Probably one of the slowest of her books but intriguing nonetheless. Telling the story about a harassed mother who confessed to multiple murders and we witness the interviews. Stick with it it gets good!

A gripping page turner . What if you’ve killed but can’t remember doing it ? The evidence all point to you . What do you do ?? Read and find out .. 4.5 stars

This Author is really great. I really loved this book. This tale was highly engrossing and highly recommendable!!

Without giving any spoilers away, I will just say this book is definitely worth a read.
It highlights a lot of different subjects, especially knife crime. I didn’t expect to cry at the end but I did.

Susie Lynes is my FAVORITE author. I'll admit I have a huge fangirl crush on any book she writes because they are twisted, twisty and Awesome. I have read every single one of her books and loved every one of them in a 10 star way. This book included. Can You See Her is so powerful in so many ways. There are some deep rooted issues addressed in this book but done along with classic SE lynes voice and psychological thriller ways. I am not going to give anything away because you need to go into it without anyone elses reviews or opinions.
*If you haven't read Ms. Lynes books yet, make summer of 2020 the time you start.
*If you have read her books and have this in your TBR shelf...READ IT NOW.

10 stars. And from Chicago to the UK..."Ace, Cheers Ms. Lynes!"

This book took a while to ramp up, but I kept up because I wanted to see how an interview with a forensic psychiatrist by an alleged murderer could turn into a full page novel. It also took me a while to get used to the vernacular and slang, but once I did it was easy reading. It is very much to her credit that Lynes was able to show the state of mind of Rachel, who due to psychological trauma, believes she is responsible for several recent murders that took place in the vicinity of where she's been. The theme of "not being seen" hits home in so many ways, and you just want Rachel's pain to end. While I thought most of the outcome was predictable, part of the ending will really come as a surprise. In the end, I found the book to be a creative, rewarding read, but a little too depressing for these times we live in.

Thanks to NetGalley and Bookouture for an advanced copy for review.

Amazon Review: https://www.amazon.com/review/R1AVE35TGLBBDM/ref=pe_1098610_137716200_cm_rv_eml_rv0_rv

3.5 rounded up for the ending!

This is my third book from this author and probably my least favorite but still very good. It takes a long while to get going, really halfway before it starts to take off. The writing was very choppy and manic and gave great insight to Rachel’s state of mind. It was so meandering at times it was hard to stay engaged.

The alternating narratives switched seamlessly and slowly layered the story. There were some great twists and the last one was chilling! This author knows how to tell a story and I will look forward to the next!

Thanks to NetGalley, the author and Bookouture for a copy in exchange for a review.

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I was pleasantly surprised how good this book was. We have all felt invisible to others around us. But the question is what would you do with your life? What would happen if while you were feeling invisible you were losing some periods of time that are blacked out in your mind. What in the world is happening? Now she is a suspect in murder.

This book was so bizarrely written that it was intriguing. Rachel is telling her story at times but there other parts of the book are by the forensic psychiatrist who is interviewing Rachel and all the other characters in the book which are so enjoyable to read.

It took a little bit to get into it and understand the flow but once you take the time you will not be disappointed. If I didn’t know better I would think it is a true crime book. Wonderful read!

Disclaimer:
I received a complimentary copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.

What a brilliant read. Loved the style of this book. Its read in a narrative statement way and for me it worked really well. Its an easy and engaging story with a few twists and turns but personally I'm glad there wasn't too many as the flow and pace of the story was just right. I really felt invested in the characters and enjoyed the whole journey. Its a book that will stay with me for a while! Well deserving of the 5 stars.

Thank you Netgalley.

This story was a little slow to start but once it got going it was a cracking read. Tense, intriguing, well written and fascinating.
Overall a great read

Review for 'Can you see her' by S.E Lynes

Read and reviewed via NetGalley for Bookouture publishers

This is the first book that I have read by this author. I would probably read more if I happened upon them in the library.

I was originally drawn to this book by its colourful and intriguing cover and blurb. I must admit I was also biased due to the publisher being Bookouture. I have yet to read a book published by Bookouture that I haven't enjoyed. Hopefully this won't be the first... Watch this space! (Written before I started reading the book).

This novel consists of 58 chapters and an epilogue. The chapters are a mix of short and medium so can easily read 'just one more chapter' (not that I ever manage just one more, usjalyy about 3/4 more).

The narrative takes the form of interviews with a forensic psychologist interspersed with transcriptions of interviews with Rachel's husband Mark, daughter Katie, best friend Lisa and new neighbour Ingrid.

This book is set in England which is always a bonus for me. I'm from Wales but visit England regularly on trips and holidays so have visited quite a few areas. This helps me picture places if they are mentioned in books and I have visited them.

I think the book is very well written and
I like the fact that Rachel 'talks' exactly as I do sometimes and goes off on a tangent. The descriptions were detailed and it was easy to picture myself in the storyline.

The storyline itself was quite unique and put alot of emphasise on how many women do feel like the just become invisible in life, along with other problems women suffer with.

Unfortunately, I found the book just too much of a slow burn to get really caught up in it and it took me twice as long to read it as I would normally take to read a book. That said, the majority of other readers did seem to enjoy it and find it suspenseful, just not myself.

However, I did love the end and was not expecting certain details, some were not much of a shock but the whole reasoning behind everything was definitely unexpected. I don't want to say too much as I don't want to spoil it for future readers.

