The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell

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Instant New York times bestseller a good morning America cover to cover book club pick and Rich, dark, and intricately twisted, this enthralling whodunit mixes family saga with domestic noir to brilliantly chilling effect. and Ruth Ware, New York Times bestselling author and A haunting, atmospheric, stay-up-way-too-late read. and Megan Miranda, New York Times bestselling author From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Then She Was Gone comes another page-turning look inside one family's past as buried secrets threaten to come to light. Be careful who you let in. Soon after her twenty-fifth birthday, Libby Jones returns home from work to find the letter she's been waiting for her entire life. She rips it open with one driving thought- I am finally going to know who I am. 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. Everything in Libby's life is about to change. 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.
  • Product Features

    • Suggested age range- Adult
    • Format- Paperback
    • Dimensions- 5. 3" W x 8. 2" H x 1. 1" D
    • Genre- Mystery and thriller
    • Publisher- Atria Books, Publication date- 06-02-2020
    • Page count- 384
    • ISBN- 9781501190117
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CGtheReader
1 month ago

Who?!?! What?!?!

Wow! Ok so many twist and turns. We read this in a book club setting and it was so much fun to hear how people thought the story was headed and who was who. We even created a white board to map out the genealogy and who we thought did what. I think this was a great way to read this and talk about it. We all agreed this was a slow start but finished with a “WHAT?!?!”. All the characters were very detailed and you felt you knew each one. We have already started the next book in this duology with the same book club. Happy reading!!!!

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Jamie1248
7 months ago
from Westfield, IN

Total Miss For Me

This was probably my least favorite book I’ve ever read. None of the characters were likable. The story was choppy and confusing. I am literally SHOOK that there is a sequel. 0/10 do not recommend. Someone pleaseeeeee tell me what I’m missing…

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manymerrybooks
2 years ago
from philadelphia

Worth it but long way to get there

This book is really boring, really slow and really really strange for the first 75% of it but then the ending has a bunch of plot twists and it’s shocking and really good, if you can get through the beginning the ending is worth it...... I think?

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KP123456
2 years ago
from Texas

Don't recommend.

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.

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ClementineMind2017
3 years ago

Great book

Really enjoyed the twists and turns in this one. Lots of people involved so it takes a minute to follow along but well worth it in the end.

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ReaderByTheWater
3 years ago
from Louisiana

Didn't live up to the hype for me

I read this hoping it would be a good pick for my book club. They like thrillers, and this sounded suitably creepy, with lots to unpack. When she turns 25, Libby discovers her backstory and inherits an abandoned mansion in a fashionable London neighborhood. The house is worth millions, but more interesting than that is that her parents allegedly died in a suicide pact with a stranger. Excellent premise and definitely unsettling (Trigger Warnings for sexual assault and child abuse), but I wasn’t engaged in any character’s story, and the twist(s) were a bit dull. I’m an outlier with this opinion, according to Goodreads and Bookstagram.

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Muffin1947
3 years ago
from Lexington, Va.

Hard To Put Down

This is a real page turner.

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delphimo
3 years ago
from Matthews, NC

The Family Upstairs

So many narrators telling little bits of the story, until the end of the book and all stories merge into one tragic tale. Libby receives a letter on her 25th birthday from English solicitors informing her that she is the owner of a house on Cheyne Walk, a prestigious address. Now begins Libby’s journey to claim the house and learn about her parents. Libby, an abandoned baby in the Cheyne Walk house grew up with adoptive parents. Lucy enters her depressing narrative about living on the streets of France with her two children and trying to get back to England and the Cheyne Walk house. But why? Henry jumps into the picture, explaining many areas of what has happened in the house on Cheyne Walk, but he is only a young boy when he begins his tale. So many red herrings in the story that the reader goes up and down the roller coaster afraid of what might happen next. A fun story.

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