Point of View

None of This Is True is a third-person, limited omniscient novel alternating focus between Alix and Josie. Each chapter is identified as a particular date and is sometimes broken up by time stamps to denote time passing. Chapters can start with Josie’s perspective and end with Alix’s and vice-versa. Typically, there is a transcript from the podcast or Netflix documentary to offer a break in the focus from character to the next.

Alix and Josie are similar in that they are both forty-five-year-old mothers living in London. Alix and Josie were born on the same day in the same hospital, which is why Josie approaches Alix about being her birthday twin. While Alix and Josie are the same age, they are at different points in the lives. Josie is married to Walter, a significantly older man Josie met when she was a teenager...