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 The Darkest Minds Review 
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 Hey, you know what I liked? This book. You know what I didn't like? This book ending. In that way. And some slow parts, but we'll get to that. 
 Ruby Daly ends up in a rehabilitation camp that is not totally unlike camps from the Holocaust. Children are taken away from their families-just because they were survivors of an awful disease. At only ten years old, she is taken away and sent off. She is a survivor, but it had consequences, her and the others possess unimaginable abilities. 
 Boys and girls are separated, then divided again into colors: green, blue, yellow, orange, and red-each being more dangerous than the last. Each color has their own unique ability. Ruby spends more than half a decade in the camp, until one day, a chance comes to escape. 
 I had very few issues with THE DARKEST MINDS. It was a pretty entertaining dystopian, and the twists with "abilities" was intriguing, if not a little underused. I hope to see much more what each color is capable of in the sequel. 
 The were about four distinct settings in my opinion, and the longest one unfortunately happens to be the most tiring and repetitive. There is little going on, and I feel like it was there to more or less establish relationships and loyalty. Definite character development, but it lasted a little too long for my taste. 
 Almost every character gets chewed up and spit out by the plot and events that happen to them, and nearly everyone comes out with scars. There was an unexpected twist in the climax that involved someone that was probably one of my favorite characters, and a shocking ending. 
 I will be eagerly anticipating the next book.