The Darkest Minds (The Darkest Minds, #1) in Random Geeky Nerdy Book-A-Holics

Mar 13, 2015 Fatima Havilliard rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, dystopia, book-boyfriends, mind-blowing, awesome-world-building, i-ship-them

“Let's carpe the hell out of this diem.”

5 colorful stars!!

I'm doing this review even that I don't overcome the ending yet. *Adds a "I'll never overcome that ending" shelf for this book* I just try and I can't...

The Darkest Minds is located in a very dark world, everything was okay but, one day, a rare disease appears and kill almost all of the children and the ones who don't develop superpowers, and because they're dangerous, the government send them to "rehabilitation camps". Our main cha ...more

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Feb 21, 2013 Mary Elizabeth rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites, readathon-day-2015, for-book-club, books-for-goodreads-recs

~*5 Stars*~

This is what I posted on my book club discussion for this book. It was around 2 a.m., I was getting over a cold, and I was disoriented from lack of sleep. But, I was so overcome with a need to express my feelings (or at least try to) from reading this amazing book, that I couldn't wait until morning to do it.

“I just finished it and I'm having to so many different emotions right now I'm not entirely sure how I'm still able to function. I loved it! I made a special trip to the booksto ...more

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Jan 25, 2017 Madison rated it it was amazing

Shelves: christmas-2015-haul, books-i-own

*4.75*

I thought this book wouldn't meet my high expectations due to it being hyped so much by everyone but it didn't disappoint!

The instalove ruined it a little for me though, it was so fast and just ew. ...more

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Jan 04, 2017 Lindsay rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, written-reviews, books-i-own

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Okay, I read Passenger last year and while I enjoyed it, it wasn't anywhere near some of my favorite series, but this isn't about Passenger sorry. I LOVED this book, this one is, in fact, working towards being one of my favorite series. Despite that I'm a little conflicted for one reason: I became so emotionally invested in these books, but the characters didn't feel 100%, which is odd because characters are always #1 in books for me.

Don't get me wrong, I love the characters, and care for them Okay, I read Passenger last year and while I enjoyed it, it wasn't anywhere near some of my favorite series, but this isn't about Passenger sorry. I LOVED this book, this one is, in fact, working towards being one of my favorite series. Despite that I'm a little conflicted for one reason: I became so emotionally invested in these books, but the characters didn't feel 100%, which is odd because characters are always #1 in books for me.

Don't get me wrong, I love the characters, and care for them deeply, but I just feel like I'm missing a part of them to feel wholly connected, but that could most likely be explained by the fact that it is the first book in the series, I'm pretty convinced that by the end I'll be dying of love.

Ruby was such an interesting character to me because she /felt/ things, while she relatably (not a word, I know) tried to hide her emotions, she still had them, and did express them many times. She broke down and cried, she had moments where she was overcome with everything that was going on and I'm obsessed with seeing these real emotions played out.

Liam is another conflicting for me because he's almost /too/ good, I understand having the "good guy heartthrob" character (I started loving him despite myself), but I want to see other sides of him. Some of my favorite scenes of his were when he got mad or broke down because it made him deeper and more complex. Although I also realize that that could be one of his traits, trying so hard to be good that he's attempting to convince himself more than anyone else.

Chubs I enjoyed because I feel like in their circumstance his points are /so/ valid, everything he says makes so much sense, he bring up logical arguments and I just really love that he stands up for what he believes even if it isn't the most sympathetic response. (I thought he was a traitor at one point don't ask me why). Zu I loved because she's so powerful, and although she's scared of using her powers she will, if it means helping her friends. She's so positive and I love that the light hasn't gone out in her despite what she's seen, although I'm worried for her in the her storyline in the next book.

I liked the pacing of the storyline a lot too, the blend of emotional moments and action packed scenes balanced with more mundane moments really helped everything feel more authentic, and I loved Bracken's writing.

In the end, this is still 5 stars for me because I haven't felt so wrapped up and entranced by a book in a couple of months, and I know by the end I am going to be "The Darkest Minds" trash, so I'm looking forward to that. Thank you for reading :) ...more

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Jan 29, 2014 Leanne rated it really liked it

This was amazing!!!!! So good!
It went beyond my expectation!
The first few chapters while she was at Thurmond confused me alot, I didn't know what the heck was going on.
But as I get further into this book, I imagined her escape to be a lot different though.
I know most people didn't like Clancy but I did, he was sweet with the letter "Ruby, I lied, I would have run -CG" Aww.... I had to go backa few pages to find out what it meant.
but I still ship Ruby and Liam.
Wonderful!
I'm itching to get th ...more

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Feb 20, 2015 n a t a l i a rated it it was amazing

Holy shit. That was a roller-coaster of emotions. I love love loved this book so much, the characters are the best, unique and their development makes me so happy (I live for character development)
It's been a while since I've been completely encompassed in a story, I'm still recovering from the ending but I'm going to start the next one straight away.
This book was everything I wanted and more, I'm excited, and slightly scared, to see what the rest of the series holds.. ...more

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Aug 02, 2015 lex🪐 added it

This Book I CANT EVEN. Okay the ending was such a cliff hanger. Now I really really need Never Fade.

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Aug 20, 2014 Aishah rated it it was amazing

Shelves: futuristic-fantasy-fiction-nice-boy

Suspense,dark,romantic, and characters that are cool..

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Oct 08, 2017 Rachel rated it liked it

3 stars.
This book had its ups and downs. I thought it started out well and I thought it ended well. But I thought a lot of the middle part was quite slow.
However, I did really like the characters, particularly Chubs. I didn't like the insta-love between Ruby and Liam but I grew to like them together.
I thought the writing was pretty good but I just felt a little let-down when it came to the plot. I felt like nothing really happened for a lot of the book. I kept waiting for something major to ha ...more

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