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Don’t Let Him In
Lisa Jewell
Publication Date: June 24th, 2025
Atria Books
368 Pages
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Genre: General Fiction | Women’s Fiction | Mystery | Suspense | Psychological Thriller
This book tries too hard and is bogged down by typical tropes and underdeveloped characters, especially the female ones. This book just made me angry. Three stupidly weak women (view spoiler). This narrative was very underwhelming in my opinion. The premise and execution falter.
The plot felt formulaic and was not surprising at all. This mysterious man with secrets trope is getting old. Jewell is much better than this, and I am so disappointed. The male’s manipulations and the way the women weakly respond are tired and overdone. This is such a cliche. Jewell’s style of writing is her strength, and is engaging as usual here. But the toxic relationships and the paranoia of the female leads feel repetitive.
If you’re a big fan of the author, you might enjoy this, but I have read many of her other works that put this to shame. You want Jewell at her best, check out her The Family Upstairs Series. This one promises more than it delivers and was a missed opportunity, to say the least.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC.
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