13k reviews for:

The Family Upstairs

Lisa Jewell

3.83 AVERAGE

omnia_atef's review against another edition

0.5

fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Boring and bad written couldn't complete it dnf for me

zoeeakins's review against another edition

3.75

mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

books_penguin's review against another edition

4.0

dark hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

annekadk's review against another edition

2.75

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

manoxox's review against another edition

2.0

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• the multiple POVs was badly done and served no purpose
•  adding trauma in your book just for shock value when it adds nothing to the narrative doesn't make your book better - on the contrary.
•  I cared not at all about any of the characters
•  this could have been a short story
•  I can tell that great efforts were made to make the story twisty and interesting but the whole thing felt flat and was just bland

evanigha's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Torture

lazybox's review against another edition

4.0

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

die_ritty's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

msaribaybee's review against another edition

3.75

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Overall a good Lisa Jewel book, she is becoming one of my favs. (Freida better watch out lol) 

I actually really like all the main characters, I understood each one of them and I wasn’t left with ambiguity about why they did or didn’t do something. The plot twists were great and had me sprung wanting more. My only comment would be that I am left with some questions that I feel could have been added. But at the end of the day.. it was still very binge worthy. 

mollydled's review against another edition

3.75

dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes