None of This is True

 

None Of This is True by Lisa Jewell-psychological thriller

Oh wow! A book where I couldn't quite put my finger on what the tension was but boy oh boy was it there!

Alix is a journalist who does true life podcasts and lives with her rather unreliable husband and two small children. Josie is the same age and lives with her husband whom she met when she was fourteen (and he was forty one) and one of her grown up children. The two meet on their 45th birthdays, and find they were born in the same hospital. Josie approaches Alix with a view to doing a podcast about her life as she says it is about to change and she has a lot to tell. Alix is intrigued. Alternate chapters tell part of the podcast and one of the neighbours telling of a crime. Josie's life has been complex to say the least and anyone Alix asks about her family doesn't shed a good light on them. When Alix realises there is far more going on than Josie is letting on, she realises her family may be in danger.

The characterisations in this are stunning, especially Josie and Alix. There is a whole range of scenes which takes the reader through a gamut of emotions- from happy family life to serious dysfunction and one I found myself liking and then being suspicious of the same person- very clever plot twists, brilliantly written. A stunning read I really didn't want to put down. If you like a real page turner then this could be the book for you. Clever, dysfunctional, crafted, brilliant.

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