Reviews tagging 'Incest'

None of This is True by Lisa Jewell

78 reviews

wchou5's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Toxic relationship, Murder, Excrement, Emotional abuse, Incest, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Violence, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, and Domestic abuse

litbrett's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Gaslighting, Grief, Incest, Violence, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, and Physical abuse

beepbeep101's review against another edition

I'm honestly not sure if I can do psychological thrillers anymore.  I enjoyed The Girl on the Train years ago, but I'm not sure if I would now.  This premise intrigued me, and I wanted to know what happened with these characters.  But overall, the book's attitude toward autism and the portrayal of it started to feel icky, and then it started to feel reallllly gross regarding sexual assault, not taking trauma from that seriously, and the possibility of lying about sexual assault to defame someone.  So I said nope, and moved on to the next book on my tbr list.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, and Confinement

kst's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Murder, Alcoholism, Death, Kidnapping, Eating disorder, and Incest

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

kanngans's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Incest, and Stalking

idk_indigo's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.75

This is (I believe) my 2nd book by Lisa Jewell, & I loved it! I was a bit confused by the school in summer, but I guess the British do it differently out there, or maybe it was summer school? Either way, this book was phenomenal! I finished it in 1 day, & it certainly kept me on my toes. It was eery to think about the idea that people who have done evil, horrendous things, often think they’re being helpful & that they’re doing the kind thing. I do wish more of Pat’s storyline was discussed, ie, it can’t have been easy being raised by a singe narcissistic mother; I feel like her general come-through was “I know I wasn’t the best mother, but Josie was a lot…” & it felt weird & dismissive to not only the character development, but also the storyline. I also enjoyed the almost detached narration; we as readers don’t really see the MCs’ inner workings. We hear about their narrative, & obviously I always love an unreliable narrator, but we don’t hear a lot about the fear or anger they are experiencing, which in all honesty I kind of liked, I think? It made it interesting, & for Josie’s story specifically, made her feel much less real which I think was probably the point. The whole “I don’t believe people like that really exist!” Felt a bit more feasible after going the whole book not really knowing what Josie is thinking. Wish we’d gotten a bit more motive, but overall I really enjoyed! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Minor: Blood, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexual violence, Violence, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Ableism, Death of parent, Drug use, Incest, and Infidelity

enlamont's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Murder, Kidnapping, Addiction, and Death

Minor: Confinement, Infidelity, Incest, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Physical abuse

dogearedbooks's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Toxic friendship, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Incest and Murder

kimveach'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
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Excellent.  It keeps you guessing right until the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gore, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Medical content, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Incest, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Vomit, Blood, Cursing, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Child abuse, Drug use, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Murder, Pedophilia, and Violence

pariscornett's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Addiction, Murder, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Death, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, and Child abuse