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The Darkest Minds (The Darkest Minds, #1)

Alexandra Bracken

Start date: April 1, 2014

Finish date: April 30, 2014

Discussion: Group Read

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Sep 22, 2013 Katherine rated it did not like it

DNF at 30%, because patience isn't my virtue.

It's unpopular opinion time, people (plus a story!!!).

Towards the end of my senior year in high school, we weren't doing anything much in any of my classes. We took all our finals early, so there wasn't anything else for us to do except count down the days till we could finally graduate and get the hell out of school. In the meantime, most of my teachers showed us movies to hold our attention (basically, the last two weeks of school was 6 period of wa ...more

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May 28, 2013 Harmony rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 5-stars, favourite-authors-of-all-time, legendary-status-books, ass-kickin-books, strong-female-heroines, page-turners, young-adult, science-fiction

This is the type of book you'll remember months from now. The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken is so well put together. The plot twists and turns more than roller coaster. This book had me laughing so hard my sides hurted, one moment, and the next I was balling my eyes out. It's a must read.
5 Reasons To Read The Darkest Minds:
1. The world building is like no other.
2. The plot! The plot!! The plot!!!
3. Strong set of characters
4. Alexandra Bracken's writing is incredibly vivid, and simply beauti ...more

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May 31, 2013 Madelene G rated it it was amazing

What an amazing read. Best book so far of 2013. It pulled me in right away and I could not put the book down. But the world itself was not the best part, even if it was a good and interesting world and idea. The best about the book though, was the character by far. I loved the characters and they are for sure one of my favorite book characters. Love Ruby, she is very strong and very believably. Liam is like the perfect guy, southern accent and just amazing. Their relationship was one of the best ...more

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Aug 29, 2013 Stephani rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, young-adult, dystopian, fiction, science-fiction, paranormal

The book starts off with Ruby when she was ten. Depending on you power you where put into groups of color: Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange and Red. Red being the most dangerous of them all. Ruby is an Orange hidden away as green. She uses her power to trick them. The thing about Ruby is she could never control her power ..well more like never tried. She was more scared of her self then anything else. She can read peoples minds and even take away their memory’s. She tries her best to never touch peop The book starts off with Ruby when she was ten. Depending on you power you where put into groups of color: Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange and Red. Red being the most dangerous of them all. Ruby is an Orange hidden away as green. She uses her power to trick them. The thing about Ruby is she could never control her power ..well more like never tried. She was more scared of her self then anything else. She can read peoples minds and even take away their memory’s. She tries her best to never touch people. To her if she just listens to the rules and does what she is told she will be fine.

six years later. these people break her out with warning that she was caught and they will kill her. Not having any choice, she escapes out of the camp. Ruby soon after realizes that they are lying to her and keeping something from her. so she runs from them.

Ruby comes across a little girl name Zue and two boys named Liam and Chubs. They set off to East River to find the Slip Kid, a place rumored to be a save zone for kids like them. On there adventure she tries to keep her power a secret and lies to them even tho she is slowly falling in love with Liam. The book tricks you into thinking there is a love triangle but no..oh no far from a love triangle. Ruby learns she can’t trust the people in East Rivers and lets just say the other guys is a huge A-Hole.

The ending of the book was really sad. You watch Ruby grow more towards the end. In the beginning she was more stand off-ish but when you get towards the end you see that she becomes more brave and strong. She does what ever she can to keep the people she cares for save even it meant to make them forget.

I really enjoyed the book a lot. Another book this week that i couldn’t find much flaws. The writing was really good and so is the characters. I highly recommend this book. I don’t know if its cause i just really like dystopian’s or what but this week has been a good week of reading. I hope you guys enjoy this book like i did. The book is good from the beginning to the shocking ending. I really can not wait to get my hands on the 2nd book. Like i want it not i just might sell my soul.

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Nov 10, 2013 Sarah rated it liked it

Shelves: favourites, fantasy, futurisc, paranormal, dystopian, romance, adventure

I don't know why but I wasn't sure if I was going to like this book or not and I didn't really have that good expectation of what this book was going to be like. However I must admit I was completely wrong I absolutely loved this book even though I was not expecting it. This book was able to enthral me with the story line with very likeable characters. I especially liked a main character who wasn't necessarily that strong and especially towards the beginning was not courageous at all which is ve ...more

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Jun 22, 2013 Baker rated it really liked it

Shelves: summer-reads, reviewed, love-it, gotta-have-it

I loved it, especially Liam, I really hope their is a sequel because their is no way it can end with....THAT kind of an ending. I thought Clancy made the book better but just that much more devious and evil, bringing the title darkest minds. don't trust Clancy, don't trust phsycotic oranges. I mean in the end even ruby was acting a little strange. ...more

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