and her ability to weave together a completely creepy and engrossing novel . There were quite a few characters to keep track of but she did a great job of introducing everyone with vivid details. I enjoy books about community drama and crime and she set the scene wonderfully for this. It's tense and well written and also included many issues besides just being a "who did it?" kind of thriller. I received a copy of this book from Atria Books via NetGalley in return for an honest review.

"The one who watched him when he was watching her."

Every second of free time that I had I was reading Watching You by Lisa Jewell and when I wasn't reading, I was thinking about Watching You.

This is one of the best books I've ever read! It's full of mystery and makes you question every character you read about. There where times I thought I knew who the murderer was, but once I got to the end I was shocked!

I honestly can't praise this novel enough! Don't just take my word for it, pick this one up. I promise you, you won't regret it!

Thank you to #NetGalley for the advanced copy, in exchange for my honest review on #WatchingYou.

Watching you is a crazy, twisted thriller!! It will shock you. It will take your breath away. You won’t want to put it down

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own

Thoroughly enjoyed this book even though it's not my typical type of mystery/thriller. You really got to know the characters and their flaws which made it enjoyable. Well done.

Another great suspense novel by Jewell. I love her interwoven stories and the many twists and turns. A fun and satisfying story.

"Watching You" began slow for me. I kept going though, and it became a page-turner. I had kind of figured the end of the mystery as it unfolded, but the last twist at the end was extremely surprising. I loved it!

Who is watching whom? In a lovely neighborhood it seems everyone is watching everyone else. Several stories wind around each other and begin to coalesce into a whole. In amongst the individual tales are the police transcripts which make you beg for more information.

Excellent 16th novel from Lisa Jewell. Highly readable and wonderful plotting. All is not as it seems.

This was really good! My first book by this author and definitely not my last! Yes, it's a little slow moving at times and you're not going to like some of the characters much. The story though is so different from most plotlines in suspense these days. Being slightly more character driven kept me reading and anxious for a fair outcome. Some twists I saw coming, but others took me by surprise. You won't want to put it down towards the end, so stick with it in the slower beginning. Thank you to Atria Books for the ARC!

3.5 Stars

After reading great praise for Lisa Jewell's books, and while having never read one myself, I was very excited to get my hands on this one.

The story opens, like so many other thrillers, with a murder scene and what follows is everything leading up to that scene. Again, a tired premise for this genre but what's a reader to do? Next, we are introduced to a plethora of characters, and while I'm all for complicated plots with a lot of players, I found myself confused more often than not. It took me well over half of the book to be able to start a chapter without thinking ..."hhhmmmmm...which one is this again?". For me, the characters lacked their own unique voice which is necessary to pull off this type of storyline.

Now for the good stuff! I very much enjoyed the plot, I love how all of these characters in the neighborhood are linked together with invisible, twisty, tied-in-a-knot silly string. It's a slow build with just the exact amount of mystery to keep you turning the pages. I only had one "omg what is happening?" moment around the 85% mark and was never, at any time, sure of what was actually going on until it was revealed.

Oh but alas... the author chose to end things with a futile and hurried attempt at wrapping up the story with an epilogue that went and ruined it for me.

Overall it was a quick read with an intriguing plot, despite the slow crawling pace. Would I read another book by this author? Heck yeah I would.


I received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

There are a ton of great books coming out in the next few months- so many thrillers and mysteries- and my newest read is definitely one of them! First off, if you aren't familiar with Lisa Jewell, you are MISSING OUT! She is such a fantastic storyteller, so whenever I sit down with one of her books, I know I won't be doing anything else for the next few hours.

This book takes place in Melville Heights, a posh neighborhood in Bristol, England, where Joey Mullins and her husband Alfie are living with her ultra-successful doctor brother Jack and his pregnant wife Rebecca. Two doors down is Tom Fitzwilliam, a famously successful teaching administrator beloved by communities everywhere for turning cruddy schools to success stories, who lives with his exercise-obsessive wife and their eccentric son Freddie, a voyeur who likes to keep tabs on everyone in the neighborhood.

