"Who is this person again?" followed by a few flips of the pages backwards is not uncommon in my daily life when I'm reading a book.

As I mentioned in my previous post, I have just recently returned to reading as a hobby, and how the times have changed my taste in reading books.

However, one thing about me is the same - I am very good at remembering faces, and very bad at remembering names. This includes name of songs, movies, titles, and most importantly, people, or in this case book characters.

Since I am not new to Crime as a genre, I know that there can be many characters including the perpetrator, victims, detectives, lawyers, judges, and members of jury - and how they are recognised by their Last Names, but sometimes referred to their First by their close friends, family members etc.

I didn't realise how much this would be an issue (to myself personally) when I read Crime/Thriller Books. I constantly have to flip a few pages, create a face for them, and then (try to) remember them from then on!

I am not complaining. I think it's fun and silly and it makes me more invested, especially when the realisation hits and I exclaim "Ohhh HIM!"

I wonder if anyone else "struggles" with this like I do, and I am wondering how do you "overcome" this? I am thinking of sticking a note at the front of the book that I can refer back to easily, so I'm wondering if anyone does the same🤣😁