Thank you to Netgalley and Lisa Jewell for my copy of Invisible Girl for an honest review. I am a big fan of Lisa Jewell and I like all things thriller. Invisible Girl has such a unique group people. The story line followed Saffyre, an orphan who sees Roan a psychologist who is helping her work through her feelings of loss. After a some time Roan believes Saffyre is ready to stop their sessions. Saffyre does not agree and this is where things get creepy. She follows Roan, his wife and kids and eventually the woman he is having an affair with. She loves being outside and spends many a night by Roan’s house. Roan’s family life is a mess and he is trying to keep multiple lies going. Enter a neighbor, named Owen, and the level of crazy spikes. How do all of these people fit together? How does one lie complicate all their lives? How do any of these people get out of this unscathed? This story moved at an excellent pace. I often couldn’t put the book down because I wanted to see the next twist or turn. If you like psychological thrillers, this is the book for you. I rated it four stars. I have recommended this to friends and family. See my reviews on Amazon and Barnes & Noble as well as my bookstagram account.

Another excellent read from Lisa Jewell!
The Fours family has temporarily moved into the neighborhood while their house is being renovated.
Mom Cate is a part time physiotherapist and dad Roan is a psychologist. They live with their teenage son and daughter.
Neighbor Owen Pick is an odd man, a virgin in his thirties. He has been let go from his teaching job for sexual misconduct.
Young girl Saffyre Maddox goes missing, a former patient of Roan's who suffered a trauma early in her life.
She had been hanging around the neighborhood and now no trace of her can be found.
This was a dark, super creepy thriller with some strange and not always likable characters.
The short chapters with multiple POV's kept it riveting.
A story full of secrets about the interior lives people lead.
The outstanding writing and intricate plot kept me enthralled in the story.
And what an amazing ending!
Thank you Atria Books for the e-ARC via NetGalley.
4.5 stars, rounding down to 4 stars.

*3.5 Stars*

Raise your hand if you’re a Lisa Jewell fan 🙋🏼‍♀️ I always love being sucked in to her twisty, page-turning stories, so I was very excited to read this one too. Through some very unlikable characters, Jewell explores childhood trauma, family secrets, and the dark world of online incel forums (which I knew absolutely nothing about until reading this book).

Ultimately, I read this one very quickly and liked it. Was I blown away? No. But I am still a Lisa Jewell fan and can’t wait to see what she brings us next!

Yet another suspenseful thriller from Lisa Jewell. Some of the characters were so well written they were creepy, you just never knew until the end how wrong you were about them. Definitely a good book club discussion title - why did the wife stay, why did Saffyre not tell about her trauma earlier - so many topics to discuss.

I wanted a bit more from this, It wasn't quite "thrilling" enough. Although this book did touch on some very pertinent themes like the incel community, toxic masculinity, and the role parents play in the development of their kids. If you're easily scared this might just be the thriller for you, though.

Lisa Jewel is one of my favorite authors I found through Net Galley. Her story here is so compelling that I kept turning pages into the night Its a fascinating story of the charcters all brilliantly drawn to the story. The misfit neighbor that hates women and hides his hate behind closed doors tells the story of toxic mysogany in our society today , the couple that hides their secrets and a young girl caught in the middle . Its quite a interesting read that kept me reading to conclusion. This is suspenseful, interesting and has a well crafted plot that keeps you interested with a fast pace to the writing .

Thank you to the publisher and to Net Galley. My review opinions are my own.

Lisa Jewell is a auto-read author for me! I’ve read about 5 of her books so far and enjoyed them all (but I Found You still takes the cake).

Invisible Girl wasn’t my number one all time favorite of hers, but it was well done. A young troubled girl goes missing and a disturbed yet misunderstood neighbor appears to be to blame. There were a fair amount of triggers in this one, including sexual assault, self-harm, and rape fantasies. That said, I thought she used these things in a constructive way and I was able to bypass my uneasiness to appreciate the story. I love her writing and I loved how all of the elements of this story came together by the end. There were a lot of elements I’ve seen before in domestic suspense, yet it didn’t feel derivative. As you can probably tell I’m not quite sure how I felt about it. It entertained me and I finished in 2 days and I’m happy to have gotten another book by Ms. Lisa under my belt.

Invisible Girl by Lisa Jewell is a twisty tale involving the Fours family and their neighbor, Owen. They all become involved in the case of a missing local girl, Saffyre. As the story unfolds the reader begins to see just how involved these characters are in each others' lives. There's definitely a lot going on under the top layer of this story. Read and enjoy!

Lisa Jewell’s psychologically astute Invisible Girl opens with someone in a hoodie following a terrified woman--and the man stalking the woman. The hoodie wearer advances toward danger, and then the book cuts to "Before" to introduce the cast of characters.

The Fours family--child psychologist father Roan, mother Cate, and kids Georgia and Josh--is living in a temporary rental in Hampstead during renovations on the Fourses' permanent home. Across the street lives Owen, a quiet man Georgia thinks is creepy and who followed her too closely one night as she walked home from the nearby Tube station. There's also Saffyre, a teenage patient of Roan, who still suffers from something traumatic that happened to her when she was 10. Add to the mix a series of sexual assaults that have been happening in the area. When Saffyre goes missing, authorities discover she has ties to more than one person in the neighborhood, causing suspicions and accusations to mount.

Invisible Girl is more psychological study than thriller, but Jewell (I Found You) is so incisive with her insights, a more leisurely pace might not be noticed. Saffyre, the titular girl, is troubled and makes imprudent choices, but it's clear her actions arise from deep pain, and readers will want justice for her. With Owen, Jewell examines deep loneliness and public excoriation, causing him to wonder if "he'd be happier in prison than out in the world... having to deal with women looking at him as if he was going to rape them." Society might marginalize these kinds of people, but Jewell centers them and illuminates their plight.

