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Ese no es mi nombre by Megan Lally

162 reviews

kj823's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder

syazahaniss's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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This book was very mild as a thriller yet hard to take seriously as a YA book, so I don’t know where that leaves it.

It’s not bad - I was rooting for Lola to find a happy ending - but I thought that realistically, it was a bit weird that a bunch of teenagers were trying to investigate their friend’s disappearance and actually did a much better job than the professionals. I know they’re trying to make Roane as the bad guy but the fact that his character is very black or white without any character development is very YA of the author.

I was quite impressed by Wayne Boone’s motive for kidnapping and keeping those girls hostages (it sounded legit) but he felt very safe as a serial killer. There were no knife/gun/weapon use, no sexual assault, no nothing. Maybe I’ve read way too many gory thrillers but he was very mild compared to them and so I couldn’t take him seriously.

I also had some questions regarding Madison’s accident at the start of the story; was she really in a car accident and that’s where Wayne kidnapped her or did he cause it in the first place? I thought he grabbed her at her apartment mailbox? What happened to her car then?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder

allisonwatt89's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional reflective sad tense

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Kidnapping

Moderate: Murder

jasminesreadingcorner's review against another edition

3.75

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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The first chapter of this book had me thrilled! I didn’t know what to expect, but by the middle I was able to guess most of what happened. However, the final 20% of the book was so action-packed I couldn’t put it down! I will definitely be reading her other book, No Place Left to Hide at some point because I enjoyed her writing style.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Child death, Violence

clairesteeno's review against another edition

4.5

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

cymglash's review against another edition

4.5

mysterious tense fast-paced

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Suspenseful!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

jhobbs2020's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Kidnapping, Murder

ebradley821's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder

rewatchrereadrewind's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Death, Murder

clarklyn's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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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This book reads a little like a teen crime thriller straight to TV drama and that could be a good or bad thing depending on your preference. I enjoyed it! The twist was predictable and I might not even call it a twist but I was invested. I could have done without the epilogue personally, it felt a little too dramatic and soap opera-y to me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Injury/Injury detail