Reviews tagging 'Schizophrenia/Psychosis '

None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell

56 reviews

kelisabeth's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic

armadillo_ann's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark mysterious tense

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship

Moderate: Alcohol

katertree's review against another edition

3.5

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship

kelsieann27's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting

cnannery19's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Classism

rach_library's review against another edition

4.5

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I absolutly LOVE books that make me question my own sanity. What the fuck did I just read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Violence, Kidnapping, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship

abbeyhyuga's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Would give this book a million stars if I could. I recommend it to any thriller or psychological horror fanatics. It has an amazingly unreliable narrator and watching the perspective shifts is so good. It’s amazingly written and can’t wait to read from Lisa Jewell. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship

savergano's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

lightthebeam's review against another edition

2.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Outside my normal genres and this confirms that these sort of books are indeed not my cup of tea. I don’t think it was poorly written by any means, it just doesn’t feel good to read these type of books. An unreliable narrator is one of my least favorite tropes though I do believe this one was done with slightly more success than others I’ve read. I still didn’t like it. The premise was cool enough, but I could guess a fair amount of what would happen. The twist? At the end with the daughters didn’t feel like a twist as you get no indication of what is the real story which maybe some people like but to me it felt lazy & unkind to the reader. The mixed timeline/different perspectives were the coolest part. But honestly I did not like this book and will likely not read anything similar to it for a long time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment

maybe_shelby's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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throughout the beginning of the story, you feel the main character to be plain and boring. on her birthday night, she runs into her birthday twin- a podcaster who was born on the same day in the same place. She agrees to interview her for her podcast about someone in the process of changing her life. From the title, you know that someone isn't telling the truth, and strongly don't like her. Eventually, the perspective flips between the two women. Some chapters are excerpts from the recordings [the audio narration enhances this]. These increase in frequency throughout the book, and also begin to come from an unknown source. She begins to spin wild and vivid tales of an unfortunate upbringing, and trauma-filled day-to-day life. She also begins to steal things from her interviewer, and mildly stalk her. By the end of the book, which you keep feeling has ended and then another story is revealed, you really aren't sure what is true. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol