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The Family Upstairs

Lisa Jewell

3.83 AVERAGE

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Just got pulled in by it. Kinda disturbing eek

Wow this was a page turner and one I couldn’t put down! It was a little hard to follow with 3 storylines told across 2 time periods. And one FMC was named Lucy and the other was Libby and for some reason those names were so hard to keep straight in my brain. Despite my confusion and the seemingly endless red herrings, I read on and I’m so glad I did. This was a creepy, disturbing, and wild ride. Taking away a star because the ending was a little too hunky dory for me given everything that had happened up until that point. Lisa Jewell is the queen of thrillers and I’ll be reading the sequel for sure!

Super fast paced and fun to read. I loved the alternating pov and trying to figure things out. I couldn't put this one down and I enjoyed it more than other books from this author. I'm sad it's over.
dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
slow-paced

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mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
dark mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Al final me ha gustado, hay bastantes giros en la trama y te mantiene intrigada, pero me ha parecido bastante lento el desarrollo de la historia.