Invisible Girl

I gotta say, it's been a long while since I've read a Lisa Jewell book and she's proving to be consistently good. Even though I have read many great thrillers since reading Then She Was Gone, I can say that I was not disappointed. I will definitely be reading all her other books as well because she definitely writes really good ones. I found Invisible Girl to be very clever and engrossing, even if it wasn't the most shocking mystery/thriller novel I have ever read. She definitely puts a lot of effort into developing a complete story with many layers and I really like that about her books.

Invisible Girl is a story centering around multiple characters who live in close proximity to each other and how the disappearance of Saffyre Madox, affects them all in turn. A lot of things transpire from there and we also get to see the individual experiences and events of the individual characters that lead to the big mystery and her disappearance. It's not the most shocking plot I have ever come across in a thriller novel but it's very well planned and thought out and the pacing is spot on so I was definitely compelled to keep reading and wasn't bored. Even the slow burn at times didn't feel particularly uninteresting because the novel is just so wholesome and I loved finding out the little reveals and background on the characters.

Further on, the characterization was great. I love books with different points of view and this was no exception. I got immersed into the different lives surrounding the main characters and grew pretty attached to them, even though the writing style wasn't my absolute favorite and took a few chapters to get used to. They were all complicated individuals with histories and pasts and I loved seeing all the things they have been through in their lives and then seeing where life took them next. They were imperfectly flawed and that's the most important thing to me when it comes to a good, engrossing novel.

Thirdly, the writing style is really the only thing I had much problem with. I find Lisa Jewell's writing style rather impersonal and it has a tendency of keeping the reader at a distance which I find frustrating to say the least. Eventually I got used to it and didn't mind it as much anymore because I got invested in the story itself but it's definitely not a writing style that just effortlessly flows and makes the novel a treat to read. If it wasn't for the writing, the book would be even better in my opinion.

In conclusion, Invisible Girl is another great thriller by Lisa Jewell and since it was enjoyable to me, I would recommend it to other thriller lovers as well. Definitely not the book with the highest shock factor but it's really well developed and thought out and executed so it is still worth a read.