Darkest Minds, The-A Darkest Minds Novel, Book 1 (The Darkest Minds, #1)

by Alexandra Bracken

[Stephanie]

Pretty much my reaction after finishing:


I think the summary is very spoiler-y and I suggest not reading it! If you want to know what it's about, then I suggest only reading the first paragraph. I felt like the summary took away some of the tension that could have been there if I hadn't read it.

Now that that's out of the way, let me just tell you that this book stressed me out! The fact that these kids had people tracking them while they were on the run REALLY got to me. They got the PSF's and the Children's League after them the whole time and I don't know why, but it stressed me out. I just KNEW something was going to happen at anytime. So this book took me about a month to read because I would read a little bit, then have to put it down because I couldn't handle it. Yes, I realize how ridiculous I sound.

Besides the whole stressed out thing, I did really enjoy the book. I was curious about this East River place and who was running it (although, I figured out who was running it long before we actually find out, it's really not that difficult). The whole kids with powers thing was fascinating to me, and figuring out what everyone can do.

I absolutely LOVED Ruby's little crew, Liam, Chubs, and Zu. They have an awesome dynamic together that makes reading about their little road trip fun (and sometimes stressful). I got really close to this little group of friends and didn't want anything to happen to them (which added to the stress).

The ending was definitely heartbreaking. Granted, I did see it coming from a mile away and was not at all shocked about what happened, but it didn't make it any less painful and I am NOT happy about it. Though, I do have to say that I have read other books that had a similar ending. I can think of 2 off the top of my head, and I looked, and they all came out around the same year, which, I don't know, is interesting.

All in all, really enjoyed this, will read next book soon. I'll probably read Passenger next just because I've been anticipating it ever since it was announced.