Watching You is a thriller novel by British author Lisa Jewell, published in December 2018 by Atria. The audiobook is narrated by English actress Gabrielle Glaister.
Watching You was well received by critics, including starred reviews from Booklist and Library Journal. Booklist<nowiki/>'s Jane Murphy called it a "stellar domestic drama", while Kirkus Reviews referred to it as "an engrossing and haunting psychological thriller". The novel was compared to Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window, as well as the work of Gillian Flynn, V. C. Andrews, A. J. Finn, and Ruth Ware.
Reviewers were generally impressed at Jewel's skill at developing a suspenseful novel, with Publishers Weekly stating, "Jewell does a masterly job of maintaining suspense." Elyse Dinh-McCrillis, writing for Shelf Awareness, complimented Jewell's skill at "building tension and keeping readers in the dark yet riveted until the 'Aha!' moments". Kirkus highlighted how the novel "deftly maintains its intensity and brisk pace even as the story moves through different moments in time over the previous three months".
Critics provided positive feedback regarding the characters, as Dinh-McCrillis noted that "Jewell excels in creating complex characters".
Considering the novel's multiple perspectives and characters, Kirkus Reviews praised how Jewell "adeptly weaves together a complex array of characters". They further noted that "JewellâÂÂs use of third-person narration allows her to explore each familyâÂÂs anxieties and sorrows, which ultimately makes this novelâÂÂs ending all the more unsettling".
Kirkus also praised narrator Glaister's "emotional authenticity and true English intonation".