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Really enjoyable book. This was such a disturbing possibility for humanity's future, but I love disturbing stories so I found it super interesting


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Open Minds Mindjack Series Book 1 Susan Kaye Quinn 9781466354265 Books Reviews

This book was good after I reached 42%. Before that it was too slow and the teen age angst was boring. The h claimed that she was close to Raf but did not talk to him about any meaningful. I am not talking about her big secret either. Not telling Raf about her big secret was understandable. She did not act like they were close friends.

If I had not read the reviews, that said the book was good after the first half of the book, I would have stopped reading long before reaching the 42%. I rarely discard a book without finishing it but I would have made an exception with this one.

After the first half of the book, the action picked up and the book was actually interesting. I am happy that I finished the book because I did like the 2nd half. I would give the first part of the book 1 star and the 2nd half 4 1/2 stars.
The first half of this book is nicely done, though a bit slow. It's a good "What if?" story, about a mildly dystopian future that -- at least from what little we see of the main character's tiny world -- looks almost exactly like our present, but for the fact that the majority of the human race has evolved to read minds. Only those people who can't read minds are considered abnormal. There's also a "Superhero/Supervillain Origin Story" thing going on, as Kira discovers she's not, in fact, a "zero" (non-mind-reader") but something else entirely. Something powerful and dangerous a "jacker" who can control minds.

I also enjoyed the bits of made-up future slang, and the explanation for why some of it is based on Latin. Nice touch! But apart from that, there is not much world-building because all we see is filtered through Kira's extremely limited, sheltered perspective.

The second half of the book was, unfortunately, REALLY slow. The way the story drags is particularly inexcusable because the stakes are supposed to be so high saving people, uncovering a government conspiracy, confronting loved ones about uncomfortable truths. The setting at this point switches away from high school, where the story had the benefits of metaphor (and raging teenage hormones). Once these things are left behind, Kira's narration is not as engaging and her relationships not as developed. For instance, she spends a lot of time wanting to save a younger jacker girl, Laney, but since we're never really made to care much about Laney as an individual, that plotline just doesn't hold the right level of suspense. (Incidentally, Laney is one of a very few females that Kira encounters in the whole book, which is otherwise a bit of a sausagefest).

Also, it turns out that Kira is not only special, she's the Most Special. She's not only a jacker, but a Super Jacker. The Only One In The World. And of course, from the moment she discovers her powers she's almost instantly mastering them. And the whole novel takes place within about 2 months. This sort of thing is not uncommon in YA, sci-fi and fantasy novels, but that's not an automatic excuse.
I am an avid reader. I devour books the way most people would gorge on sweets. Lately I’ve been reading a slew of new and up-and-coming authors. A subscriber to BookBub, I receive daily deals. Back in April I received a deal on Open Minds Mindjack Saga. It was recommended because of my ratings on dystopian and science fiction books. The teaser bit sounded interesting, so I picked it up and plopped it into the “to-be-read” folder on my . This past Monday, it showed up on my BookBub ratings request. I hadn’t read it, but I was in the mood for a dystopian/sci-fi book so I read the sample chapter. This turned out to be a brilliant move. In fact I was so entertained by Open Minds that I bought the second and third books in the series before I’d even finished it!

From the back of the book 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.

At the start of the book you are presented with a future world. The use of beneficial chemicals (pesticides, water treatment purifiers, animal antibiotics, etc.) have caused a genetic evolution in humans. This evolutionary jump resulted in an entire population of people who communicate mind to mind, Readers. There is no lying mind to mind, very few secrets (hard to keep when you hear/broadcast every thought), and precious little privacy. Even with this evolutionary jump, there are occasional throwbacks who don’t go through the change at puberty. Society views them as Zeros, fit only for menial jobs in society. When you can’t be read, you can’t be trusted. You become zero.

The main character, Kira, is a girl who is past the common change age and has resigned herself to being a zero. The book starts on Kira’s first day of school after summer break. As a known zero, going through classes is a struggle. After all, why should the teachers talk out loud when they can “hear” exactly how much you are comprehending and absorbing from the mental lessons? Frustrated and struggling Kira turns to her only friend, Raf. He is also a normal reader, a Puerto Rican hottie, a high school soccer god, and the boy Kira has a crush on. He doesn’t mind Kira’s disability and seems to like her, but it’s tough when Kira knows that she could never date him or be seen as more than a friend.

Being a zero sucks, but it was about to get a lot worse for Kira. One particularly frustrating afternoon while studying with Raf, he tries to kiss Kira. In her nervousness, she accidentally knocks out him out and nearly kills him, all with her mind. She is suddenly very aware that what she did was not normal. It wasn’t something any reader could do. Scared and alone, not knowing how to control her abilities, Kira starts lying to everyone. Pretending to be a zero. Until another student, Simon, reveals that he knows she’s a jacker. If being a zero was miserable, being a jacker is worse. It’s downright dangerous. Especially for the normal readers in her life.

Simon, who is not a reader but passes for one every day at school, agrees to teach Kira how to control her abilities. It’s not long before you see that Simon might not be the gallant hero in this story. Kira is generally a good person, but with Simon pushing and her unease about abusing her abilities, it seems as if she’s making all the wrong choices. Open Minds brought home a simple truth. Teenagers do not always make good choices. They just don’t have the life experiences to see things from multiple angles. This could sometimes make Kira seem less intelligent. It didn’t bother me. I figured, Kira is barely legal to learn to drive a car, I can’t expect her to suddenly know rocket science! Nor do I expect her to always make the right choice (though she tries...). The real action of the book starts when she’s introduced to a ragtag clan of criminal jackers. Kira knows she’s in trouble. Can she get out of the situation? Can she protect her family and friends? Can she survive?

All of this is set against a futuristic society full of techno/magical advances. Some of the things I liked most about this book weren’t grand. They were little (tiny) details woven through the story. For example, when Kira is in a shady part of town, she thinks about the building codes, how the buildings must be built a certain distance apart to help “quiet the mind” and protect readers in their sleep. Electronics are used by linking your mind with mindware installed in the devices. The same goes for machines, cars (autopilot!), and a host of other things. All of these details are woven in with a deft hand.

There are so many things about this book that appeals to me as a reader the technological advances, the simple mind magic (a word I’m using lightly), the consistent forward movement of the plot. I also was intrigued by the historical subplot. It wasn’t subtle. Susan Kay Quinn builds in a strong correlation between the looming threat of being sent to a nebulous jacker prison and the real-life historical internment camps. The subplot ultimately force Kira into a moral dilemma and the biggest choice of her life.

If you’re looking for a futuristic cyberpunk/sci-fi book with a fast pace, a strong female lead, and an intriguing storyline, I recommend Open Minds Mindjacker Saga Book One. It’s good. Really good. I’m going to start book two now.
Really enjoyable book. This was such a disturbing possibility for humanity's future, but I love disturbing stories so I found it super interesting