For me to give an honest review which I always do this book would have to be a 3/5 which is It was OK. Although there were aspects of it that I did enjoy there wasn't enough of them for me to justify a 4 star which is 'I enjoyed'. This won't stop me reading more of her books though as some reviewers have rated this lower than previous books they have read by this author.

I would recommend this book to fans of crime, slow burners, murder, psychological and mystery.

334 pages

£1.99 to purchase on kindle. I think this is a good price for this book.

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This book began as a very slow read for me. In fact, I put it down several times and almost had to make myself pick it up again. However, the story of Rachel was compelling enough that I wanted to know how her tale ended. Rachel Edwards is a housewife, married to Mark for 27 years and with two college-aged children. Rachel used to turn heads when she walked into a room and now she is feeling invisible. No one notices her, not her husband or her children or even those in the shops. It was interesting that to me Rachel seemed somewhat unstable and went into what was a fugue state in which it was hard to discern what was real and what wasn’t. There were two narrators: Rachel and a forensic psychiatrist names Amanda. I enjoyed the Amanda’s parts better since that is where I got more clues about what was really happening in the story. It was intriguing that Rachel was so drawn to violent crimes and kept a folder of those events, especially knife crimes. With a theme of noticing the unseen people in the world, this was a deeply thoughtful book that almost made me cry at times over the frustration that Rachel was feeling. Fans of psychological thrillers that will make you consider your own actions and feelings will enjoy this book. The revelations made at the end were surprising, and they were definitely worth sticking with the book.
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Can You See Her by SE Lynes

I wasn't sure about this book when I started it, even by 30% I wasn't sure where it was going, but then slowly I was drawn into the story more and more, and towards the end I didn't want to put the book away to sleep, and picked it up next day to see how it ended.
There is a dual narrative, Rachel is a middle aged woman who has confessed to multiple murders, and then police interviews of Rachel and the other characters. I grew to enjoy this style of writing the more I read.
I was quite invested in Rachel's character, she is only a few years older than me, and I found I could easily identify with parts of her story, so much so I shed a few tears towards the end.
This book had a different feel to what I typically read, and I enjoyed that difference. I enjoyed this book once I was hooked into the storyline.

Wow this was a bit slow to get into but once you do it’s amazing. Don’t want to give spoilers but it took me by surprise. This is a must read!

Can you see her? By S.E. Lynes.
Rachel is afraid she may have done something terrible. She’s sitting in a room, being asked whether she killed someone.
Good read. Good story. Well written. I did find it slow to begin with. I wasn't sure how I felt about Rachel. But it did get better and I was surprised near the end. I was sure I knew who it was. I was wrong. 4*.

This book was very thought provoking and actually started of very slow for me. The story is told from the perspective of Rachel. I wanted to slap a couple of characters in the book. It had me guessing a lot of the time and I simply couldn't put it down.

Kate a criminal lawyer has her worst nightmare come real. She wakes to find her young son gone from the garden camp he and a young friend had set up on a warm night. She finds her son curled up on the green a cable wound around his neck. Alarm at the crime and ensuing chaos finds another child missing. So begins a winding road to the truth of what really happened that night as well as the events that led seeming ordinary people, often overlooked to get away with murder. Happy reading

Rachel is sitting in a room talking to a woman because she knows she’s a murderer and they need to build a psychological profile for her case. Meanwhile, her daughter Katie, husband Mark, best friend Lisa and neighbour Ingrid are also busy giving information to the police. Rachel has an obsession with knife crime and keeps a folder of news paper clippings of all the crimes in her local area. One morning the local headlines show a young girl fighting for her life after a knife attack the previous evening, only this was the same young girl Rachel had chatted with and shown her quiet place. Surely this was a coincidence, she doesn’t remember murdering anyone or does she?
This fantastic psychological thriller is told through Rachel’s interviews and the written statements of the other characters. An incredible read with a very unique voice. Once again Susie Lynes has written an incredible, utterly compelling thriller that I could not put down.

Oh Rachel, I see you. From one middle-aged woman to another. I hear you. I know you. I could be you. Except I haven’t murdered anyone. Yet. What an unexpected novel opening with the perspective of a woman charged with a killing spree in her little English enclave surrounded by family and friends who can’t explain why this has happened. But Rachel can, and does. Heartbreaking one moment, surprisingly witty the next, we are given our favorite domestic thriller protagonist - an unreliable, often lovable, psychopathic woman pushed to the brink and willingly and deliberately flying off the cliff in grief and rage. Rachel is remarkable and stays with you long after you come to the satisfying and stunning ending.

Rachel is a menopausal woman, her feelings are all over the place. Her husband, who she has been married to for over 27 years, hardly talks to her. She feels that she has lost her close relationship with her 19 year old daughter. She really misses her son who is at university and wishes he was there. She feels that she is invisible to them all and misses the good times they used to have. She starts befriending strangers in the street. She has conversations with them but then can’t remember, her memory seems to be letting her down and she is having blanks about what has happened. Her friends are worried about her. Rachel has walked into a police station and confessed to a crime and we then find Rachel being questioned by Amanda, a forensic psychologist, who wants to hear her story, which is gradually revealed. The rest of the book is told in interviews with family and friends. We learn that some of the people Rachel befriended were found murdered and Amanda is piecing together Rachel’s story. The book was a little slow at the beginning but gradually picked up pace and the ending was totally unexpected. I found this a highly emotional and gripping read. It is well written, full of emotion, suspense and lots of twists and turns. It is a brilliant read, one not to miss.
Thanks to Netgalley and Bookouture for giving me the opportunity to read and review this book.