I Found You: A psychological thriller from the bestselling author of The Family Upstairs

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descriptive :- I like when a author creates an atmosphere for readers to enjoy , and this book provides a beautiful setting of a small town with its past and secrets , big house and people living their and the t its vivid description it's creates an aura which compelled me to complete it ( coz there was nothing else to enjoy) It's a good read. I enjoyed it. Took 3 days with about 80 minutes each day, so 4 hours in total. It's an all around average good book with a little extra oomph thrown in and about. I'm not sure I liked all the characters and I felt some of their past or history was overdone. But I liked the author's writing style and would definitely read another book by her. I'm always impressed when an author can pull me so far into a story...I was fully invested in this novel and these characters, whether I loved or hated them, they all felt quite believable. The plot/mystery itself. While still part of the 'stretch', the lone man on the beach with no memory did intrigue me. As the story starts to unfold, I felt the author did a nice job of revealing just the right amount of breadcrumbs at just the right time to keep me invested. For fast paced suspense, well developed characters, and a great story, it just doesn't get any better than this!' Read more Look Inside Details

A young bride with a missing husband. A lonely single mother and a man with no memory of who he is or where he came from. You may think you have it all figured out...but the truth may surprise you.Readers will undoubtedly speculate about how the plotlines relate to each other, and they'll probably be wrong. 🙂 I don't want to give away spoilers so I'll just say that things come together in a dramatic, well-wrought, and satisfying fashion.

I never knew who to trust, who to believe, who was in danger, or what to make of the situation, especially when ‘Frank’ begins to have a few memory jogs. The twists are deep, well timed, and surprising, the suspense is taut, but there is an emotional element at play, as well. At the end of the day, there is a sense of long overdue justice and I experienced palpable relief when I was finally able to exhale again. I Found You is an intriguing, clever and interesting mystery with secrets, lies and plenty of suspense that starts off a little slow and on the lighter side and then turns more darker as we learn more about the intriguing and likeable characters and their stories. It is well paced and well written with two stories told in the present day and are interwoven with a third story from the past. When she sees a man out on the cold, damp, windy beach, she feels sorry for him and brings him an old coat to wear. In the process, she discovers the man has amnesia, and despite the possible dangers, she is determined to help him.

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And just so you know, I'm not giving up on Jewell either. I will most certainly give another one of her novels a try. Her writing style makes for a very easy, pleasing read . . . and sometimes, easy and pleasing is exactly what I need. Hmm . . . I'm searching for the right word to describe how I feel about I Found You. And I think I'm going to go with . . . "underwhelmed." Yeah, that feels right. Twenty two years ago, a family is on holiday in a cottage near the sea in northern England. The son and daughter fall under the influence of a 19 year old who is shallow but charming, manipulative and bad-tempered. The entire family becomes embroiled in a bad situation that turns tragic.

Alice's little daughter names the man 'Frank', and Frank is soon almost a member of the Lake household. The plot/mystery itself. Yes, I both loved it and then didn't. The downside to the plot is that it's just hard to believe all of it could have even happened the way it did. You know what I mean-no character ever feels it's right to call the police, or a character has completely lost his memory but no one takes him to a Dr. Yet miraculously they are able to solve the mystery on their own through convoluted ways that would never happen in real life. Three lonely people meet when their lives are in upheaval and learn they are also connected by a haunting 20-year-old mystery.alternating pov :- I like books with alternating pov because every chapter ends on a suspensive note and reader is compelled to think , ik some people find it confusing and irritating but I quite enjoy it. Although there were major flaws in all the pov but I was still rooting for things to work out! There's a common thread running through each and every one of these oddballs . . . desperation and the need to be loved. What else could make Alice, a single mother of three, who happens to have a rash of bad relationships under her belt already and is by all accounts a complete and utter mess, drag a man she finds on the beach, with no memory of who he even is, into her life? Does it get any worse than considering the ‘L-word’ after only five days? Insta-love, anyone? That need for attention led to some really questionable decisions and actions . . . and not just by Alice. Don’t even get me started on Lily or Gray. There were so many things that just felt off, even for this strange bunch. How many fugue states can one person really experience? Three main stories comprise the narrative: A man who has repressed such an awful memory for 22 years that it has put him in a fugue state. A newlywed bride living in a foreign country whose husband has disappeared. And the story of a brother and sister on vacation in 1993. These stories are bound by a common thread, but it takes time for this thread to be revealed. I Found You is Lisa Jewell’s fourteenth novel, which published in 2016, and it is both extremely mystifying and very well done. The novel follows three narratives throughout the story as the reader tries to figure out who this mysterious man is and why he ended up on a beach not remembering anything about himself, where he came from, or why he is alone on a beach in the pouring rain. The story is told from four perspectives: Alice, the mystery man that Alice’s daughter names Frank, and Lily (which are told in the present), and Gray, who is telling his story from 1993. It’s apparent that these people are somehow connected and Jewell does a wonderful job at not giving away anything as she navigates between these character’s narratives.

Thank you to Random House UK, Cornerstone Arrow for providing a digital ARC of I Found You by Lisa Jewell for review. All opinions expressed in this review are entirely my own personal opinions. Josie’s life appears to be strange and complicated, and although Alix finds her unsettling, she can’t quite resist the temptation to keep making the podcast. Slowly she starts to realize that Josie has been hiding some very dark secrets, and before she knows it, Josie has inveigled her way into Alix’s life—and into her home.

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Three seemingly unrelated people see their lives converge in the most horrific an unimaginable way. Twenty-two years ago, the third story takes place. A father, mother, daughter Kirsty who is 15 and son Gray who is 17, are on vacation near the beach. They meet a young man named Mark, who is 19. At first Mark seems like a great young man and is very interested in Kirsty. He introduces them to his aunt Kitty, who he is living with up on the hill. Slowly, we see Mark might be deranged, and when Kirsty tries to end it, a battle between the 3 of them begins. It ends in disaster that night, and as the chapters unfold, we see small pieces of the previous events. Alice Lake looks out the window of her coastal cottage and sees an unfamiliar man, sitting on the beach, just staring out at sea -- for hours -- in the pouring rain. She takes her three large dogs with her and goes to him, to see if he's okay. As it turns out, he doesn't know who he is, where he is, or how he got there. He doesn't even know his own name.