The Darkest Minds (The Darkest Minds, #1) in The Not-So Austen Bookclub

Apr 06, 2013 Rachel (APCB Reviews) rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: most-obsessed-favorites, crying-books, 2013-standout

Woah. This. book. was. wow. The main character really changes and grows (as a person) in this book. There is action, romance, mystery, dystopia, and much more. The setting is interesting and intriguing. There is danger at every turn and the stakes are so high that you can't help but keep reading to figure out what happens next. The romance seems real and actually develops (unlike other books when it's love at first sight or after three days they just fall in love) this romance is gradual and so ...more

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Feb 25, 2013 Mai is a Happy Bibliophile rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: postapocalyptic-dystopia, paranormal, science-fiction

My neurons are dead. My neurotransmitters: Busted.

This is a totally awesome read! I have no idea how to express my thoughts about this book.
First, it reminds me a bit of the headache I had when I read the Mara Dyer series. It has the same dark quality and the mind boggling questions as to what happened, why and how are they going to cope.

Apparently, by the time kids turn 10, symptoms of an affliction called IAAN (Idiopathic Adolescent Acute Neurodegeneration) starts to manifest. The progno ...more

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Apr 08, 2013 Wei-Wei rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: recommended-by, made-me-cry, owned, 2014

HELP I'm drowning in emotions. What is this book? It's so riveting and so heartbreaking. All the characters are so great and the storyline is extremely interesting and I have no idea where it's going to go from here. Ruby and Liam and Chubs and Zu are family and they should not be left in tatters like this. They need to be together.
LIAM is the sweetest and kindest and Chubs is perfect and Zu is the cutest and omg I cannot handle this. Ruby and Liam seamlessly slipped into a wonderful and unders ...more

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Jan 10, 2013 Karla rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: dystopia, tearjerker, book-boyfriend, favs, paranormal, read-in-2013

I JUST
I CAN'T
IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE THIS
I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WOULD BE THIS MANY TEARS
MY HEART IS SHATTERED
I JUST

I AM GOING TO BE STUCK IN THIS STATE OF NOTHINGNESS UNTIL BOOK TWO

(aka I'll write a proper review in a few days when I'm coherent enough and I could actually see the keyboard without my tears) ...more

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