This is the first Lisa Jewell book I've ever read, which now seems ridiculous to me. None of This Is True is a chilling, well-crafted thriller, one that hooked me on Jewell's writing. The central premise is about a podcaster, Alix Summer, and her birthday twin, Jose Fair, who cross paths on their 45th birthday. Josie develops a fascination with Alix, and soon the two of them are working on a podcast together, in which Josie promises that she's about to make a major life change.

The true crime obsessive becoming the true crime, uh, -ee, isn't exactly new, but Jewell does such a great job with pacing, and with a series of twists that are as brutal as they are compulsive to read. After reading None of This Is True, I immediately read two more of Jewell's books and added the rest of her catalogue to my library. holds queue. Jewell is filling the Tana French-shaped hole in my heart, and I'm thrilled to have another smart thriller writer to watch.

This book is the definition of fast-paced! I flew through it in a day. I haven’t been the biggest fan of thrillers lately as they all seem the same to me. But None of This is True sets itself apart by incorporating transcripts from a podcast and Netflix series. I definitely recommend this book if you enjoy thrillers!

None of This is True is a fast-paced thriller that alternates between the present and several years prior. When Josie Fair has a chance run-in with the well-known podcaster, Alix Summer, on their mutual 45th birthdays, she sees it as a sign that she needs to change her life. She propositions Alix to interview her for her podcast and promises that she will be making changes to her life that Alix’s listeners will want to follow. As Alix begins to interview Josie, Josie reveals far more than just a midlife crisis. Her revelations include her husband entering a relationship with her when she was 16 and he 43. A daughter with severe violent tendencies who ran away from home and another daughter who stays locked up in her room. As Josie spends more time with Alix, she seems to fall more and more in love with the life Alix has built for herself and longing to replicate that life for herself. Not even Alix knows how far Josie will go to “free” herself and Alix from their troubled marriages.

✨ARC Review✨

“But when you think about Nathan dying, how does it make you feel? Really? Inside? Does it make you feel sad? Or does it make you feel…free?”

Alix, a podcaster with a less than perfect husband, ends up doing a podcast of her “birthday twin” Josie, whom she meets at random. Josie also seems to have a less than stellar husband, and feels confident that she can convince Alix that their lives are very similar. When red flags start showing up, everyone in Josie’s life is questionable about who is really being truthful.

“Believe me, I know Josie better than anyone, and she’s a control freak. And you don’t even realize you’re being controlled until it’s too late.”

While I thought this was a decent thriller, I hoped for it to be a bit more twisted. I found it to be a bit difficult to follow at times, as it jumps frequently and dumps lots of info. It moves from the podcast to a Netflix documentary frequently. I feel like this is done intentionally to seem fast paced, but I constantly felt like I was overlooking small details that might add to the twist, in an effort to keep up with the story.

What’s On The Pages:
-podcast and documentary
-psychological thriller
-jealousy
-dysfunctional family dynamics
-gaslighting
-a master manipulator

⚠️CW/TW: implied grooming, abuse, death

✨Rating✨
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

A special thank you to NetGalley and Atria Books for this eARC! None Of This Is True is out August 8th!

I loved this book! I feel like it was the best Lisa Jewell I've read in awhile as most of her latest novels were not that great for me. Loved the unreliable narrator and the timeline. Great book!

I love Lisa Jewell’s books so we elated to be able to read this ARC!

None of this is True is such a clever premise: Alix Summers and Josie Fair are birthday twins who happen to meet each other in a pub on their mutual 45th birthday. When Josie discovers Alix is a successful podcaster, she lobbies Alix to make a podcast about her, saying she’s on their verge of some big life changes. Despite her inner voice telling her she should be cautious, Alix dives in, fascinated by the darkness and weirdness surrounding Josie’s stories. Before long, Josie has completely wormed her way into Alix’s life and things start turning deadly.

No one does thrillers like Lisa Jewell does thrillers, and I couldn’t get enough of this dark, twisty, can’t-look-away, couldn’t-put-it-down thriller! Josie is a deliciously unreliable character, and her obsession is creepy and unsettling in the very best way. This book is a perfectly paced, intense, wild ride that had me on tenterhooks the entire time!
thank you to Atria Books. & Netgalley for allowing me to read and review this book

Whewwww this was a dark one! And even at the end I'm still not sure what I believe. This is definitely a thriller that will stick with me for a while. It's unsettling and completely unpredictable. I loved how it worked in podcast recordings as well.

This is one of Lisa Jewell's best. Be sure to preorder ASAP.

Thank you for allowing me to read this book as an ARC!
Wow, this book has blown my mind away. I would say this is Lisa Jewell's best book ever! While I love all her books so far, this is another level way above all her other ones!
The suspense in this psychological thriller is intense. I could and did not want to put it down. Writing the 2 sides of the 2 protagonists and intertwining it with the netflix section iwas perfect. While the reader wants to take a side to be on, it's difficult because of the different stories and backgrounds we get fed. It was so mind boggling and intense.
While I thought I had it all figured out, Lisa throws in an ending that will shake the reader from the core. I had to read it twice in order to grasp the totality of it. Just simply wow and can't wait until everyone can read this and have some discussions with others.
Amazing work and would give it more than 5 🌟 if I could. I would say this is the best psychological thriller I have ever read!!!

None of this is True
Alex has a popular podcast about women who have overcome obstacles to become successful. On the night of her 45th birthday she meets Josie, a woman also celebrating her 45th birthday. Josie declares them birthday twins and eventually talks Alex into doing a podcast on changes Josie plans to make in her life.
Alex is an attractive woman with a seemingly perfect life. Josie is unhappily married to an older man and the mother of two troubled daughters.
When Josie arrives at Alex’s posh home, she becomes jealous of Alex and her perfect family. The story that Josie tells is scary and fantastic. Soon Alex has doubts about the truth of all of it. Josie forces her way into Alex’s house by telling of domestic abuse and now Alex realizes that she has made a mistake befriending this woman.
Alex’s husband, who Josie doesn’t like, disappears right after Josie is persuaded to leave their family home. Where is he and where is Josie?
This is a scary psychological tale. It is told in with the style of a Netflix documentary. The author has done an excellent job of keeping the reader in suspense.
I received this ARC from the publisher and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I received an advance reader copy of “ None of This Is True” byLisa Jewell. Many thanks to the author and publisher .
This book surely deserves all the rave reviews it has been getting . Unputdownable? Absolutely. I read most of the book in one night and finished it the next morning.
Great story and MS Jewell knows just how to wind the tension tightly. Her main characters, Alex and Josie are ones you will not soon forget.
Anything I tell you about the plot would be a spoiler, beyond that a happenstance meeting goes deeply into a hellish Hitchcock- like nightmare.
Read it and lose yourself

Nothing objectionable as to language ans sexual content.

Jewell's thrillers are hit-and-miss for me, but this was a definite hit. I had no idea where the story was going or which narrative was accurate. A woman decides to change her life drastically and documents her changes/life story with a well-known podcaster. However, as the title suggests, you aren't clear who to trust. I couldn't read this fast enough! Content warning for all the things.

HOLY MOLY, another masterpiece by none other than Lisa Jewell. I finished this book in just under three days because I was so invested right from the beginning. The book revolves around two women who share the same exact birthday and were born in the same city and hospital as well as chose the same place to celebrate their birthdays. Psychological thriller lovers would ENJOY this new read. Thanks, Atria and NetGalley for the eARC. Can't wait for the next Lisa Jewell book already.

Hi, I'm your birthday twin!

Celebrating her forty-fifth birthday at her local pub, Alix, a popular podcaster crosses paths with Josie, a quiet woman who couldn't be more different from her.

