Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell

459 reviews

mikareads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

For a book that everyone raved about, man, was it a disappointing read. I listened to it as an audiobook, and I think it made it better because of the podcast-type format. If I had read it on paper, I probably would’ve rated it even lower. I think the whole “birthday twin” idea that the book revolves around is incredibly boring. I also think that almost all the characters are unlikable. The cherry on top is that I found the book to be very slow, and when it finally did pick up, it was still only mildly interesting to me. I also don’t think it had a good ending considering I can’t even remember what the ending was. This book was so bad that I undownloaded it off of Audible when I was through because I was confident in the fact that I would never give it a second read. I also found the age difference between the main character and her husband to be gross, problematic and weirdly normalized by the author. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

swimmer120x's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No

2.0

I honestly didn't understand the hype that this book received. It was not worth the months that I waited for this book to come available through my local library. It was one of the worst books that I read in a long time. I enjoyed the other book I listened to by Lisa Jewell, but I thought that this one was terrible. It drug on and on and on. The beginning was kind of interesting, but then it got worse the further the book continued. I kept listening only so that I could add it to my "marked as completed" list. I'll be gracious and give this book 2 stars, when really, it only deserves 1.5 stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Child abuse, and Pedophilia

brennsteez's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.5

Honestly really liked this at first but it got way too long and repetitive. Also, why did we need to redeem the terrible men in this book? Or randomly include the pandemic? Lotta choices made here…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, and Mental illness

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Physical abuse

choy77'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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Physical abuse

ksera's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.5

Truly excellent. Masterfully written down to every detail. My only qualm was the end felt rushed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

gaymoonreader's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, Bullying, Child abuse, Toxic friendship, and Stalking

Moderate: Excrement, Homophobia, and Pedophilia

Minor: Drug use and Pandemic/Epidemic

sydneywhite's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This was a very disturbing story that had you questioning “Why didn’t she just call the police?!” the whole time. I think Alix’s character and motivation for recording the podcast wasn’t explored more than one scene. I just didn’t buy into the reason they gave.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Stalking, Adult/minor relationship, and Child abuse

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Physical abuse

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

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

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

melissa8's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking

Moderate: Alcoholism, Pedophilia, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Child abuse

thejessicat's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Child abuse, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Sexual assault