None of This is True – 3/5 ✩
None of This is True is a psychological thriller that follows Josie Fair and Alix Summers. The women meet on their 45th birthday when they realize they are birthday twins and from there, they begin working together on a podcast. Josie is mysterious and complicated and ingratiates herself into Alix’s life and home while slowly revealing details about her sordid history and readers are unsure what is truth and what is lie.
This was not my favorite book, but I do think the characters were well crafted and I definitely was on the edge of my seat trying to figure out what had really happened in Josie’s past and how that would link with the present.
I think I had different expectations going into this book which shaped how much I enjoyed it. I was expecting a mystery thriller, and while it was both of those things, it definitely tended more toward psychological thriller than mystery thriller. With that being said, I do think that if I had looked at as psychological thriller going into it, I would’ve enjoyed it far more because this book was a psychological thriller to a tee.
The individuals in this book have so many nuances and it was intriguing getting inside their heads and their pasts. The characters in this book were so fleshed out and it was absolutely fascinating to be in their heads, especially Josie’s, even though I wasn’t (and still am not) one hundred percent sure what to believe and what not to believe about her.
I also really enjoyed how there were clips/excerpts from Alix’s podcast sprinkled throughout the book. I thought that was really unique and definitely added depth to the story.
One thing I would do differently if I were to reread this book would be to actually physically read it. I thought the narrators in the audiobook were great narrators, but there were points when listening to the book when I had trouble hearing what was being said because, even when I had the volume on my phone maxed out, because the volume differed so much from part to part. I also had a little bit of trouble following some parts of the story. There were so many moving parts in this novel and I think if I’d physically read it, I wouldn’t have been confused at some points.
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