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None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • 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

Bloody hell, this was a wild ride! I absolutely love Lisa Jewell’s thrillers. 

While celebrating their 45th birthdays, two women from different worlds meet. Alix, a popular podcaster, and Josie, a seamstress, have nothing in common, except that they are birthday twins. When Josie approaches Alix with an intriguing idea for a new podcast, the pair team up, but Alix soon learns that Josie isn’t the person she seems to be. 

This book is insane, and I think I’ve said that about most of Lisa Jewell’s books that I’ve read. In terms of the storyline, Jewell always manages to keep me on the edge of my seat from the first page to the very last. 

The characters in this book were very interesting, and definitely problematic and untrustworthy in their own ways. By the end of this book, I didn’t really know who to trust. Between Josie, Walter, Ann, Roxy, Erin and Nathan, there were lots of lies and accusations, and lots of not knowing who is telling the truth, even on the very last page. 

I would have liked there to have been a little more accountability of Walter in the final podcast/documentary. Whether Walter was a good or bad father, whether he was abusive or not, whether Josie manipulated him into a relationship, he was still a grown forty-something year old man getting into a relationship with a minor. 

Overall I really enjoyed this book and I can’t wait to read my next Lisa Jewell book! 
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