She’s done it again!! Lisa Jewell is a thriller queen. I LOVED this book - it was so wonderfully twisty and the podcast element meant that I really fell for the unreliable narrators side of the story. This is one of Jewell’s best books in a while in my opinion.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for providing an ARC for review.

I'm a huge Lisa Jewell fan and this reads like her other novels: fast and un-put-down-able. Alix is an upperclass wife and mother, with a successful podcast. She meets Josie, her 'birthday twin' by chance, and Josie is very lackluster and unpopular. Josie wants Alix to record her story, and their lives get all tangled up. I enjoyed the podcast/Netflix/true crime aspect of the novel. It ends with a bit of uncertainty as to whose narrative could be trusted, so I wish there had been just a bit more definitiveness. There are lots of triggers in this book, such as stalking and sexual abuse.

Lisa Jewell is the queen of neighborhood, domestic thrillers and i love her writing so much. she’s truly an all time fave author and will always remain that way.

What a ride! I really liked the format of this novel and how the interviews, etc. broke it up and provided additional context. I wish we would have gotten more from Josie's daughters.

Kindly received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

While celebrating her 45th birthday surrounded by her husband and friends, feminist podcaster Alix Summers meets Josie Fair, another woman who is also celebrating her 45th birthday. They have a quick chat and then go their separate ways... At least, Alix does. While Alix resumes her normal life, Josie spends her time researching Alix Summers, listening to all of her podcasts, and doing a deep dive through her social media profiles in order to gain enough information about her life to "accidentally" bump into her, because she has a proposition: she wants to make a huge change in her life, and she wants Alix to document it in a podcast.

Although Alix finds Josie a bit odd, she can't help but be curious about Josie's life... but Alix has no idea what is in store, and by the time alarm bells start going off incessantly, she can't find her way out of Josie's grasp.

Lisa Jewell has done it again in this gripping, unputdownable thriller that will have you constantly questioning what the truth is. The story is told from alternating perspectives, including snippets of the script from the Netflix series based on the podcast Alix created, which I really enjoyed reading. None of This Is True will have you gritting your teeth and furiously turning the pages to find out who Josie really is and where the truth lies.

If you prefer thrillers with closure, beware: Jewell's latest leaves a lot up in the air.

Thank you SO much to NetGalley for this highly anticipated ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This newest Lisa Jewell may be my favorite yet! I loved the pace that this novel had. I felt like there was a perfect amount of story and character development. Giving a book the title None of This Is True really sets the readers mind in a certain way before reading it, and I loved it! Well written, great characters and a story that truly takes readers on a roller coaster ride.
Lots and lots of trigger warnings, and not for everyone.

Thanks to the publisher, author, and NetGalley for an e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Two strangers, Alix Summer and Josie Fair, meet at a restaurant while celebrating their forty-fifth birthday. Realizing that they are “birthday twins,” the women strike up a conversation in the bathroom. Josie learns that Alix is a podcaster who interviews women about their lives, and convinces Alix to create a podcast about her life, because she is on the precipice of making huge changes in her life. As Alix and Josie work on the project and become closer, Josie’s true motivations and back story come into question, with malevolent results.

I have enjoyed several books by Lisa Jewell, and when I read an endorsement that claimed that this was Lisa Jewell’s best yet, I requested the e-book from NetGalley as an advanced reader copy (ARC). I was delighted to be approved!

Sorry to say, but this is NOT Lisa Jewell’s best work.

In fact, it might be my LEAST favourite of the five Jewell books I have read. There are lots of promises of sinister things to come throughout the book, but nothing reeeally bad happens until the last quarter of the book. In addition to this, the characters of Alix and Nathan (Alix’s husband) might be the most frustratingly passive and boundary-less people ever created in fiction. Case in point: when Alix and Nathan catch Josie doing something SUPER suspicious, Alix shares incredibly vulnerable information with Josie about ten pages later. Um, what? And later when Josie discloses a recent trauma and Alix offers to call the police, and Josie says no thank you, Alix acquiesces. I repeat: um, what?!? This book included all of my pet peeves: plotholes, inconsistent characterization, purposeless twists, loose ends, and a whole lot of promises with little payoff. That said, the book is still told in Jewell's readable prose, which made it easy to burn through this book in four (vacation) days.

None of This is True will be published in August, 2023.

Another winner from Lisa Jewell! None of This Is True is one of the better psychological thrillers I’ve read in quite a while. The podcast/documentary premise is unique, the characters are questionable, and the plot was semi-slow burn but utterly captivating.

I was so invested in Josie’s story and couldn’t wait to see how the documentary interviews were going to tie into her narrative. There are a few twists along the way and the ending was not what I was expecting! I definitely recommend picking this one up.

Thank you to Atria Books and Netgalley for the advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

I couldn't put this book down! It was like being there for every step of a true crime documentary but still being completely surprised. This is a must read for every fan of true crime podcasts and Netflix documentaries. The levels of deception in this book are addictive and woven together in such a way that you won't see what's coming and won't want to stop reading!

Woah..this book was a wild ride. Lisa Jewell knows how to get you invested in a plot and this was no exception. The Netflix show aspect was SO fun, along with the podcast recordings. I love mixed media in books. The whole book I had no idea who to trust, and Jewell really got us with that title 👀 24 hours later and I am still thinking about this book. Absolutely loved!

This book was wild. One of the best psychological thrillers I’ve read this year. The story kept getting creepier and creepier with each chapter. I could not put this one down. Josie and Alix meet by chance in a pub while celebrating their 45th birthdays. Feeling the connection as birthday twins Josie convinces Alix, a famous podcaster to make her life story the next subject of her podcast. She promises it will be very compelling and indeed it is. As Josie slowly integrates herself into Alix’s life, Alix starts to realize that Josie might not be who she seems. This book has you questioning everything and everyone. None of this is true, or is it? What a crazy, twisted ride. Excellent writing. A MUST read. One of her best ones yet. 4.5 stars.