I was provided a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest and fair review.

I had read one of Jewell's other recent releases last year, The Family Upstairs, and really loved it so I was excited to read her most recent release. And this author did not disappoint! This book was really great, it kept me guessing right up until the very end. Literally - the very very end had a great plot twist to it. Saffyre's character was really complex, she had so many layers and she was such an interesting person to learn about. I was suspicious of Josh but I still really liked the mysteriousness of his character. This book also had some interesting narratives around therapists as human beings - they're just people like the rest of us and have their own quirks and (in some cases) psychoses. How do therapists like that help people when they have issues themselves that they should be addressing? Anyways, this book was very suspenseful, I didn't want to put it down and it had my heart racing. The plot was great with lots of layers and lots of twists thrown in there throughout the story. I really enjoyed it and I'd definitely recommend it!

In Invisible Girl, readers see the story through the eyes of three main characters: Owen, a man accused of sexual misconduct, full of fury and disbelief at the way his life has turned out; Saffrye, a young girl with an attachment to her former therapist, hoping to figure out a way to fix the parts of her she fears are irrecovably broken; and Cate, the wife of Saffrye's former therapist, who just wants to keep her family safe and together. When Saffrye disappears, every character is forced to look inside themselves and face the truths they've been hiding from.

Jewell tackles the difficult topics of sexual assault and the incel "community" head on, with her complex characters and suspenseful storyline keeping readers turning pages. This is definitely not a light read, but it flies by. My one complaint is that, even though Jewell explicitly has her characters say that there is no such as a perfect happy ending, the ending seemed a little too pat for everything that had come before.

I enjoyed this, but don't think I can add to the thousands of existing reviews. So I'll just recommend this to fans of thrillers.

I really appreciate the review copy!!

Invisible Girl
By Lisa Jewell

This was one of my most anticipated reads for the Fall. I was introduced to Lisa Jewell last summer by Katie @the_grateful_read when I won her giveaway for The Family Upstairs! I would never forget how excited I was and how I just loved reading it.

Lisa Jewell is definitely the queen of twisty domestic thrillers and The Invisible Girl was amazing for me. I loved how the characters weaved in so beautifully into the story while a few red herrings were thrown in there that made me suspect someone else! Tricky tricky!!

This was an enjoyable read and I really had fun reading this book.

Highly recommend!

QUICK TAKE: solid addition to the Lisa Jewell collection. I thought the mystery was compelling and well-executed, and the toxic masculinity subplot felt timely and topical. It does feel a little down-the-middle and having read it a month ago, I'm struggling to remember a lot of details, but if you're a fan of LJ, I definitely think this one is worth prioritizing.

I don't want to give away any spoilers, but I loved this book! It took me through a range of emotions all the way to what was, to me, a satisfying ending.

Lisa Jewell is quickly becoming an auto-buy author for me. I love the pace of her writing.

Invisible Girl has all the components of a contemporary psychological thriller. There are mental health issues, excessive alcohol use, sexual assault, adultery, gaslighting, and childhood trauma. The possibility for an unreliable narrator comes with each character and I genuinely did not know who I could trust.

My only criticism of Invisible Girl is that I couldn't follow the timeline very well. The amount of time that had passed combined with the age of Saffyre wasn't lining up for me. I was also confused by the amount of time that they were in the rental. It didn't ruin the book for me, but it is one of those things that I tend to pay close attention to.

I really enjoyed this book! This is the second book I’ve read of Lisa Jewell and i love how each time i was questioning until the end! I didn’t know who did what or why so it was a surprise! I hadn’t guessed the ending! I was actually quite surprised with how it turned out! I really enjoyed the characters although i didn’t really trust anyone. I felt terrible for saffyre and Owen. Two very sad people. I felt like it was a good cozy mystery with a fair amount of secrets. I felt in suspense but not exactly at the edge of my seat. I would say this is a good suspense novel that will leave you wondering if there’s good in anyone.

Cate's moves her family to a temporary home while theirs is being renovated. But soon after, everything starts to fall apart. There is a series of sex attacks on women in their new neighborhood. And Cate starts questioning the fidelity of her husband, Roan. She thought he was cheating before, but he convinced her she was wrong. So she's trying to trust him ... until he gets a weird Valentine and one of his former patients disappears.

I really enjoyed this multi-POV thriller about a woman who wonders about her husband's faithfulness and also what happened to his missing former patient. The suspense is skillfully built, the three main characters (wife Cate, prime suspect Owen, and missing girl Saffyre) were vivid and compelling. This kept me guessing until the end!

Thank you to NetGalley, Lisa Jewell and Atria books for the free e-book in exchange for an honest review.

Another amazing, page turning novel, spine tingling novel from Jewell. I am never disappointed by her novels and this one was no different. I loved the characters and I surprisingly enjoyed the three different perspectives from
the different characters that really kept me wondering what was going on. I really enjoyed the dark and mysterious nature of many of the characters and how suspicious many of them are. I would definitely recommend this one! Definitely one with loads to talk about for a book club!

I think I've been stress reading this month which is so funny to me since earlier in the year when I felt stressed I pretty much stopped reading.
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But here we are and I finished another book this weekend: Invisible Girl by Lisa Jewell. It was a fast paced thriller that kept me guessing. I'd say there's just enough twists to maintain your curiosity. I actually get annoyed when a book won't stop twisting or flips around purely for the sake of being shocking but doesn't really matter to the ending. This one did not do that, everything felt purposeful. That's Jewell for you. There were characters I wanted to punch and others I wanted to hug. The family drama obviously had me hooked. You know I love me some good domestic turmoil in a book! So thank you to @netgalley and @atriabooks for the ecopy in exchange for an honest review.