Hrm. Loved the concept, not so sold on the execution--I think a lot more could have been done with the ending.

I'm fairly certain I'd read this before. But a long time ago. That, or I had a lot of deja vu. ( )

Buying this for the high school. I think they'll like it, I did! ( )

I really liked this story- it had a very cinematic feel to it that I think will appeal to my teen boy readers. ( )

This was an intriguing story. The writing was pretty good. The characters were solid, and real.

The one thing I didn't like was in the last fifty or so pages, when everything was wrapping up and we were supposed to find out who was behind it all and what happened and as it was being explained, it made no sense. I was all like (out loud) "This does not make a lick of sense! No damn sense! How is this supposed to make sense?"

But then in, like, the last ten pages we found who was REALLY behind it all and then it made a little more sense. But not complete sense, you know? And that just annoyed me a little bit.

the other thing I didn't like was whenever there were movement queues from Sadie. Like, when she "Curled up in the corner and wept". I mean, did she actually curl up in a corner and weep with her own body? I don't think so, I was under the impression that there wasn't much movement available to her. And when she "Raised her eyes to meet his" when they were looking in a mirror? Was she actually raising HER eyes, or was she raising his eyes again or some metaphorical existential hum-de-dum shit like that?

Other than that, it was a solid book. Good pacing, believable characters, interesting plot. Just nothing TOO great, which is why I can only give it three stars.

Oh, and, my god, is that cover GORGEOUS or what? ( )

Q: If the boy you love commits a crime, would you turn him in? Sadie Ames is a type-A teenager from the wealthy suburbs. She's been accepted to the prestigious Mind Corps Fellowship program, where she'll spend six weeks as an observer inside the head of Ford, a troubled boy with a passion for the crumbling architecture of the inner city. There's just one problem: Sadie's fallen in love with him. Q: What if the crime is murder? Ford Winters is haunted by the murder of his older brother, James. As Sadie falls deeper into his world, dazzled by the shimmering pinpricks of color that form images in his mind, she begins to think she knows him. Then Ford does something unthinkable. Q: What if you saw it happen from inside his mind? Back in her own body, Sadie is faced with the ultimate dilemma. With Ford's life in her hands, she must decide what is right and what is wrong. And how well she can really ever know someone, even someone she loves. A high concept, cinematic read with a surprising twist, MINDERS asks the question: who is really watching who? ( )