The Lost Mind

This one hooks readers from the first page—right after the main character wakes up covered in blood with no memory of who she is. Fast-paced, creepy, and full of twists, The Lost Mind is perfect for students who love thrillers but don’t want a super long book. My kids get pulled in by the short chapters and high suspense. It’s like a 90s teen horror movie in book form, and they love piecing the mystery together.

A good thriller. I had an inkling of where it was going, but I've read a lot of Pike's books and there is a definite pattern with most of them. I did enjoy it even if I'm a little tired of this particular twist that Pike is so fond of. The ending was kinda heartwarming too, which was a little weird.

Awesome. Body-switching! Amnesia! Drugs! Astral projection or whatever!

Jennifer wakes up next to a dead body, but she can't remember what happened, who she is, or anything at all. She slowly realizes that the dead girl was her best friend. All the evidence points to Jennifer as the killer, but she doesn't remember, so she reads her own diary to try and piece together her life.

I always loved that image, of having to figure out your personality by reading your own diary. Would you like yourself? Would you think you're shallow? Oh Christopher Pike, you posed many philosophical questions to my middle-school self.

Jenny wakes up in the woods with a dead body next to her. She can't remember anything, including her own name. She finds out the dead girl is her best friend Crystal and that Jenny might have slept with Crystal's boyfriend.
The plot can be confusing, but is based on an interesting idea. Pike's strengths lie in ideas, not the actual writing.

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