Then She Was Gone: From the number one bestselling author of The Family Upstairs

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Thank you to Random House UK, Cornerstone Arrow for providing a digital ARC of Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell for review. If you've been active in the book community at all this month then you're sure to have noticed that Then She Was Gone is an April Pick by Book Of The Month, so naturally this is one that's being hyped for a reason-it's just that good! When she meets his teenage daughter, she can’t shake the feeling of how much she reminds her of her beloved Ellie. Since then she has written another twenty novels, most recently a number of dark psychological thrillers, including The Girls, Then She Was Gone, The Family Upstairs and The Night She Disappeared.

There is an alternate ending for this novel available on the internet, which the author initially wrote and changed to the current conclusion based on the author's literary agents' advice. Her marriage fell apart, her other daughter, Hanna became distant and withdrawn from her Mother,her son moved away. But, when Laurel finally gets to meet Poppy, she is unnerved by the uncanny resemblance to her daughter, Ellie. Thank you so much to NetGalley, Atria Books, and Lisa Jewell for the opportunity to read an advanced copy of this book. Missing persons tropes are common in mysteries and thrillers, and the theme has been written and explored in many predictable ways, but also in many clever, even shocking ways.You definitely want to add this to your reading schedule ASAP, especially if you're looking for a read that is so gripping you'll fly right through it. Maybe the narrator’s voice just irritated me, especially when she was channeling Poppy’s voice or when her attempt at Floyd’s voice changed with each chapter. He makes mention about what a schlub he is and how incredible Laurel is just for giving him the time of day. Even now, after finishing, there are still some questions I have floating around in my head about the events of the novel and the outcome.

Jewell’s books last year and to say I’m now a fan would be as big of an understatement as ever written. Though some give-away clues are revealed early on, you’re still taken on a journey that will most definitely pull your heart in many directions. This was a quick read but unlikable and ridiculous, hard to believe characters made it difficult for me to believe a word. The author created her character flawlessly, and the amount of hardships she had to suffer makes our hearts numb for some time.I kept hoping something exciting would happen to prove me wrong, but it really is as obvious as it seems.

Did she really run away from home, as the police have long suspected, or was there a more sinister reason for her disappearance? She's the only one I can sorta, kinda believe because children are amazingly resilient and her biology may have something to do with it. maybe i wont be playing the whole ‘predict what happens based on the synopsis only’ game because it turns out i only got 1 out of 4 guesses right and its not a good look for my ego. This book is the tragic life story of Ellie, which will bring tears to your eyes if you are a compassionate human being. The years went by and although Laurel kept pushing the police to do more…there was only so much they could or would do.We are—well, ask Bigfoot, as Brooks does in this delightful yarn, following on his bestseller World War Z (2006).