Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

None of This is True by Lisa Jewell

55 reviews

finnc's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Sexual violence and Incest

ella_christina's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Grief, Physical abuse, Rape, Mental illness, Murder, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Death, Pedophilia, Incest, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, and Misogyny

judassilver's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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: Alcoholism, Murder, Confinement, Toxic friendship, Death, Grief, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Pedophilia, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Sexual violence

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

rileejsmith's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.0

This book has all the trigger warnings, so be prepared 🙃 This story was a heavy one (almost unnecessarily at times?), but I really enjoyed the way that the mystery of the crime played out and how it bounced back and forth between the real-time events of the crime and the post-released podcast episodes that add more color to the story with family and friend interviews. The plot had me strung along trying to figure out what wild thing could possibly happen next and it just kept delivering - all the way to the last page! That ending had me like 🙃👀🔍. Josie might be the most terrifying character that I have ever read, but I was still so hooked wanting to unravel more of her story. But again - take the trigger warnings seriously!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

aprillee6's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Murder, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, and Pedophilia

abbey_road's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Violence, Sexual violence, and Domestic abuse

50shadesofrae's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.5

If you’re choosing between the audiobook and the physical version, go audio. 
Feels very much like watching a true crime doc, where every narrator is unreliable and clearly has their own agenda. I love a book that isn’t afraid to leave questions unanswered, and this one does it well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, and Confinement

Moderate: Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, and Kidnapping

soliveri718's review against another edition

challenging 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual violence, and Child abuse

Minor: Infidelity, Drug use, and Alcoholism

cinnamxnstick's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

My brain is so scrambled after binge reading this, it actually hurts?! 
This is every bit as fast-paced and addictive as everyone says it is! When I wasn’t glued to it for hours at a time, I was grabbing it at any quick moment I had just to get a little more. When I wasn’t reading, I was thinking about it! 

I physically reacted to the twists many times to the point that my boyfriend was a bit concerned once or twice. Talk about gagged! 

None of This is True is a masterclass in unreliable narrators, and split timelines delivered via various devices from the queen of twisty thrillers!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, and Murder

Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, and Child abuse

Minor: Suicide

alliluh's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

2.25

first half was really fun but then final 25% was sooo boring

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Murder, Stalking, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Child abuse

Minor: Homophobia and Pandemic/Epidemic