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Book Review of The Darkest Minds (Darkest Minds, Bk 1)

The Darkest Minds (Darkest Minds, Bk 1)
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I'm not sure how you make a book about psychic teenagers living in a crumbling society boring, but this book managed to do it with flying colors. The ONLY thing I liked about it was the idea that nowhere is really safe; when you're on the outside it's more about choosing the lesser evil than finding a group of "good guys" to align with. That said, the characters were flat, the conflicts weren't engaging, the color system of the kids is never explained...but worst of all this is a nearly 500 page book where almost nothing happens. Definitely not interested enough to read the sequels.