When they bump into each other a couple of days later, Josie has a proposition for her - she would like to be the star of Alix's new podcast. Always on the search for a new project, Alix is intrigued... Josie has had quite the life and seems to be on the cusp of making huge changes. Interview after interview, we get to know Josie and you feel bad for everything she went through.. until you start questioning who she really is. Soon, Alix becomes the subject of her own podcast and the story is taking a dark, twisty turn.

Probably one of my fave from Lisa Jewel in a few years but I am a sucker for those true podcast books. Loved the writing, it was engaging and gripping.

Recommend

Such a good book! Loved the characters especially and weird quirks that they had. I had no idea how the story was going to end and was so curious to see what happens that I read the whole thing in two days! Loved the excepts of the Netflix doc and the interviews that were put in from the podcast.

only critique would be I wish the ending was more clear cut but I understand wanting to leave the reader guessing.

OMG.
I think this is one of Lisa Jewell's best novels. I literally could not put this one down. It had be HOOKED in and I needed to know what in the world was going to happen. I loved the POVs alternating between Alix and Josie. Josie was...something else. I was scared of her yet she was one of my favourite characters. Everything was dark and twisted in this novel. You won't regret picking it up!

I really enjoyed Lisa Jewel’s book None of This is True. It’s a true page-turner and had me wondering what was the true story all the way to the end. I thought the style was clever with the podcast interviews and Netflix actors throughout the book. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to read this book!

This book was a little slow but ended up getting more interesting as it progressed. I enjoyed the writing style but felt like the middle dragged a little. Overall a pretty good story.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

𝘼 𝙨𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙥𝙨𝙮𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙖 𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙗𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙥𝙤𝙥𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙧 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙚 𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙙𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙩.

📍 Read if you like:
• Addicting Thrillers
• Short Chapters
• Podcasts
• Unreliable Narrators

I loved this book so much, it was the perfect thriller and I’m so glad it lived up to my expectations. It’s Lisa Jewell so I already had such high hopes for this - you won’t want to miss this one.

It’s best to read this book without knowing too much. Trust me, you’ll want to experience this roller coaster of a story without expecting anything and just enjoying it.

I could not put this book down at all, it was addicting and thrilling. The chapters were quite short, which I absolutely loved.

The format of the book is so interesting, and I think the dual pov worked so well with the characters, Alix and Josie.

The story starts off a bit slow, but the whole time it’s suspenseful and captivating. The narrators are both super unreliable and you never know what’s true.

There were secrets being spilled left and right and I was devouring this story. I loved the podcast aspect of it. Some scenes were also super dark and unexpected.

There were alternating povs via a Netflix podcast/documentary. There’s so much suspense and so much is revealed you never saw coming. Towards the middle is when things really picked up and I was obsessed!

The ending had me absolutely shocked. I was second-guessing every little moment and oh man, I was not prepared for that. I was so upset when the book came to an end.

This is definitely a book you should be anticipating. It was extremely addicting, suspenseful, and entertaining. This is by far one of Lisa Jewell’s best books. It’s a must-read!

Thank you so much NetGalley and Atria Books for the review copy in exchange for my honest review!

What. A. Ride. From start to finish, it took me under a day to read. I couldn’t put it down!

So many times throughout the book I found myself saying “what the f—“ out loud. The embedded clues made me feel like I had an active role in the events that were taking place.

The flashbacks, podcast recordings, and documentary scripts made for an engaging read. I listen and watch so much true crime, so it was easy to visualize each scene presented to the reader.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC in exchange for an honest review!

Lisa Jewell has done it again and this time better than ever! It is by far my favorite book of hers. I have been in a reading slump for MONTHS, and I devoured this book in a matter of days. One of my favorite troupes in a thriller is a “I want to steal your life” and the way she did this was so perfect. I loved the excerpts from the podcast/Netflix series that were thrown in. That may have been my favorite part.

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.