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None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Reading this impulsive because I saw some reviews, this novel is so amazing. And, none of this true truly made me speechless since the first time I read. Just like the title, I ended up questioning the whole plot. Who's teeling the truth?
You will meet Josie, a girl that she (kind of) described herself as a victim of child grooming, living with her abuse husband, and the kids that are so complicated. After knowing this, you must feel sad about her, right? But, wait a moment after twist by twist appeared and the reader might be thinking twice about her. Should I trust her? Believe with me - But, she was a girl I don't want to meet in real life. A liar is manipulative, dramatic, and problematic. But what made her like this?
And, Alix, a podcaster, for me, she was the person who REALLY got a lot disavantaged after meeting Josie. With a pure heart, I want to help that girl. But, in the end, she must lose anything. Is she stupid to let Josie come into her life? She's not. That pure of misfortune of her and turned out into (maybe) trauma.
Josie, I see her as a woman who is traumatic. To let her feel, she luckily found Alix, the girl who had the same birthday with her. When she found out Alix's husband had a problem with drinking, Josie has a assumption, Alix had the same situation with her. A bad husband. Why is she trying so hard to make Alix hate her husband? Josie acted like she was the one who got hurt.
When Alix winds out more secret Josie, the reader will lose turst slowly with her. What? All the things are made up? Or Josie told the truth, but no one saved her? Who's teeling the truth? Or is everyone lying?
This novel made the reader have a trust issue to each character, to the stories, even to what they believed. Well, I love this. The novel gives a lot of twists, but it's still blends well with the plot. Even though the truth still becomes a mistery in the end, it's still gives us a statifying ending!
You will meet Josie, a girl that she (kind of) described herself as a victim of child grooming, living with her abuse husband, and the kids that are so complicated. After knowing this, you must feel sad about her, right? But, wait a moment after twist by twist appeared and the reader might be thinking twice about her. Should I trust her? Believe with me - But, she was a girl I don't want to meet in real life. A liar is manipulative, dramatic, and problematic. But what made her like this?
And, Alix, a podcaster, for me, she was the person who REALLY got a lot disavantaged after meeting Josie. With a pure heart, I want to help that girl. But, in the end, she must lose anything. Is she stupid to let Josie come into her life? She's not. That pure of misfortune of her and turned out into (maybe) trauma.
Josie, I see her as a woman who is traumatic. To let her feel, she luckily found Alix, the girl who had the same birthday with her. When she found out Alix's husband had a problem with drinking, Josie has a assumption, Alix had the same situation with her. A bad husband. Why is she trying so hard to make Alix hate her husband? Josie acted like she was the one who got hurt.
When Alix winds out more secret Josie, the reader will lose turst slowly with her. What? All the things are made up? Or Josie told the truth, but no one saved her? Who's teeling the truth? Or is everyone lying?
This novel made the reader have a trust issue to each character, to the stories, even to what they believed. Well, I love this. The novel gives a lot of twists, but it's still blends well with the plot. Even though the truth still becomes a mistery in the end, it's still gives us a statifying ending!