Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

None of This is True by Lisa Jewell

232 reviews

hxlleann's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Violence, Physical abuse, and Pedophilia

alliebookworm's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

2.5

Well-written, but not my cup of tea. The first three quarters of the book are *beyond* slow but sure do hint at SOMETHING THAT HAS HAPPENED thanks to the Netflix documentary clips (“and then… well, we all know what happened then, don’t we?” x20). But then the last quarter is so insanely different that it almost feels disconnected from the setup. I ended it feeling very unresolved and frustrated.

Also I can appreciate an unreliable narrator, but to have so much of the plot in a plot-heavy book rely so heavily on one makes it very hard to connect.

(On the plus side, outstanding production value for the audiobook.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Violence, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, and Murder

alisonmw6's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

2.25

So slow nothing really happened for 80% book I did liked podcast elements in the book 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

aubs_11's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Pedophilia, and Emotional abuse

gabriellesimpson's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Pedophilia, Toxic friendship, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, and Stalking

Minor: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Kidnapping

ains_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Child abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Suicide

graciegru's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, and Torture

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic and Pedophilia

Minor: Pregnancy

coccinelle's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

1.0

i hated the writing (super clunky), i found the book problematic, and i was just extremely underwhelmed. not to mention so many things didn’t make sense!

LIKE WHY DID SHE STILL CONTINUE HER PODCAST WHEN HER WHOLEASS HUSBAND WAS MISSING??? WHO ON EARTH WILLINGLY BROADCASTS THE DETAILS OF THEIR HUSBAND’S MURDER JUST A FEW MONTHS AFTER THE FACT???

i don’t know if i read a completely different book from everyone else, but the only thing i liked about it was that it was a quick read (not to be confused with compelling though).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, and Pedophilia

disguisedposer's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Chronic illness, Gaslighting, Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Pandemic/Epidemic, Blood, Confinement, Grief, Alcoholism, Cursing, Murder, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Violence

tenstef's review against another edition

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

3.75

wow - so this was a ride. I think I needed something like this to just get me cruising through reading. I enjoyed the trip this book took me on. 

I was both excited and disappointed by the ending. I do agree with others that just shifting the blame on Jodie while inherently the relationship she had with Walter was fucked up. But, I do think the author leaves clues that while yes, Jodie is truly fucked up she did somewhat mean well?? Maybe I'm crazy and I'm believing her too much but what if Roxie actually did kill Brooke??? I also do think she hated Nathan but I do believe she did not mean to kill him.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Murder, Violence, Toxic relationship, Torture, Stalking, Alcohol, Pedophilia, and Sexual violence

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic