Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell

661 reviews

breezrose's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Murder, and War

kaitlinjohnson's review against another edition

dark tense

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse and Pedophilia

black_matilda's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, and Murder

dkamada's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Little too creepy for me personally

I also feel like the title is a kind of spoiler. Like from the first time we start hearing Josie’s story, we expect everything she says to be a lie. Not sure if that was what the author was intending but I think the payoff of the twists would have been higher if I hadn’t had that expectation going in

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Stalking, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, and Toxic friendship

lunahbee's review against another edition

dark funny sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This was a really interesting read. Took me a while to get into it, but once I understood what the book was about I couldn’t help but find it fascinating. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Bullying, Fatphobia, and Blood

toorsdenote's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

sandro_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Even with the forewarning title, None Of This Is True is a stressful page-turner that will have you questioning both what has happened and what will. 

Unfortunately, it doesn’t quite come together in the last quarter and then there is the whole [minor spoiler]

trying to make a pedophile sympathetic

but wow, what a ride. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia

Moderate: Alcoholism and Murder

skinneam's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic

kousseii's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

An easy read, very engaging and kept me guessing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Death, Grief, and Death of parent

xhochi's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Murder