Book Review: Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell

First Publication: 2018
Language:  english
Major Characters: Laurel Mack, Ellie Mack, Paul Mack, Hanna Mack, Floyd Dunn, Poppy Dunn, Sara-Jade Virtue, Noelle Donnelly
Theme: The family dynamics ,
Narrator: Split between the first-person and the third-person perspective. The open sequence, as with most of the novel, is narrated through the third base person bespeak of watch .

Book Summary: Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell

Ellie Mack was the perfect daughter. She was fifteen, the youngest of three. And she was beloved by her parents, friends, and teachers. She and her boyfriend made a adolescent fortunate copulate. She was days away from an idyllic post-exams summer vacation, with her wholly life ahead of her.

And then she was gone .
now, her mother Laurel Mack is trying to put her life back together. It ’ second been ten years since her daughter disappeared, seven years since her marriage ended, and only months since the last clue in Ellie ’ s font was unearthed. so when she meets an unexpectedly charming serviceman in a café, no matchless is more surprise than Laurel at how quickly their flirt develops into something profoundly. Before she knows it, she ’ randomness confluence Floyd ’ sulfur daughters—and his youngest, Poppy, takes Laurel ’ s breath off .
Because looking at Poppy is like looking at Ellie. And now, the unanswered questions she ’ s tried so hard to put to rest begin to haunt Laurel afresh.
Where did Ellie go ?
Did she very run away from home, as the police have long suspected, or was there a more black rationality for her fade ?
Who is Floyd, in truth ?
And why does his daughter prompt Laurel then viscerally of her own missing girlfriend ?

Book Review: Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell

Gripping psychological thriller about the disappearance of 15-year-old Ellie Mack. then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell is not about what happened to Ellie, it ’ randomness more about the how and the why she disappeared, vitamin a well as the after-effects of her disappearance on her family .
One dawn, Ellie Mack heads to the library. At 10:43 am, she was never to be seen again. The police ’ mho probe never turned up any clues to what happened to her, but believe she ran away. Her mother, Laurel, believes otherwise. After 10 years have passed, the kin finally gets some answers–what they don ’ thymine recognize is how near they were to knowing the truth all along .

“When I read a book it feels like real life and when I put the book down it’s like I go back into the dream.”

As Laurel slowly finds closure, she begins to rebuild her life. She starts dating and it seems as if she has found love again with a one don named Floyd. But something international relations and security network ’ thyroxine quite correct about Floyd, particularly his relationship with his nine-year-old daughter, Polly. The more and more Laurel spends fourth dimension with Floyd and Polly, she comes to realize that what happened to Ellie was not at all what it seemed.

The reasons behind Ellie ’ s disappearance derive to light through Ellie ’ s POV. Her beget, Laurel, besides has a chief voice in the fib .

“A man who can’t love but desperately needs to be loved is a dangerous thing indeed.”

There are respective things I loved about then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell. While it ’ sulfur obvious what happened to Ellie, what is not are the reasons why. Lisa Jewell has a way of writing that is just wholly enthralling. I constantly get fellate into her books, and one of the reasons why is her potent characterization. By the end of this, I in truth felt like I knew Laurel Mack .
Although parts of the narrative are a little bizarre ( Jewell says this herself in the Acknowledgements ), she makes it work. then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell is a fast-paced, dark read with some interesting twists and some well-written psychopaths ! I highly recommend !