This book was good. Lisa Jewell did it again with the kind of twists and turns you'd expect. However, I feel like once I've read one of her books, I've read them all. I'm not sure i connected with any of the characters or the story in general.

I read this book until I was midway through it. I just couldn't get invested in this story. It's not a book that I would recommend.

So good! I read this in one day and was annoyed when anything took me away from reading it. Great character development and storyline. Cannot wait to read something else from this author! Watching You is also amazing. Thank you to Atria Books for the ARC!

Two families living in one house. The new family begins to dominate the original family. The children find themselves with less freedom, less, space and food as the family upstairs begins to take over their world.

I found this book much like the V.C. Andrews books CF the 70's. A little bit of everything leading to an outcome not necessary as the reader that.

Another great novel by Lisa Jewell. I won't lie, the beginning of the book was a little hard for me with lots of characters (with similar names) and not quite figuring out how they connected, but when it finally all clicked, I had trouble putting this book down.

Jewell does it again. She keeps you on your toes, provides several twists and turns, and forces you to stay home so you can read to the end!

Thank you NetGalley for an advanced copy of this novel!

Lisa Jewell’s latest “The Family Upstairs” is three stories that eventually come together. I found this book engaging and entertaining although I figured out key parts before the end of the book, although I did not know I had figured out those key parts. The story follow the current lives of two women, one a struggling bathroom saleswoman in London who inherits a house and one a homeless single fiddle player in Paris, the third storyline follows a young boy and the chaos that infiltrated life as he knows it. There were twists and turns and it shows how easy it is for people to get manipulated and sucked into the chaos.

Three people are found dead in the kitchen of an extravagant home in Chelsea, London’s swanky multi-million dollar neighbourhood. Cloaked in black robes, their deaths seem suspiciously planned. Enter “Libby”, the baby that was found on the second floor of the 8-bedroom house of dark secrets. Removed from the home and raised by her adoptive parents, the truth behind her sinister family begins to unravel with her inheritance of the very mansion she was discovered. A roller coaster of shocking secrets about her past definitely make this a novel you can’t put down.
Told from three different perspectives, Jewel slowly sheds light on the twisted lives of the people hidden inside the Chelsea mansion. I was very excited about this novel even though it’s my first one by this author. Unfortunately, i fear I hyped it up too much and felt somewhat disappointed by the end. Don’t get me wrong, I HAD to find out who her real parents were, and I desperately wanted more insight into the twisted upbringing of the children living in the house.... but it started to feel disjointed towards the end. The way the stories wove together in the end was unsatisfying and abrupt. It was a fast-paced read, but fell flat at the end as it became more far-fetched.

Well, it looks as though I may be in the minority on this one!

Libby is shocked after being notified she’s just inherited a massive house. One that comes with a mysterious and tragic history.
Libby was found abandoned as a baby in this home. Having been adopted, Libby has since blossomed into a 25 year old, well-adjusted, content young lady. Anxious to keep her life moving along on the timetable she’s set for herself.

Well, Miss Libby...this new inheritance thing may just change up your original life plan. Maybe there’s a great deal more to discover here than just an old house.

Told from several POV and timelines. From the start I had difficulty keeping it all straight, never coming together as much as I hoped.

I’ve been reading all of Lisa Jewels books and always look forward to their release every year, but I have to say this might be my least favorite.

But…I’m still a committed Lisa Jewell fan and anxiously await her next release!

A buddy read with Susanne!🌸

Thank you to Ariele Friedman at Atria Books via NetGalley and Lisa Jewel for an ARC to read in exchange for an honest review.

A little confusing in the beginning with so many characters introduced but quickly builds to an unputdownable (is that a word?) read. You will be lost while meeting everyone, then you will discover twists and turns totally unexpected. Not to be missed.

Lisa Jewell delivers a dark, fiercely original and twisty read, mining the deepest secrets a family can hide--and the most desperate actions taken to conceal them. No thriller reader should miss this one.

This is surely a "photograph" of a dysfunctional family. It was really quite sad to read about the four children and their parents, bed sitters, and all that transpired. There were some uplifting scenarios to keep me reading- Libby and Lucy finding each other, siblings being reunited and so forth. I think some characters such as Henry and Phin weren't explored sufficiently. On the whole, I enjoyed the book and I would recommend it to others. Thank you for giving me the chance to read it.

Hey Lisa Jewell fans! This one is goooood!

When Libby Jones turns twenty-five years old, she learns that she has inherited a house from her birth parents. A very expensive, beautiful house with a dark secret: her birth parents, along with an unknown man, were found dead of an apparent suicide pact and she was found upstairs in her crib, alone but well cared-for. This is the first Libby has ever heard of this story, and she’s determined to unravel the mystery: why did her parents kill themselves? Were they members of a cult, as many suggested? And who had been taking care of her during the days between their death and their discovery?