One of Tom's students, Jenna Tripp, lives down the street with her mother, a mentally-ill former model and actress who thinks people are watching her and that Tom is a stalker and lunatic with secrets. It's not long before all of the characters become intertwined, and Joey develops a crush on Tom, which becomes obsessive and threatens to ruin her marriage.

Meanwhile, secrets are starting to be uncovered about a dead girl from the past, who left behind a mysterious diary. She makes explosive allegations about her school and her teacher and this leads people to wonder, "So who really are these people of Melville Heights?" On top of it all, the book begins with a death in the neighborhood. so you spend the whole book wondering who/what/how/why. Is Tom just an amazingly devoted family man and successful teacher, or are things not quite as they seem?? Is Joey off her rocker, or just trying to cope with a marriage and her husband's wanting to start a family? The ending was fabulous and I did not see it coming.....I always love that!

4 our of 5 stars for Watching You by Lisa Jewell, which comes out December 26th, 2018.

Thank you to NetGalley, the author, and Atria Books , who provided me an advanced copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

This novel revolves around the residents of a posh neighborhood in Bristol, England. Joey and her new husband have moved in with Joey’s brother, wife and child. She holds down a menial job and daydreams about neighbor, Tom, a schoolmaster at a local school. Tom’s son Freddie, meanwhile, is practicing for his future as a spy and watches all the comings and goings in the neighborhood with an eagle eye. Jenna, one of Tom’s students also lives nearby with her mother, a woman terrified by everything, sure someone is out to get her. As thew story opens, one of the neighbors is dead, murdered. Readers then discover the ugly secrets that lie buried just beneath the surface of this neighborhood.

WATCHING YOU got off to a great start, then slowed down a bit, then picked back up for a race to the finish. Despite this slight unevenness, it's an entertaining read and I enjoyed the creepy thought of these neighbors spying on each other. At times the plot felt a tiny bit unbelievable or "too much." But I liked the different characters and had no trouble keeping them straight. Jewell is really good at making the reader curious about what has happened, especially here when we know from the start that a crime will ultimately be committed. It's a clever structure with a (mostly) satisfying payoff.

What a treat! I am, admittedly, a huge fan of Lisa Jewell’s previous works. However, she consistently knocks them down as she sets them up. This book was no exception. It effortlessly wove the stories of a group of people living in an area, viewing the same story from different viewpoints and ultimately, the murder of one of the residents on the street. Unlike other thrillers, this book definitely gave the story a more human and emotional touch than perhaps a detective thriller might. Perhaps because the story was seen through the eyes of the residents and also some teenagers, it had a more thoughtful feel to it. Unlike some of the other books I have read previously, there were twists at every turn, but not predictable ones. The story was fresh, the characters were very well developed and the plot was air tight from what I could tell. I may be speaking from a biased viewpoint, but this is one of the best books I have read in a while in this genre. Pick it up!!!

I love mysteries that get under your skin and keep you guessing. You think you know what is going on but you have no idea. It's at those moments that you find that everything has changed. This was that kind of book. It was fascinating and fast-paced. Obsession and murder only fueled the intensity.

Thank you netgalley for a copy of Lisa Jewll’s newest novel Watching You.
I am a big Lisa Jewell fan and this book didn’t disappoint.
It did take me a bit to get into it...but once I did it flowed perfectly.
I sort of had an idea where the end was headed, however it didn’t affect how much I enjoyed this book.
I really enjoy her writing style.
Can’t wait for her next book.

Thanks to netgalley for providing this arc in exchange for an honest review.

This is my second Lisa Jewell novel and it is not likely to be my last. I found this book to be a very quick and easy read. I liked the storyline. We knew someone was likely murdered due to the fact that people were being questioned by the police and those interviews were placed throughout the book, but the interesting part is that we don't even know who was murdered. I thought there were just enough characters to keep it interesting, but not enough to get confused and not be able to keep track of who is who. I would recommend this.