Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell

68 reviews

susanhackett's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Sexual violence

katwritesandreads7's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.25

This book started off slowly, but once it picked up it REALLY picked up. I was on the edge of my seat and devoured the second half of the book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

alainapatrick17's review against another edition

Too graphic and terrible

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

blumerlamotte's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

So many lies and twists and turns. Disturbing and addictive. 

Trigger warnings below. Not sure if TWs are considered spoilers? I didn’t say who or what was involved in the TW. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, and Alcohol

kashby's review against another edition

i liked the first two acts but when the theme went from being about how people who experience trauma sometimes gain the capability to harm others into how this girl is cray cray 😝 and forced an old man to date her i was kind of over it. the writing was really good but i just didn’t really fw the ending or how walter’s character was handled.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Moderate: Eating disorder, Gore, Infidelity, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Pandemic/Epidemic

josiemeyer's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

weasley1912's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

in spite of the title being "none of this is true" i was still shocked when the "truth" came out. I think the last chapter was meant to sort of make you wonder maybe she was telling the truth but i dont think so. I definitely did not believe a word of what she said at the end. Wow what a trip though. Super dark. Like an episode of SVU or Snapped but cranked all the way up. I wouldnt say i "liked" this book but it was extremely captivating. People keep saying "the twist" but I didn't really feel like there was one. I was suspicious of Josie very early on so finding out shes crazy wasnt a shock. It was more of a question of okay how crazy is she.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

aharper's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Sexual violence

Minor: Suicide

kelceyq's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

toy_masterpiece's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-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

3.5

I don't know if I loved this entry in this genre. The style and structure was to die for but it was too up in the air and it never came down.

❗️Major Spoilers❗️

I wanted Josie to get caught. Then the truth was revealed in a hazy epilogue?

A good ride but I don't know if I'll be reading more thriller mysteries soon. It was a thrill though.

I would give it a lower score but I might just not like this genre so I bumped it up lol.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, and Gaslighting

Minor: Animal death