A big Thank You to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC.

I loved this book. Right from the beginning, it hooked me in. Josie’s character was strange and intriguing right from the first chapter and just like Alix’s character I wanted to know more. I loved the way the story was told through the perspective of the Netflix documentary and Alix’s podcast. I really loved the character development & the twists throughout the story. Highly recommend to Lisa Jewell fans, new fans, but also those that may not have been fans of her books in the past, I don’t think you’ll be disappointed!

When Josie sees Alix celebrating with friends at a restaurant, she realizes that they're birthday twins and becomes intrigued with Alix's life. When their paths cross and Josie becomes the subject of Alix's podcast, their lives become intertwined and with hidden agendas, secrets, and unreliable narrators, this book has the twists and turns readers love about Lisa Jewell's book. She has done it again with this captivating domestic thriller.

Lisa Jewell never disappoints and this was no exception. It was a twisty and fun ride. I’d recommend it for fans of Liane Moriarty as it kind of reminded me of a Liane book with its drama between two women and the fallout that occurs. I liked the usage of podcast footage and a Netflix documentary to flash forward in time and tell bits of the story.

Lisa Jewell does it again with the unputdownable thriller. This was strange and uncomfortable and had me wondering how the heck it was going to end. I thought I knew, but I was wrong ;)

I was completely captivated by this book (at least for the first 2/3) - literally - couldn't stop reading and put off doing the stuff around the house that I was going to do on a Saturday. Was engaged and uncomfortable from the start - you just know Josie is unstable and I was on the edge of my seat. At the point when Alix let Josie stay in her house - I kind of lost interest. Just didn't seem believable that Alix (and her husband) would let her stay for a week. Just kind of fell apart for me. I still enjoyed the book immensely and actually thought the ending (last chapter) was pretty great. Appreciate the ARC!

Completely devoured this one To say I wasn't disappointed ia an understatement
I don't even know if I had the words to describe this incredible book, quickly made its way to my favorite by Jewell. It's a dark and twisty read with a true crime Podcast Netflix element That was just so well done adding so much depth to the plot and giving us an insight to the past The characters were so well developed some you love, some you're going to hate to love but the dynamics of the characters works so well with the plot bringing so many jaw dropping moments the title none of this is true is so fitting now finished I'm not sure what was true who was telling the truth what parts were true and what was fabricated

Thanks to Atria and NetGalley for providing a digital ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I've been meaning to check out Lisa Jewell for some time now; I usually avoid the more popular books, as I'm often disappointed, and I know that Jewell used to write quirky ensemble books with no hint of suspense in them, which made me leery. I'm glad I took the plunge.

This story is creepy and very, very polished. I read a lot of new books for my job, and there's a lot of plodding prose out there. This is not that. The words flow expertly, unwinding to create a plot which, while not seamless, is surprisingly original and well-done.

Alix is a podcaster mom with two kids, a gorgeous house, and a loving, if flawed, husband. Josie is a mom of two adult children with a much older husband in a council house. The two meet by chance and discover they share the same birth date (they're both out celebrating their days at a gastropub, Alix with her large, boisterous friend group; Josie with just her 70-something husband, Walter). Josie more or less inserts herself into Alix's life, as she finds Alix attractive and vivacious, and finds her own life ho-hum by comparison. How could it be, when they were born on the exact same day?

Josie pursues Alix, presenting herself as a subject for Alix's podcast. Alix has been looking for a new direction for her podcasting, and Josie seems to have an interesting story, as she presents herself as a woman trapped in a marriage with a much older man who groomed her from a young age. This is catnip to Alix, and the two start working together, with eventual disastrous consequences.

While this is artfully done, it's worth noting that Josie is presented as a person who asked to be groomed by a pedophile, which casts a bit of a sour note. Perhaps Jewell is attempting to say that a woman who was abused and groomed after growing up with a narcissistic mother might behave in this manner, but it's still pretty victim blame-y. One other issue is that the ending is ... unclear. I'm already not a fan of nebulous endings, but I had to go back and re-read this one a few times. It calls into question the entire quasi-narrative we've been given in the aftermath of the main event, and then ... nothing happens. It's rather frustrating.

Some have complained the book is predictable, and it is, in its way, but to me it felt more like an inevitability. You KNOW that Alix getting mixed up with Josie will be bad news. And Josie's inner monologue makes no bones about her feelings, so the catastrophe is not much of a surprise, but the events surrounding it are a bit of a letdown. It is, if you can put aside Alix ignoring her lizard brain in favor of not being socially discomfited or facing the loss of a potentially great podcast, shockingly real, and more in line with what you'd see on the news rather than in a book or movie or show, which I can appreciate (even if it makes for a less dynamic book, I guess).

This was a ride! Alternating POV's along with a Pod-cast, turned true-crime Netflix series perspective. One MC is a raging narcissist, seriously unreliable, creepy AF and yea, I appreciated that, lol!
However, around the 3/4 mark, it started to flail and flounder for me. Some of the dialogue seemed, idk, just unbelievable in addition to a few scenarios that felt implausible. Up until that point, I hadn't rolled my eyes once.
Overall though, I thought it was quite fun to read.
3.5 stars!
Big thanks to NetGalley and Atria Books for this arc in exchange for an honest review!

I can not think of a book title more suited for it's book. In true Lisa Jewell form, None of This Is True is a very twisted tale that will have you on the edge of your seat, wondering what the heck is "really" going on. And then the last chapter comes along to really mess with you.

Thank you Netgalley and the publishers for the ACR. #NetGalley #Lisajewell. #Noneofthisistrue