INVISIBLE GIRL

BY LISA JEWELL

I just finished reading “Invisible Girl”, by Lisa Jewell. Here are my thoughts. I wasn’t sure about this book when I read the cover description because I am not a fan of the awkward, weird, man who lives by himself and can’t get a girlfriend. But I found a copy in the Public Library so I thought I would give it a try…I was not disappointed.

This is a story about secrets and lies and misconceptions. A man named Owen, who is socially awkward and has never had a girlfriend, gets in trouble at the school he works at, for being innapropriate to his female students. He is put on leave and then starts diving into the world of incels (involutary celibats). In the meantime a young girls named Saffyre, who is a former patient of one of Owen’s, neighbours, goes missing and all fingers are pointed at Owen.

What happens next is a story told from three different perspectives: Own, Saffyre, and Cate, the wife of the man who treated Saffyre. The story presses onby revealing what happened to all characters involved from the past to the present. Much is learned and slowly revealed…and the ending is quite satisfying.

I really liked this book. I honestly had trouble putting it down. It was well written, engaging, and full of interesting characters, plot twists and drama. This is what Lisa Jewell is so good at. Developing these imperfect characters who have baggage but are trying to do the right thing. There is always a bad guy or more than one…but everything is revealed in the appropriate time and the reader feels as though all questions have been answered. There was one lingering question about Cate’s husband…but it was the same question that was on my mind as well.

I absolutely believe any fan of Lisa Jewell will enjoy this book. She somehow manages to consistently produce excellent stories with rootable characters and satisfactory endings.

Happy Reading.



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