Book completed

None of This Is True, by Lisa Jewell. In this psychological thriller, Josie has been with the same much older man since she was a teenager, but now that her two daughters are grown she wants to make a change. She meets Alix, a professional podcaster born in the same hospital on the same day - her "birthday twin" - and asks her if she would do a show about this change she wants to make. Alix is soon over her head, as Josie's story is, well, intense.

This isn't a genre I read often, because I find that I'm happiest if I don't leave the story hanging over the rest of my life - I want to get it done in one sitting. I read it all in one afternoon. That said, even though I don't generally enjoy this genre, the book made a favorable impression on me. The author did an excellent job of playing with our tendencies to seize on potential answers to questions, answers that may turn out to be serious oversimplifications or outright wrong. It also had a good pace, convincing dialogue, etc., everything you'd want from a story like this. Also there's a bonus chapter online (and I think in later editions of the book?) that clears up a potential ambiguity in the original final chapter. I'd like to say more about ways in which I was impressed by the author, but that would involve major plot spoilers, so, nope.