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None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell

29 reviews

haleysversion's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-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

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Pandemic/Epidemic

emmehooks's review against another edition

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

3.5

Read this one sitting but it wasn’t compelling enough for me to recommend it to other people. Weird from start to finish.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Blood, and Alcohol

Minor: Mental illness, Vomit, Stalking, and Pregnancy

unboxedjack's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Ableism, Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

blackcatkai's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-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? It's complicated

3.0

CW: toxic friendships, murder, blood, child abuse, domestic violence, grooming, adult/minor relationship, gaslighting, victim blaming, ableism, alcohol & drug use, mental illness, trauma

this book made me angry in a bunch of different ways. i wish I had known going in that it centered around an abuse/grooming victim.

I know that a lot of the different characters act very true to life in regards to how pervasive victim blaming is & painting horrible people as martyrs or good men in their death. how someone being not entirely truthful can make everyone around them believe that then EVERYTHING is a lie, even when it isnt. so much of what happens in this book is very true to life.

however, I am still conflicted. honestly, what Josie did isn't ok. but neither is all she went through or how everyone treated/saw her. she was a woman who desperately needed help & care from such a young age and she never got that. a narcissistic mother, a married 45 year old man taking advantage of her as a young teen, her own adult children never seeming to understand how fucked up it is that their dad groomed their mother.

I don't know. I don't honestly think we're supposed to side with alix. I really don't. I can see how Jewel is also attempting a commentary on how true crime can sensationalize and twist stories about real people and turn them into something else entirely. and she's not wrong! but overall something just feels off with the way the subject is handled that doesn't sit well with me, but I also can't quite put my finger on it.

there's also a tiny moment of autism mentioned in regards to a character that also felt a bit... not quite right. just go in carefully with this one.

I will say either way that the audiobook is done EXCEEDINGLY well. a full cast & production. little touches that make the podcast moments feel like a real podcast. very well done, in that respect.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Infidelity, and Medical content

Minor: Rape, Stalking, Pregnancy, and Pandemic/Epidemic

mysterymom40's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Stalking, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Addiction, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Pregnancy

arufino's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

leebeeloves's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Drug use, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Suicide, Excrement, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, and Pandemic/Epidemic

ari_1233's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense

• 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

5.0

Amazing book finished in 5 days. Couldn’t put it down. The twist and turns of events and the amazing writing of the author makes this book incredible. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

goldenbeebookshop's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.25

Lisa Jewell knows how to write a taut book. It’s so easy to be pulled along by the narrative. With any mystery you know that things are not likely to be what they seem and the twists here deliver a punch even if you think you know what some of the answers are.
I both read and listened to the audiobook for this one, having received early and ARC and an ALC, and both are great, but the audiobook is really spectacular because of all the different mediums referenced in the book.
It is a very disturbing read and not everything comes to a satisfying end, but it’s a hell of a ride. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Classism