A review by zoesnicholson
Minders by Michele Jaffe

3.0

There are some books that simply scream out at you to read them. Whether with their gorgeous covers or intriguing summaries, these are the books that you can't live without reading. To me, Minders by Michele Jaffe was one of those books. From the moment I read the synopsis, I was absolutely hooked.

Minders is set in the future where scientists have created a way for people to observe the minds of others. Our protagonist, Sadie, has just been offered to spend six weeks inside the head of a troubled boy named Ford; and, without much thought, she agrees. But while inside his mind, he commits a horrible crime - and gets away with it. Sadie is stuck with a dilemma: should she turn him in or not?

While the plot was certainly the best part of the story, and what drew me in originally, there were times I felt that some parts of the story were a bit unnecessary. There was a huge "evil corporation" subplot that I felt the book would have done better without as it didn't add much to the development of the plot or the characters and made the pacing significantly slower.

As for the character of Sadie herself, I started out the story rather liking her. She is driven and intelligent, and she knows what she wants and how to get it. However, in the middle of the story, while in Ford's mind, she begins to fall in love with him, and that's where I got a bit annoyed. Gone was the determined and driven young lady I enjoyed; replaced by someone lovesick and a bit annoying.

While certainly original and groundbreaking, it seemed that Michele Jaffe just tried to tackle a little too much with this novel with the multitude of unnecessary subplots.