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Mind Fuck (The Administration, #1)

Manna Francis

Start date: September 1, 2011

Finish date: September 30, 2011

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Jun 25, 2011 Lenore rated it really liked it

Shelves: freebies, hot-hero, reviewed-by-yours-truly, m-m, bdsm, less-than-perfect-hh, available-on-line, rec-by-gr-friend, great-britain-my-love, dystopian-post-apocalyptic

Great world-building, style and plot line and two amazingly well-developed main characters.
I had some small issues with the POVs and Toreth's aquaphobia but I enjoyed this too much to complain. ...more

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Oct 14, 2011 Tamela rated it it was amazing

Shelves: m-m, cops-pi-security, bdsm-kink, sci-fi-fantasy, my-favorites, adventure, adult-fiction, long-story

At the end of the book, all I could do was say, "Damn that was good!!!!" I actually exclaimed that out loud. As good as it was, I could only wish for MORE!!!

Love the in depth study of the characters, Toreth, who is a well trained psychopath, used by I&I (Investigations & Interrogations) to find the guilty party and wring a confession out of them.

Warrick is a man man of science who has to be in control at all times, but finds that he craves giving up that control when there is a risk. Giving cont ...more

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Jan 12, 2012 Ann32 rated it it was amazing

Shelves: m-m, bdsm

This book is well written, hot, smart and like a never ending mind torture. That title is very appropriate. One star goes to the fact that it can lead to anxiety and/or brain rotting if you don't usually mind horror movies and heavy thrillers. Proceed at your own risk. XD

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5 years is a long time. So many books have come and gone and when I came back to Te eAdministration it was like it was always there. Everything came back full force and then it hit me: this is a work of genius.
Ok, o This book is well written, hot, smart and like a never ending mind torture. That title is very appropriate. One star goes to the fact that it can lead to anxiety and/or brain rotting if you don't usually mind horror movies and heavy thrillers. Proceed at your own risk. XD

Re-read 2014

5 years is a long time. So many books have come and gone and when I came back to Te eAdministration it was like it was always there. Everything came back full force and then it hit me: this is a work of genius.
Ok, one might find the story quite unbelievable. You might have not seen Equilibrium, a movie with Christian Bale which might be another source of inspiration for these series, apart from Blake 7 and others. Equilibrium has such a strong motif adn yet makes you angry for the sloppy writing and silly gun action. But that's just Hollywood for you. (Christian Bale in black I&I suit is still a valid reason to watch the movie).

What is amazing about these characters is how real they are and how consistent in all 15000 pages of pdf I have read. See, there is no need for pathos and making the reader tired with morality when the characters are so well defined, so deeply flawed and so driven to make their lives better. I've always liked to read what other readers feel about each character. There seems to be a very well defined group of people who adore Toreth and want to pet him like a child (he would probably apply some high level waiver on them) and the other group who are generally scared of him and think he is a psychopath. There are also mixed feeling about Warrick, about Sara, Dillian and maybe even about Bastard the TomCat.

My feelings are mixed. Toreth is a very scary man whose only limit is 'will I get caught?'. If yes, he doesn't do it. If not, maybe he will. Maybe he will spare you. It depends if he had a good fuck with Warrick last night. Which brings me to Warrick.
Good old Warrick is truly a corporate like Toreth thinks of him. He likes to let things slip though and doesn't want to think about the bad things others are doing to make him sleep well at night. He makes me think of Hamlet sometimes, obsessed with the sim, with his father, with danger, but unable to do anything about it.

Are you with the resisters or with the Administration? In 2009 I was a big pro-Administration and pro-Toreth and now I can my opinions shifting. I almost like Carnac. I would be a Carnac in this universe. I would be an annoying prissy Socioanalyist trying to get My Keir back. It's almost scary of how much I used to loathe him in 2009. And now he only me feel really bad for him.

Can't wait for the last books. I really want a closure and a place to call the end. ...more

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