None of This is True by Lisa Jewell is a psychological thriller with single white female vibes.
Alix is celebrating her forty fifth birthday with family and friends when she catches Josie’s eye. It turns out that they share the same exact birthdate and were born in the same hospital. That is where their similarities end.
Alix is a successful podcaster and mother to two school-aged children while Josie is married to a much older man with two grown children. Josie offers to be Alix’s next podcast subject as she is on the brink of major life changes after enduring years of trauma. She begins recounting her life to Alix while ingratiating herself into her world.
Josie asks to live with Alix’s family after having a terrible fight with her husband. Alix grows more and more uncomfortable with Josie’s odd behaviors and with her stories that don’t quite add up.
Josie plots a way to upend Alix’s life once she is asked to move out. This sets off a chain of events revealing lies and murder. Alix’s eventual completion of the podcast shows a completely different angle to everything Josie led her to believe.
The book is written with excerpts of the podcast and scenes from the fictional Netflix documentary made as a result of the sensationalism around the case. This is a page-turning read that made me want to scream warnings to Alix.
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