Reviewed by Joséphine on
Book rating: 2.5 stars
Initial thoughts: The premise of Don't Even Think About It sounds intriguing — practically an entire class gains ESP abilities due to a tainted batch of flue shots. There's so much that can be done with that idea! Sadly, that potential wasn't entirely realized. At the baseline, I liked the narrative style. The point(s)-of-view was an amalgamation of a collective "we", sort of like an omniscient plural first person. I say "sort of" because occasionally the point-of-view represented that of one person in the group but for the most part it could've been anyone. Many people might find this confusing but I liked it because for all intents and purposes, that could all read each other's minds which means their thoughts overlapped in a way that mimicked inner dialogues.
Beyond the mind reading, the potentials and repercussions though, there wasn't all that much substance to Don't Even Think About It. Most of it boiled down to romance — who cheated on who, manipulating a love interest by reading their thoughts, figuring out if someone liked them back, etc. That plot got tiring to keep up because there was no parallel arch about other ways to take advantage of their newfound ESP.
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