The Girl Who Came Back // Book Review

I have a feeling that this book will stay with me for a long time, it's pretty amazing. I read it in a few days and just simply could not put it down. It was all I thought about and even though I've now finished it, I still can't stop thinking about it.

So, this will be a fun review to write!

Here goes:

Title: The Girl Who Came Back by Susan Lewis

Format: Paperback

Pages: 407

Published by: Century in 2016

Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller

Goodreads page here.

Goodreads Synopsis:

'When Jules Bright hears a knock on the door, the last person she expects to find is a detective bringing her the news she’s feared for the last three years.

Amelia Quentin is being released from prison.

Jules’s life now is very different from the one she knew before Amelia shattered it completely. Knowing the girl is coming back, Jules must decide what to do. Friends and family gather around, fearing for Jules’s safety. They know that justice was never served; each of them wants to make the Quentin girl pay.

The question is: What will Jules do?

And which of them—she or Amelia—has the most to fear?'

My Review:

What can I say? I fell in love with this book straight away. I was hooked from the very beginning. It follows a lady called Jules Bright during the most difficult and challenging time of her life when the unthinkable happens. To make matters worse, the young girl called Amelia that caused all of this grief has just been released from prison and is coming home.

Throughout the first half of this book you are left wandering what the link between Jules and Amelia is and trust me, when you find everything out you will be shocked. The character building in this book was so good, I became so attached to many of the characters and began to picture myself with them, sharing the same emotions as them. It really felt like I was there. I even got quite upset when the big secret is dropped (the secret about why Amelia was in prison), I had become so attached to the characters I didn't want to believe what had just happened.

I rarely get like this with books, so that's a sign that this is a truly amazing book. The only thing that took a little while to get used to was the flitting back in time and back to the present, but when I got used to it I really loved it as it makes the story even more interesting.

This is a story that I reckon I will remember for a long, long time. The writing was fantastic, the descriptions made the story come to life and the plot was very well thought out.

I only really recommend this book to readers that are comfortable reading books that are a little bit on the scarier/murder mystery/thriller side, as it does include scenes about death which I found shocking and sad, but it did not put me off the book at all. Mainly because this is what the book is based around so it's to be expected and it made me want to read on and see how the characters dealt with it.

I will definitely be reading more of Susan Lewis's books, I really enjoyed this style of story, it may be a new favourite genre.

I have given this book a 4 out of 5 stars.

You will enjoy this book if you enjoyed...

The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

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I hope you enjoyed this review!

Have you read this book? If so, what did you think of it?

Speak soon,

Em x