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None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell

342 reviews

dark mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Really enjoyed this book. There were so many twists and turns and it's left me questioning everything I just read and, funnily enough, what bits were true! 

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Tense, creepy, couldn’t put it down, couldn’t stop thinking about it. 

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challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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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dark mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

What a ride! As the title would suggest, the whole story leaves you questioning who is telling the truth. Is everything Josie says a lie? Are some of the other characters lying? What really happened? Right til the end, you're left questioning who has told the truth and how things really happened. Had me hooked. 

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dark mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

Popular podcaster, Alix Summer, crosses paths with Josie Fair, a plain, unassuming woman when they happen to be celebrating their 45th birthdays in the same pub. Between podcast episodes, Josie entices Alix saying she’s facing major life changes. 
Quickly Alix finds herself entrapped with Josie in her Birthday Twin podcast. Worse yet, she doesn't really know who Josie is, the secrets she’s been hiding or how she drew her in with to her web of lies. 
This book came highly recommended by the 52 Books in 2025 group and it DID NOT disappoint!!
The writing was enthralling; the story, combined with the podcast and Netflix series created a sticky web of secrets, in which the reader found themselves stuck. 
The creativity of character development, podcasting each characters story allows the reader to draw their own conclusions;  determine character reliability and leaves you pondering the web of lies and deceit.

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced

MESSED UP but I could not put it down

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dark emotional mysterious 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: Complicated

What a twisting psychological thriller.  I feel like I was tied into knots and woven all over through time, murder,  and mystery...in the end I still sat wondering...WAS any of it true?  Who was the real villain?  What was truth?  Excellent, dark and thrilling read. 

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