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Ese no es mi nombre by Megan Lally

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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dark emotional hopeful 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: Complicated

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dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

… maybe i’m too smart but i guessed the twist super early into this book… but slay none the less !!!! 

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Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

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mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot

SLIGHT SPOILERS AHEAD

i cant even bring myself to truly be happy for madison no matter how glad i am that she's safe and no matter terrified and creeped out i was for her the entire time she was with that man, because i just feel really sorry for drew after all this. yeah, he saved another girl from a cruel fate, but jesus. boy did not deserve to suffer through being treated like the devil incarnate for a crime nobody even had real evidence of him committing, only for his mission to rescue lola to end like that.

more importantly, FUCK sheriff roane. embarrassing ass man, had his own DAUGHTER and a bunch of kids doing his job better than him just because his incompetent ass doesn't wanna be embarrassed for not making enough effort to solve this case. and after all that, he still has the audacity to take credit for drew's heroism and become a consult for the trashy netflix adaptation?? ooh he's not seeing heaven. he doesn't deserve to have a last name like chappell roan's, punyetang inutil hijo de puta! autumn sweetie im SO sorry. i'm so sorry that an ugly ass bitch like him is your dad.

RIP to miss lola, god bless madison, max and autumn, and justice for drew. i hope his sweet dads get him the help he needs and far away from that hellish town full of fake bitches!

TLDR; fun concept and premise, but disappointingly mediocre and not as twisty as i was told and i'd hoped it would be. like a predictable hoe however, i was still invested and devoured it one sitting. i even teared up a bit. overall takeaway is that the predictability didn't necessarily make it bad bc it was executed well enough (to me, at least). i just wish there was more to the story, but i still enjoyed it. solid 3 stars

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Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

.25 off because there is a difference between a good plot twist and betraying your audiences trust for shock value. However this author does toe the line by making it up after the fact with the ending

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Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I loved this book so MUCH. It's rare that I feel such love and tenderness for male characters, but Max and Drew just stole my heart. I cried so much at the last few scenes lol I thought it was a really smart depiction of trauma and grief and kind of the community mob mentality of being totally for or totally against you. Drew was so steadfast in his search, and Max was such a helpful himbo, and it was just so great. Cannot WAIT to see more from Ms. Lally.

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Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

unexpected twists, uneasy suspense that makes you wanna keep going, and an ending that doesn't *quite* disappoint. 

minus .5 stars for a tacky start, but once it got to about chapter 5 or so, i was hooked.

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Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

You might see the end coming for awhile.

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

i usually predict the plot twist pretty easily with books i read…but this one??? i did NOT see that plot twist coming. i was gripped from the second i started listening to the audiobook. it was fast pace and kept me hooked the whole time. it’s a sad story, and there’s a lot of empathy to be felt throughout the whole thing. but wow!! what a well written, thrilling, fascinating book.

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