The Girls In the Garden: A Novel

Written by Lisa Jewell

Narrated by Colleen Prendergast

When preteen Pip discovers her sister Grace’s body hidden in the communal garden behind their home, questions arise as to how well one ever truly knows their neighbors.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dreamscape Media
• Release date: Mar 7, 2017
• ISBN: 9781666592306

Lisa Jewell

Lisa Jewell is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of twenty-four novels, including Don’t Let Him In, None of This Is True, The Family Upstairs, and Then She Was Gone, as well as Invisible Girl and Watching You. Her novels have sold more than fifteen million copies internationally, and her work has also been translated into over thirty languages. Connect with her on X @LisaJewellUK, on Instagram @LisaJewellUK, and on Facebook @LisaJewellOfficial.

Reviews for The Girls In the Garden

[Rachel Schultz Dickerson · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Interesting read. They certainly don’t end the way you expect them to. Always enjoy her books.

[Terrilee O'Connell · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Definitely not her best book. Too much pointless descriptive narrative. You could skip over much of it and lose nothing. More predictable than her other books. Loved all the other ones I’ve read, this one was a bit boring in comparison.

[Donna Fann · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

This was an ok book. Just wasn't my type of story

[Elena Volta · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Not bad. Just not as action packed. Still enjoyable, but I could have not read it and been ok with my life.

[Summerly A Gallegos · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I enjoyed the plot however, it was a slow lead up with very unnecessary drag and no follow through. An ok read.

[Tanya Blackledge · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

The ending was rather anticlimactic, but it was an intriguing story. Definitely not one of her better books.

[Mariam Shah-Rais · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Lisa Jewell weaves masterfully yet another psychological suspense with well-developed characters.

[Kailynn O’Brien · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

I was looking forward to this but it was very anti-climatic for me.

[Atika Hagen · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

My least favorite Lisa Jewel book. It was boring and predictable. I usually enjoy her work and was surprised when the book was over thinking there had to be something I missed.

[NNEAMAKA PAYNE · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I think this may be the second time around with me reading and listening to this book, and it never case to make me notice how we women can be responsible for the action in our that changed everything.

[Zoe Leyh · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Love this book! The writing was beautifully descriptive and narrator was great. Highly recommend

[Taylor Simon · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Let start by saying I really like other Lisa Jewell books, but even so I would say do not read this book. It seemed interesting at first but then there were so many holes in the character’s stories. There was a lot of suspicion for each person but even after everything was revealed there were a lot of loose ends, not explaining why the person was acting so strangely. Also there is NO JUSTICE! I think that was the frustrating part. I got to the end and was angered by the way everyone just brushed off what had happened.

[brooke nowak · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This one was more of a slow burn and I’ve come to dislike the way jewell sets up her books. She switches POV multiple times within each chapter and usually doesn’t give much of a heads up so I end up getting confused, especially when she’s introducing a bunch of characters and how their lives intertwine. I found the ending to be quite meh, I saw it coming quite early on. And I’ve found the author often includes plot details that I wish she’d touch on more but she barely mentions them. This one felt similar to Watching You.

[Maureen Mantrop-Utterback · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Story line just a little odd. Parents seemed very out of touch and uninvolved.

[Ashley Carmona · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

First I have to say the narrator was Amazing. She did each voice so well I could picture different people speaking. Bravo!

This story was a cross between a "who done it" & teenage angst. I definitely enjoyed listening to it while trying to figure out what happened, who was the villain & why.

Before listening to the audiobook, I read a few of the reviews & was expecting a cliffhanger but if you paid attention to the story, especially the ending, you Know exactly who did it. The Author doesn't come right out and say, "so & so did it!" But it's there. She says it in a different way.

I gave this story a 4 star because as good as it was, I felt the details dragged on a bit more than I'd like & it felt more like a soft leisurely Murder she wrote instead of an edge of my seat Nancy Drew. But that's just me.

If you like a little mystery, this book is for you!

Lena

[Zahra Ahmad · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Disappointed by this book. I’m not sure if she was trying to make it less obvious but the victim blaming isn’t cute. Also don’t really want to read about 13 YOs giving bjs.

[Alivia · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Great story, loved the beginning & middle, was slightly underwhelmed by the ending. An additional chapter might have given it just the inch more it needed to be a book I loved.