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However, when all goes quiet Suzie discovers that there was more the Emily than she could have imagined andshe inserts herself into the police missing persons investigation when she feels they are failing the girl she once despised. Suzie lives downstairs from Emily. Emily who is young, loud, popular and an inconsiderate neighbor. At least that is how she is perceived by Emily who is depressed, a bit of a hermit and resents everything about life. Both Emily and Suzy are interesting characters. Emily is an aspiring writer, shunted off to London by her parents while they endeavour to repair their fractured relationship. Suzy lost her husband suddenly and tragically and is struggling to cope. Both women are emotionally fragile and vulnerable, and have far more in common than either realise. Emily is Suzie's upstairs neighbour and Suzie can hear every noise of her neighbour's routine until one day it goes quiet. Emily has vanished and Suzie is adamant something is wrong. Is Suzie just an interfering neighbour or has Emily left enough clues to prove otherwise?
WOW!!! I. COULD. NOT. PUT. THIS. DOWN. I read it all in ONE sitting! It was amazing! The storyline was captivating and engrossing while the main characters, Suzie and Emily, were so well written and interesting that I couldn't get enough of them… Bravo!!’ Yamil, NetGalley Yes, it seems like Suzzie suffers from trauma, she’s not reliable narrator and she is obsessed with her upstairs neighbor Emily a lot. Actually her upstairs neighbor seems like her only distraction and a way of coping mechanism for her to get up from her bed and move on her life. When I found out what happened to Emily at the end, I was surprised (though perhaps I shouldn’t have been?) Suzie’s story ended in a most satisfactory way. The Girl Upstairs is a spine-tingling psychological thriller of grief and obsession that explores how lonely London can be and how sometimes it’s our neighbours who see us most, who know us best...Seeing Suzie filed a complaint against her neighbor for excessive noise, wouldn’t you be relieved that she’s missing? What a thrilling book! I was fascinated by the characters and twisting storyline. Lost a lot of sleep over it’ Anu, NetGalley I really enjoyed the first part of this book and read it in one sitting. I found the second part of the book slow and disjointed after Emily begins to tell her story.
This is a gripping read, beautifully and heartbreakingly told and I definitely need a spell before I can move on from this fabulous 5* read. references to wine continuously throughout this book is actual unbearable, at least every chapter had a mention of wine and it was so overdoneI loved this book and loved all the characters. It was a great read that hooked me and kept me reading until the end. I loved being able to see how Suzie viewed Emily from the outside but also getting an insight into Emily from her own point of view.
Although amateur sleuthing is a trope I dislike, I thought the author used it in a way that mostly worked here. Suzie’s choices weren’t wise, but understanding her history helped me, as the reader, comprehend the driving force behind her investigative tactics. It seemed fair that she’d choose to pursue the mystery when she realized no one else was going to. The reason Emily’s disappearance haunted her so deeply made complete sense. This is quite a slow burning read. It centres around Suzie Arlington, a widow in her depths of depression. She's become fixated on her new neighbour Emily who seems to lead an exciting life. There's a bit of mystery and suspense surrounding this book. I wasn't really gripped by this story but I was still intrigued to know what had happened. There's a lot of little twists throughout.Book Genre: Adult, Contemporary, Crime, Fiction, Mystery, Mystery Thriller, Psychological Thriller, Suspense, Thriller Suzie is a young woman, living alone in a ground floor flat in Islington, North London. She's obviously going through a hard time, although, it's not clear why? However, she's in a bad way and is not happy with the issues she experiences with her various neighbours who rent the flat above. Then the latest tenant disappears. Then, a new neighbor, Emily, moves into the upstairs flat. Suzie does not interact with her directly but due to the construction, she is aware of all of the comings and goings of her upstairs neighbor. One night, on Emily's birthday, Emily has her work friends over to the flat for a party and Suzie gets drunk listening to the girls. Shortly following this event, Emily goes missing and Suzie, despite being an unreliable witness who barely knew Emily, is the only one who seems concerned for her whereabouts.
What would I say to you? That I’m doing this for you? Because that’s strictly not true. I’m also doing this for myself.” I’ve lived in apartments most of my life, including all of my adult life. I’m accustomed to the noise of apartment living. I’ve lived with fussy neighbors who aren’t as accepting and I’ve lived with neighbors who take the normal noise of apartment living to an undesirable extreme. Eventually we will hear from Emily as well-but although these chapters tell us why Emily moved to London, the things shared don’t have much bearing on what transpired after, and we didn’t need several chapters to explain this choice.When Emily disappears, no one seems as upset about it as Suzie is. Her parents write it off as she has done this before, her job had let her go, the detectives think she's hiding out with friends but Suzie absolutely believes something is wrong and won't let it go. But she soon figures out that by looking for Emily she has put herself in real danger. Can she help Emily or is Suzie just a woman with too many problems who needs real help herself? Why is she having so hard time to move properly? Why is she drinking too much? And why her family members keep worrying about her and insisting her to come home? For a short book, this story was quite slow for me. I was intrigued by what happened to both characters, but most of the time it felt too linear especially in Suzie’s POV. I needed more ups and down to keep my attention. I liked the overall storyline, but it just needed a little more punch.
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