Open Minds
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4.3 • 124 Ratings
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Publisher Description
When everyone reads minds, a secret is a dangerous thing to keep.
Sixteen-year-old Kira Moore is a zero, someone who can't read thoughts or be read by others. Zeros are outcasts who can't be trusted, leaving her no chance with Raf, a regular mindreader and the best friend she secretly loves. When she accidentally controls Raf's mind and nearly kills him, Kira tries to hide her frightening new ability from her family and an increasingly suspicious Raf. But lies tangle around her, and she's dragged deep into a hidden underworld of mindjackers, where having to mind control everyone she loves is just the beginning of the deadly choices before her.
Customer Reviews
Amazing!
I totally loved its just fascinating it gives you a hard time to try and put it away it's kind of addictive. So looking forward to the other books! :D
Awesome
I was pleasantly surprised but this book. Fresh story idea with a captivating story line that kept me reading for more!
Open Minds
Quinn has created a unique future world, where communicating telepathically is the norm. The world is similar to the movie "the invention of lying". There are no secrets, no lies and, no touching? The world is not well explained. The readers are not supposed to touch, the why is not really explained, too intense? Intimate? But as soon as her change happens, Kira gets her first kiss in a dramatic PDA --huh? And what's with the drinking--dipping? One kid gets drunk, and the rest feel the effects by touching, why not just read his mind if everything is so open? Does this work for food cravings as well? You would think in a society with no secrets and lies, there would be no crime, war or need for spying, but you'd be wrong. West Point is still in business, so's the FBI, and dad's a secret spy. I kept reading to learn more about this world, but it did not unfold logically, just conveniently--mindjackers cannot be read, but when Kira needs to read someone's mind she can. Her mind cannot be penetrated, hers is the only unpenetrable mind, then she meets the guard with the granite mind. Did you get that, she meets a mind she cannot jack and he's only a guard. Everyone is so special, but because the parameters for the normal world have not been set out, we haven't a clue as to who is the most unique. And another thing, the slang language used just seems made-up, and never really explained-pravers? It's annoying and gets in the way of the story. I like that the families are strong and stay loyal, I don't like that the society appears to have no social conscience, and the high school seems like a bully breeding camp. A stronger story would develop if just a little more time had been spent on building the world. I read the whole book just to learn about this world and the abilities. By the end of book one the world should be well established, I'm not interested enough to slog through another novel to satisfy that curiosity.