The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken
“But inside or out, I was alone, and I was beginning to
wonder if I always had been, if I always would be.”
Ruby
wakes up on her 10th birthday and something has changed within her,
something so big that her parents don’t recognise who she is and enough to get
her thrown out and into a camp for kids just like her. After living as a Green for
6 years – she’s been saved after being identified as an Orange one of the only
kind left. However after finding some of the intentions of those who broke her
out – the Children’s League – Ruby decides it’s better to leave and finds
herself with a trio of misfit kids trying to find a safe haven.
The
first half of the book was the best half - Although it was slow paced it was
full of a lot of action and events. The plot was very typical of a dystopian
novel with the MC being special and hiding who she is however the other aspects
of the book made it worthwhile to read. I loved the plot and how it felt
dystopian adventure road trip style book as it showed their journey and built
up towards them finding the safe haven. The information surrounding the context
and history of the characters were scattered throughout the novel so it wasn’t
just an overload of information. The characters were individually really unique
and their different personalities when together were good and added to their
close bond. The relationships between Ruby and the other characters were all
different which was nice so the reader knew more about the minor characters.
I
haven’t read a dystopian novel like this in ages as they were all the hype 3
years ago and whilst reading this I wondered why I had stopped and then came
the second half and I remembered just why. The book changed settings towards
the safe haven and the plot was so stereotypical with her growing close with
the main leader and it all ending badly. Ruby losing touch with the other characters
and having a fall out with them, dealing with her powers and knowing she’s
extra special and betrayal occurring. The entire set up was repetitive of other
books and it just didn’t suit the first half. Also the second half was way too
fast compared to the other half; the emphasis on the panic button thingy
throughout the novel made it so obvious what was going to occur and the world
building needed to be built up better as it was confusing sometimes how America
had changed outside of what happened to the kids.
I
knew that Ruby would do something for Liam but I didn’t expect what she did to
him.
★★★☆☆
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