This is more of a mysterious family drama than a thriller, and I think if you go in with that knowledge, you’ll enjoy it. The story starts off rather slowly, then unravels in a perfectly chilling and enjoyable way, as we slowly piece together the mystery of what happened to Libby’s family of origin. I adore Jewell’s writing, her quirky characters, her spot-on knack for dialogue. The setting and atmosphere was impeccable—this creepy old house and it’s secrets gave me the chills!—and I stayed up waaaay past my bedtime finishing it.

Releases November 5. Thanks @netgalley and @atriabooks for a free digital and physical copy in exchange for an honest review.

(Note: will wait to post this review on Instagram until closer to release date).

Whenever a customer asks me about a good thriller that is twisty and has some more depth, Lisa Jewell is the first author I present them with. So you can understand my happy dance when I received an ARC with the courtesy of Netgalley (thank you!).

The story itself was enjoyable, but it didn’t leave me very satisfied like her other work did. I like the direction the book was going and there were definitely a couple ‘ohhh nicely done Lisa’ moments, but overall I felt that was went in details on the wrong moments for me. The things I wanted to know more of left completely unanswered and looking back I felt a bit annoyed almost that she made these decisions. It was as if she created a hype, but very much failed to live up to it. I wanted to like this book a lot, but now it was just enjoyable - nothing really special.

The People Upstairs
My thanks to #NetGalley for this ebook in exchange for an honest review. The People Upstairs, by Lisa Jewell is as creepy as promised. I have never read Lisa Jewell before, so I had no idea what I was in for . . . what a ride. Lots of secrets and a dysfunctional family . . . and a cult. What more can you ask for? Oh, yeah, throw in money, murder, and some mystery and twist it up with some really creepy people, and you have an instant hit. This book has it all. A big yes from me.

Just a side note, I was slightly put off by the voices/times changing with no transition. I would have liked a little indicator, a chapter title, name or some indication of where I was. I was always a little disconcerted the first few sentences of a new chapter. Maybe that was intentional . . . keep me unnerved a little more? Hmm . . .

This is the first book I have read by Lisa Jewell and I loved it! This is a suspenseful read that kept me reading from the moment I started until I could finish it. I loved the way the story was told, shifting in time and characters. The baby has turned 25 and everyone is impacted. Shifting from characters truly makes this a more powerful and suspenseful read. Libby, Lucy and Henry are the narrators and each have pieces of the puzzle as to what happened in this house in the past. The mystery is one that is woven within the past and the present and I think Jewell does a wonderful job weaving all the pieces together. I will be checking out more from this author! Thank you netgalley for this arc in exchange for my honest opinion.

I love Lisa Jewell. As I read her books I find each one creepier than the last and I'm a bit obsessed. This, the newest novel in her arsenal, starts with Libby's 25th birthday when she inherits a multi-million dollar home. It ends (no spoilers, I promise) when the pieces to this crazy story fall into place to explain the 25-year mystery.

Libby knows that she was adopted at 10 months old. She does not know the truth about what happened to her family. When she inherits a mansion worth millions, she starts to investigate her strange past. She is shocked to find that the story that she was told is not what happened to her family.

25+ years ago Henry, his sister, and parents are living in a mansion and leading a very privileged life of private schools and fancy clothing. When he is 12 years old, things change as his parents change his school, and stop spending money. It is difficult to spend $ you no longer have. Suddenly, people come to the house to stay and life is turned upside down. David moves into the house with his wife and kids with no plans to leave. He is charismatic and alluring to everyone except Henry.

The story moves between past and present until the two stories come together and you finally understand what happened in the house all those years ago. I really enjoyed this book. Thank you to NetGalley for my copy. My thoughts are my own.

When you are sent a copy of Lisa Jewell’s newest book then you drop everything and read it immediately which is exactly what I did. This book takes you down a story of family drama and secrets that will rock you to your core. The beginning was a little confusing because it is told from different characters but once I was understanding what was being told, I couldn’t put this book down. The story completely swallowed me and I was so intrigued by the secrets this family held all from different perspectives that I had to keep going.

Jewell's latest book is super creepy and completely addictive. Easily the most entertaining "cult book" I've read this year.

Jewell's three narrators give different perspectives of the story, and all have "baggage" and are potentially unreliable narrators, which adds to the suspense in the story.

Overall, a fun and quick read.

I love everything I've read by Lisa Jewell, so it was no surprise that I enjoyed The Family Upstairs! Like her other book, the chapters switch between perspectives, which keeps it interesting.

There were lots of twists and turns, and I was happy that it wasn't a very predictable story. There were a few times when I felt my heart stop. There were a few times when my mind wandered though, so it didn't keep me as hooked as her other novels. Either way, definitely recommend, you won't want to put it down!

*Thank you to Netgalley and Atria Books for the ARC, for which I have given an honest and unbiased review*

This book has everything I love: shifting viewpoints, family issues, incredibly drawn characters, and a (quasi?) cult. I count the killer ending just as a bonus--this book would have gotten a 5 rating from me even without it. If you enjoy contemporary gothic domestic intrigue, don't even bother downloading a sample from Amazon. Go ahead and just buy the book outright.