Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell

74 reviews

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

akshade's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

danigraham's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Rape, and Murder

Moderate: Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Stalking

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Pandemic/Epidemic

tenstef's review against another edition

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

3.75

wow - so this was a ride. I think I needed something like this to just get me cruising through reading. I enjoyed the trip this book took me on. 

I was both excited and disappointed by the ending. I do agree with others that just shifting the blame on Jodie while inherently the relationship she had with Walter was fucked up. But, I do think the author leaves clues that while yes, Jodie is truly fucked up she did somewhat mean well?? Maybe I'm crazy and I'm believing her too much but what if Roxie actually did kill Brooke??? I also do think she hated Nathan but I do believe she did not mean to kill him.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

aliireads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Good book! It keeps you reading bc you want to know what is true and what isn’t. It is very disturbing and creepy/unsettling as Josie shares her story and as Alix learns the truth. Kind of disappointed that Josie is never found/caught. But the book ends well! It’s interesting how the story moves along between how it actually unfolded. , recording the podcast and the Netflix show. It is a dark book with some very violent and disturbing scenes, some parts are kind of underdeveloped (like Brooke and Roxy or Erin and Roxy), but the story moves along well. I would recommend this one 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic