This is the blurb for The Family Upstairs: Oh well.What did you like best about this book? What did you least like? edition doesn’t have this beautiful cover but. alsoimreadingthisarcafteritcameoutsorryariele Trigger and Content Warnings – Sex with a minor, Sexual abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, PTSD, SuicideĬover: 5/5 ~ Characters: 4/5 ~ Plot: 4/5 ~ Audio: 3/5Ĥ.5 stars! Oh my goodness.that was so well done Overall, this was thrilling and heartwrenching, albeit a bit slow-paced at times.Ĭontent Screening (Spoilers) – Educational Value (0/5) ~ Positive Message (2/5) – ~ Violence (4/5) – ~ Sex (4/5) – ~ Language (4/5) ~ ~ Drinking/Drugs (4/5) –

It was a deep, raw, and heartbreaking display of family and the drama that comes with it. This went beyond a dollar store thriller. Unfortunately, I feel like that is such a vague description. One thing I want to note, this is marked as a thriller. I love seeing puzzle pieces fit together. But then, the storylines converged and when I realized what was going on, it was the best. I was honestly a bit confused about why I was hearing about all these different people’s lifetime. And the four other children reported to live at Cheyne Walk were gone.įor the first half of the novel, the three different storylines didn’t have all that much to do with each other. Downstairs in the kitchen lay three dead bodies, all dressed in black, next to a hastily scrawled note. When they arrived, they found a healthy ten-month-old happily cooing in her crib in the bedroom. Twenty-five years ago, police were called to 16 Cheyne Walk with reports of a baby crying. But what she can’t possibly know is that others have been waiting for this day as well-and she is on a collision course to meet them.

Everything in Libby’s life is about to change. She soon learns not only the identity of her birth parents, but also that she is the sole inheritor of their abandoned mansion on the banks of the Thames in London’s fashionable Chelsea neighborhood, worth millions. She rips it open with one driving thought: I am finally going to know who I am. Soon after her twenty-fifth birthday, Libby Jones returns home from work to find the letter she’s been waiting for her entire life. This is going to be an itty bitty review because (as of writing) it’s Thanksgiving. Many thanks to Ariele at Atria Books for sending me a copy in exchange for an honest review The Family Upstairs: A Novel by Lisa Jewell

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