Full review on: Flipping Through the Pages
Actual rating: 3.5 stars

Trigger Warnings: Domestic abuse, Assault, Amnesia

I would like to start this review by saying that I am so happy that I got the chance to read a book from a fellow book blogger. Many of you must know Jennifer from Bound to Writing. She is an amazing person to talk to. As much I was excited to read this book, I was scared too. But I am happy that I enjoyed reading her book [b:Not Like Everyone Else|40043865|Not Like Everyone Else|Jennifer Leigh|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1525787687s/40043865.jpg|62046629] 🙂

The plot is the main attraction of this book. It will keep you hooked till the end. It creeped me a lot but at the same time, I was continuously thinking about the main killer.

[b:Not Like Everyone Else|40043865|Not Like Everyone Else|Jennifer Leigh|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1525787687s/40043865.jpg|62046629] is a story about Ryan, our main character, who is suffering from dissociative amnesia but she doesn’t know this. She can’t remember if anything traumatic happens to her, the next day. She runs away from her abusive ex-boyfriend Corey and finds that she has gaps in her memory. With the help of an old college friend, Harper, she tries to make friends and went for a night-out in woods. But that night-out proved to be a disaster as one of their friends go missing and later everyone suspected that Ryan did something. However, Ryan doesn’t remember anything from that night and she tries to figure out the missing pieces.

This book can be considered mainly as a psychological thriller. Though the main PoV in the story is of Ryan, we get the another PoV too and that one is of the secret, cruel murderer. It was really interesting and creepy to read the lines from the murderer. Their thoughts were extremely sick and the author really made me feel like they were a maniac. They talked about killing the next person in the way that feels disgusting.

As much as the plot was good, there was a little lack of character development. I didn’t like the friendship of Ryan and Harper. Most of the times, it felt like it was imposed. Both of them chose each other just because they were alone that summer and wanted a friend to hang out with. Harper was moody sometimes and so was Ryan. I really wished the friendship to be strong.

Ryan character was really good to some extent. I could feel her frustration when no one was believing her because of her amnesia. Then comes Elliot in her life and I really loved that guy. He seems to trust Ryan unquestionably and even after hearing about the strange behavior he chose her. Their romance was definitely cute but at the same time, I am glad that it was not overdone. It was exactly in the amount needed in the story. Elliott’s character development was definitely the best in the book.

I felt bad for Ryan’s character as she went through an abusive relationship and that amnesia, about which she was not aware for most of the part. It seemed really difficult for her to move forward with all that. But I am glad that she chooses to move on.

The ending was really shocking. I was wrong in my guess of the murderer. However, I wanted to have a little more background on the killer as to what he did with the bodies but I guess it was for the best otherwise it would have been way creepier 😛

I had a problem with the genre of the book. I was confused throughout the book about the actual age of Ryan. The story definitely was more suitable for the new adult genre but I guess it was promoted as a young adult.

Overall, I really enjoyed reading this psychological thriller and it kept me hooked until the end. Though a little lacking in characters development, it definitely is strong in the plot. It is a fast-read which makes it a perfect summer or beach read.

** Thank you to the author for providing me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review

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