Reviews - Ese no es mi nombre

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Ese no es mi nombre

Megan Lally

4.01 AVERAGE

crysssieee's review against another edition

4.75

dark fast-paced

julesreading's review against another edition

3.75

emotional tense fast-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: No

7_minutes_of_weeping's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

In this YA thriller, we follow two teenagers: Mary, who wakes up with amnesia after a traumatic incident, and Drew, who is desperate to find his missing girlfriend, Lola, and ultimately clear his name with the local police department.

This was a fun, quick thriller! It was unique to have the story so openly obvious from the very beginning, and while it was obvious where the story was leading, the twist at the end still shocked me. I could easily see this book being a movie and doing well; it was action-packed and gave me anxiety most of the way through.

My only real issue with the story was how unbelievable the characters felt at times, primarily those in Drew’s world.

Overall, this was a fun little thriller, and I think anyone who is looking for a book to break up a reading slump will enjoy this one!

little_bean's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

emcclendon03's review against another edition

1.5

tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

redmarquette's review against another edition

5.0

dark hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

katslibrary_'s review against another edition

3.75

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I’ll admit, while I was definitely enjoying reading this, I was thinking that it was a little bit predictable since I clearly thought

Lola and Mary are the same, so I was very pleasantly surprised when the twist turned out that Lola had been the Mary before and this girl was not the one Drew was searching for.

Some of the writing felt a bit juvenile, but I can give that a pass since the characters are all around 17 years old. Some of the stuff was a bit unrealistic too (

like how much pain a 17 year old girl or even a grown man can withstand, the incompetence of the cops, the ease with which these high schoolers solved this mystery…

), but I still enjoyed reading the book overall and appreciated the twist.