The Darkest Minds (The Darkest Minds, #1) in Book Nerds Unite

Dec 27, 2023 akacya ❦ rated it really liked it

Shelves: genre-sci-fi, audience-young-adult, format-physical, own

2023 reads: 397/350

2023 tbr: 94/100

in ruby’s world, she’s lucky to have lived to the old age of ten. after watching half of her classmates drop like flies, ten should be a celebration. instead, she is taken from her home and placed in a rehabilitation camp with other kids who have similar freakish abilities. at sixteen, ruby is at risk of being discovered as one of the dangerous ones. she escapes and finds a group of kids also on the run.

although this is a somewhat-old book, i really enjoyed it! ...more

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Jan 30, 2014 Tayla Potayta rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, 2014, made-me-cry, book-boyfriends, need-to-buy, covers-black

Ugh I loved this book so much.

All the characters were amazing and I wasn't expecting any of this to happen.

Leeeee thougghhhh <333 swooooon

But really:

Noooooo no no no no no no no no noooooooo

Whyyyy ruby whyyyyy

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Apr 17, 2018 Shelley rated it it was amazing

A futuristic story that tells of a plague which eradicates many of our children for some reason that is not explained. But those kids that are left have developed powers and are divided into groups by what those powers are. The kids are now regulated to camps in order to keep the adults safe from them but slowly they are starting to disappear.
The main character of the book is Ruby who has spent years being afraid of what she can do and has found a way to hide what she is from people who run the ...more

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