None of This is True: The new addictive psychological thriller from the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of The Family Upstairs

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I felt it was too ambiguous, and was confused what kind of conclusion the reader was supposed to make. Why do you think Josie imbues this relatively ordinary coincidence with so much importance and meaning? The softly spoken, fifty-something babysitter left half an hour ago and the house is tidy, the dishwasher hums, the cat is pawing its way meaningfully across the long sofa toward Alix, already purring before Alix’s hand has even found her fur. Will Josie's desperation to escape her situation lead her to say just about ANYTHING to get out, once and for all?

In 2019, “Birthday Twins” Alix Summers and Josie Fair meet for the first time on their forty–fifth birthday in a pub where they have both come to celebrate- Alix with her husband and friends and Josie with her husband. I read this in day which I am deliberately not doing any more, because this was such a captivating read and a great book overall. When Josie knocks her door in the middle of the night, Alix realizes things can get more out of control and nothing as it seems.And you have to be ready to set aside that a 13-15 year old CHILD cannot consent to a relationship regardless of how whackadoodle sociopathic she is. The supporting cast of narrators that lent their gifted voices to the ‘podcasts’ were phenomenal as well! However, for the plot as a whole this was excellent and whilst not entirely surprising, it was unpredictable which maintained the tension in the story. This isn’t a pleasant read, and it can easily become too much, but the exploration of themes like obsession, manipulation and warped mindsets did appeal to me. Only then does Alix discover that Josie has left a terrible and terrifying legacy in her wake, and that Alix has become the subject of her own true crime podcast, with her life and her family’s lives under mortal threat.

Upon hearing Josie's life story, Alix becomes deeply affected by the traumatic experiences she endured, prompting sympathy and concern. The first two-thirds of the book was gripping and I would have given that five stars, but the last bit was anti-climatic. This quest leads her to Alix Summer, a renowned podcaster, where she sees an opportunity to share her intriguing life story and embark on a journey of reinvention. While podcaster Alix Summers is out with her husband to celebrate her 45th, after the big song, a woman named Josie approaches the table and informs her that she is her TRUE birthday twin---down to the year.I would like to have seen the threads tied up nicely or differently, and then this would have been a clear 5 star book. I adored the unreliable characters, their dark secrets, the fateful collision of their two different worlds in the same corner of London. I’m speechless after reading this bone chilling, dark, twisty, mind bending thriller which is one of the best works of Lisa Jewel. Slowly she starts to realize that Josie has been hiding some very dark secrets, and before she knows it, Josie has inveigled her way into Alix’s life—and into her home.

You know bad shit has happened from the start, maybe reeeaaaaalllly bad shit, but I didn't have a clue what, exactly, had gone down, and I was desperate to find out. She’d looked up the menu online earlier, so she’d be able to google stuff if she didn’t know what it was, so she already knows what she’s having.I am not an expert in anything, but just a person with access to the internet who is trying to learn and make sense of the world! Dissatisfied with her current life, Josie desires a change, craving a life free of responsibilities. and that unsettling, insidious fear of “letting the wrong person in” did underscore the book as I was writing it, definitely. Jewell throws together two women-- birthday twins, born on the same day in the same hospital -- from very different backgrounds.

Not only is this not the first time Jewell has done this sort of thing, but it took what was SUCH a disturbing and powerful narrative to a sort of icky place. Even Jewell herself has said her thrillers follow a general trend: now and then timelines, unlikable characters, at LEAST one teenage POV.

However, either way you swing it, there is one particular character who is 100% a horrific person regardless of which scenario is correct. She glances at Walter, at the fading glory of him, and she wonders how different things would be if she hadn’t met him. I have NEVER been more relieved to pick up my sunglasses and bask in the warm comforting glow of the summer sun! While reading the book, I felt like the emoji that has both hands over their eyes but with their fingers spread so that the upcoming train wreck is slightly visible. Perhaps if we’d had some POV from Josie after the shit hit the fan that would have cleared up her state of mind.