This could have been much better than it was.I didnt quite like some of the decisions Ruby made, some of them were questionable while others were just plain stupid. Like when she tried to face Clancy by herself or when she let him completely into her mind. I guess Ruby is #TeamDumbass
The Darkest Minds is missing a ton of info that I feel is important to the story. The powers were never truly explained, why do we have to guess what powers each color represents? You never get any true concrete info about the powers. The book never explained why the government is treating kids like crap, why are the camp guards torturing kids? It seems like they are bad guys doing bad things just for the sake of being bad. Good job generic villains you have served your role.
The world building was terrible because it left so much out, where did this "Genie Virus" come from and why does it grant powers. You basically have to guess about everything.
The direction the plot was going was completely obvious for the most part. It was obvious who was going to betray who.
This is one of those stories were I dont understand why the book had to end the way it did Ruby deciding to erase Liams memories of her and what happened to Chubs. I mean in my opinion there wasnt much of a reason to do it. There also wasnt a real reason to call in the League, there is no telling if Chubs survived or if it was worth it to use them to try and save him.
I did love the supporting cast in this book especially Zu! I cant wait to see what happens next with her.
I did think that the writing style was kind of confusing at times. There is an absence of transitions in this book. A character can be in a middle of a fight and the next sentence they could be chilling a week later with no type of transition to clue you in on what happened. There were other minor problems but none of this really takes away from how good this book is.
There could of been a better alternative for the ending. I guess Bracken had to jump on the CliffHanger train. But at the end of the day this was a cool I guess, Ill be looking forward to the next one.