Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Ese no es mi nombre by Megan Lally

71 reviews

walnuto's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Physical abuse, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Cursing, Rape, Blood, Stalking, Car accident

hxlleann's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

melsbookbuzz's review against another edition

4.0

dark hopeful tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

hermithebs's review against another edition

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I need to stop reading YA thrillers. Teenager just aint the brightest. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting

Moderate: Confinement, Death of parent

Minor: Car accident

musingsbymichelle's review against another edition

3.5

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

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This is one of those books where because of the title and synopsis you know that "Mary" is not her name, but you don't know what her name is and you don't exactly know what's going on especially when the viewpoint of Drew is part of the narrative. The author creates dread to the point where you can't put the book down because you want to figure it out. I enjoyed the characters. Drew and "Mary" are strong-willed, "Mary's Father" is so creepy, and I felt that Drew's friends added the appropriate amount of comedic relief. I do think that some of this premise required me to suspend my belief. I feel like a lot of this book would have fallen through if it were a movie or show because visually it'd be easy to figure out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Kidnapping, Murder

directorpurry's review against another edition

2.5

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Violence, Kidnapping, Gaslighting

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

megnut's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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That... was not the ending I was expecting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Death, Stalking

Minor: Car accident

katharina90's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

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Surprisingly dark and creepy for a YA novel. 

The writing was decent, although the pace dragged a bit towards the middle. The characters weren't painfully immature like they sometimes are in YA fiction.

The ending was unexpected and I really appreciated that.

Even though the story ended on a sad note, I got a sense of closure and felt like healing for the characters would be possible with time.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder

madisonkeough's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Great, fast paced thriller. Had me on the edge of my seat and I did not want to put it down. Had me telling my friends to go and read it so I had someone to talk to about it. 

Absolutely heartbreaking as well. Was crying for a long time towards the end as the twist caught me very off guard. 

Drew was a great character. Reading about his emotional struggles while a town is turning on him and no one is listening was shattering. I just wanted to give him a big hug. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Car accident

annemariecunningham's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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That’s Not My Name was well-paced, kept me on the edge of my seat, and dropped a twist at the end that I was NOT expecting. It was a pretty standard thriller until the end, but the twist earned an extra star from me. It’s a quick, easy read too, which was a nice bonus. 

I’d recommend it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury