Fond of Fonts

Lisa Jewell's novel, Then She Was Gone ,   is a riveting suspense novel circled around the disappearance of an adolescent girl. The story line follows a mother, Laurel Mack, who's life has shattered after her daughter, Ellie, has disappeared without a trace. The timeline takes place both leading up to the disappearance and ten years after , when her remains are finally discovered and her parents put her to rest. Laurel and her husband, Paul, end up divorcing in light of everything and she ends up finding a new man in her life. This man, Floyd, changes Laurel's world in more ways than one--more so than her daughter's devastating disappearance. Laurel's life is turned upside down when secrets are revealed, from over ten years ago and up to the very moment of her discovering them. Characters interweave throughout the novel, exposing both past and present relationships. Laurel uncovers the truth of what happened to her daughter years ago, which also impacts her pres...

Another suspense novel in the books! I spent the entire novel attempting to identify what exactly the plot was and still ended up floored with the results in the end. Even the very last page stunned me! A complete connection to Gone Girl , in my opinion, which is saying a lot from me, considering that suspense novel had me contemplating concepts for a while. Based in the UK, Lisa Jewell's suspense novel, Watching You,  follows the day-to-day lives of a group of neighbors. All variable ages and backgrounds, watching the story line of the novel unfold meant understanding the weaving of every character's story into one another's. What I considered, and I'm sure other readers did as well, to be the crime wasn't entirely correct at all. Jewell has the ability to keep readers in suspense the entire time of the novel, having them believe a supposed crime was occurring, when in fact it wasn't. Jewell's attention to detail and development of characters is vital ...