A review by waywardskyril
The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken
4.0
I mostly enjoyed reading this book.
Overall, it was written well. I could picture the scenes and feel what Ruby was feeling, and I always like that. But occasionally it seemed as if Alexandra Bracken used phrases such as, "A tingling in the back of my head," "a warm feeling in my chest," etc, rather than just saying- you know- "She felt happy," or whatever the case may be. Still, though, I enjoyed it, and didn't think about the writing too much.
The characters. The characters and the plot are definitely what made this story. I really loved all of the characters because I could understand them, and they seemed as if they were real, like they were my friends. I really loved them.
The plot was brilliant. I admire the whole idea of it. Perfectly written and easy to believe.
What I really DIDN'T like was the swearing, and there was a lot of it. As a Christian, I don't like ANY, but I tolerate some since you can't find many good novels without it. What I hated most was that near the end after about 400 pages there is suddenly three cases of hard swearing.
It was utterly disappointing.
Despite the other bits of profanity, I had planned to give this book a 5 And add it to my favs, but with that kind of language in it... No, I wouldn't want it displayed as a favorite. I won't be recommending it to people either. I wouldn't want them to read all of that. I was seriously looking forward to the sequel before I read that, but now... I don't know. I'll probably read it in the bookstore before I buy it. I don't want to own books with that kind of language, and I don't want to throw my money away buying it if it DOES have it.
If you were thinking about reading it... think twice. There are so many other options. Would you really want a book on your bookshelf that has that kind of thing when there are so many other without it?
Overall, it was written well. I could picture the scenes and feel what Ruby was feeling, and I always like that. But occasionally it seemed as if Alexandra Bracken used phrases such as, "A tingling in the back of my head," "a warm feeling in my chest," etc, rather than just saying- you know- "She felt happy," or whatever the case may be. Still, though, I enjoyed it, and didn't think about the writing too much.
The characters. The characters and the plot are definitely what made this story. I really loved all of the characters because I could understand them, and they seemed as if they were real, like they were my friends. I really loved them.
The plot was brilliant. I admire the whole idea of it. Perfectly written and easy to believe.
What I really DIDN'T like was the swearing, and there was a lot of it. As a Christian, I don't like ANY, but I tolerate some since you can't find many good novels without it. What I hated most was that near the end after about 400 pages there is suddenly three cases of hard swearing.
It was utterly disappointing.
Despite the other bits of profanity, I had planned to give this book a 5 And add it to my favs, but with that kind of language in it... No, I wouldn't want it displayed as a favorite. I won't be recommending it to people either. I wouldn't want them to read all of that. I was seriously looking forward to the sequel before I read that, but now... I don't know. I'll probably read it in the bookstore before I buy it. I don't want to own books with that kind of language, and I don't want to throw my money away buying it if it DOES have it.
If you were thinking about reading it... think twice. There are so many other options. Would you really want a book on your bookshelf that has that kind of thing when there are so many other without it?