Watching You

Amazingly twisty story with characters you can relate to and want to empathise with. Kept me guessing to the end. Great flow, great story, great twists. Brilliantly written like all of Lisa Jewell books I've read. Love the character changes and how it really feels like you're seeing the world from their different POVs.

'I don't know what to think. I don't know what to feel. Is this normal?' ... From this highly relatable opening line, the author pulls the reader into a world of what ifs, maybes, rumours, suspicion, and--eventually--unravels the twisted threads to reveal the unexpected truth. This novel has some wonderful one liners and phrases, and is certainly attention grabbing, yet it lets itself down time and again with the massive overuse of 'literally', which LITERALLY drove me nuts! Along with that, we also get treated to lots of 'very' usage and every speaker over uses 'just' in their dialogue. If this were one character, it would be a quirk, but ALL OF THEM? ... Give me a break. Due to this and clumsy sentences, such as: 'The manager was a big, butch woman with a crew cut called Dawn.' ... I'm certain the manager is called Dawn and not the crew cut! Likewise with: 'She was necking wine in a floaty top.' Once again, I'm certain the woman wore the floaty top rather than the wine being in the floaty top! And this is to show but two of such sentence formations. A few spelling errors have slipped in as well. All of which lost a lot of points for me. Together with passive writing, much of this ripped me right out of the make-believe, and quite violently at times. However, with all of that said, the story premise, plot, pacing, characters, and world building are all done so well you feel as though you are right there next to the many characters from whose point of view the tale is told. The narrative delivers multiple POVs, each with their own clear sections, and written in past tense. Here are some lines I loved ... '... she said, her heart not reaching her words.' And ... 'He thought of the smell of old beer coming off him this morning, the sour smell of secrets and lies.' And ... 'Jenna ached to say, Me Too, and draw the line and make things good. But she couldn't do it. The words were too deeply buried under piles of other stuff for her to quite reach them.' Despite the passive writing and often clumsy clause arrangements, I loved this read. I never saw the culprit coming. Great penultimate twist and a wholly believable motive. Watching You by Lisa Jewel gets a soft 4 stars from me. With extra polishing, I'd give a resounding 5 stars. If you love a suspenseful mystery thriller with plenty of twists and an ending you don't see coming, then go and read this book! *** NOTE ON RATINGS: I consider a 3-star rating a positive review. Picky about which books I give 5 stars to, I reserve this highest rating for the stories I find stunning and which moved me. 5 STARS: IT WAS AMAZING! I COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN! — Highly Recommended. 4 STARS: I WOULD PULL AN ALL-NIGHTER — Go read this book. 3 STARS: IT WAS GOOD! — An okay read. Didn’t love it. Didn’t hate it. 2 STARS: I MAY HAVE LIKED A FEW THINGS —Lacking in some areas: writing, characterisation, and/or problematic plot lines. 1 STAR: NOT MY CUP OF TEA —Lots of issues with this book.

Another brilliant read by Lisa, with twists I didnt see coming. Cleverly articulated & fantastic storyline. 10\10 - well worth a read!

Very much enjoyed the book. I will be looking out fir and reading more by Lisa Jewel based on this one.

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Overall a good read but I wasn’t as gripped as I have been with others written by Lisa Jewell. Would still recommend though!

Consumed this in a day . Great writing , complex plot , you think you have it figured out and then another theory pops into your head… Interesting characters and sub stories makes this novel one to remember

This books goes between police interviews and a few months before the interviews weaving together a captivating story. There are lots of characters to get used to but I was gripped from the start.