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A review by jordanelliotbeaven
The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell
2.0
I won’t lie I really struggled with this one, I persevered as THE FAMILY UPSTAIRS by Lisa Jewell came highly Recommended to me! Lisa Jewell as an author came highly recommended to me as one of the first Thriller Authors to read.
I didn’t quite get into this book until nearing the end of it. The timeline shifts were really hard to keep up with and I actually started this book again trying for a second time with the Audible Narration as I read on my Kindle.
The second try was a lot better in terms of getting into the storyline as being able to Listen to the different voices during the differentiating times made reading this book easier to follow. However I still didn’t quite understand and grasp what was really happening until quite a way through and even more so near the end.
I’ve been told that the second book is so much easier and better than the first but the first is 100% needed to read the second.
This review is posted a little while after I finished reading THE FAMILY UPSTAIRS as I needed time to digest and try to come up with a review as I wasn’t really sure where to start. I have had a little break and red a couple of books since finishing this one and I’m about to start the second in the series - The Family Remains.
I’ll write a review for the second book to see if I’m able to enjoy it better than I have this one, I had such high hopes but we will see where the series takes us. I’m not giving up with reading Lisa Jewell so maybe I just need to read another of her books to really fall in love with her.
I know this review may seem far and few as the book has been really popular, at least in the groups I’ve been apart of, but I just really couldn’t get myself lost in it, it took more concentration and reading this didn’t feel enjoyable - which is what I like reading to be (enjoyable).
I didn’t quite get into this book until nearing the end of it. The timeline shifts were really hard to keep up with and I actually started this book again trying for a second time with the Audible Narration as I read on my Kindle.
The second try was a lot better in terms of getting into the storyline as being able to Listen to the different voices during the differentiating times made reading this book easier to follow. However I still didn’t quite understand and grasp what was really happening until quite a way through and even more so near the end.
I’ve been told that the second book is so much easier and better than the first but the first is 100% needed to read the second.
This review is posted a little while after I finished reading THE FAMILY UPSTAIRS as I needed time to digest and try to come up with a review as I wasn’t really sure where to start. I have had a little break and red a couple of books since finishing this one and I’m about to start the second in the series - The Family Remains.
I’ll write a review for the second book to see if I’m able to enjoy it better than I have this one, I had such high hopes but we will see where the series takes us. I’m not giving up with reading Lisa Jewell so maybe I just need to read another of her books to really fall in love with her.
I know this review may seem far and few as the book has been really popular, at least in the groups I’ve been apart of, but I just really couldn’t get myself lost in it, it took more concentration and reading this didn’t feel enjoyable - which is what I like reading to be (enjoyable).