Series: Standalone
Genera(s): Dystopian
Sci-fi, Near-Future
Subjects: technology,
telepathy, thriller, crime
Setting: Near-Future,
Detroit, Michigan
POV/Tense: 3rd
person POV: Sadie, and Ford
Age/Grade
Level: Teen
Length: 395 pgs.
HC/PB: Hardcover
List Price: $17.99
Publisher: Penguin:
Razorbill
Summary/
product description: “A high concept, cinematic read with a surprising
twist, MINDERS asks the question: who is really watching whom?
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.”
My Review: Minders
is a very interesting read with a unique perspective. Sadie get the chance to
see the world through someone else’s mind: Ford Winter. Sadie is very type A,
anal, an overachiever. Her family is rich and her parent are always throwing
parties. Sadie finally gets accepted to be a Fellow of Mind Corps. She gets to
be a Minder and enter the mind of a subject. Her subject lives in the City
Center of Detroit, not too far from where she lives. Ford lives in a poor
neighborhood, though. He’s not privileged and has a job in demolition. He has a
sister, and a brother (who died).
It’s kind of
odd reading a story about a girl viewing someone else’s life. She doesn’t do
anything most of the time beside think to him and make impressions and fall in
love with a boy who she never actually met. It’s weird, but pretty good. I
personally would have prefer this written in first person POV. I feel like
Ford’s the real main character and Sadie’s just the observer. This book is a
standalone, which works because as a series, I’m not sure how it could have
worked. It wrap ups completely.
I like that the
book is set in Detroit. I’ve never actually be in Detroit, just near it to
visit the Henry Ford museum. Detroit seems similar to Chicago, but with even
more poverty since the car industry failed a long time ago. The book creates a
good gritty atmosphere. It reminds me of Divergent, minus the factions. The
characters have a nice, smooth and humorous dialogue too. This book is light on
the Dystopian. It’s really more near-future (about 20 years from now). The
technology is believable and the world seems to have a lot of corporations.
Lots of advertisement and streets named after companies.
The book is
worth reading, but it’s not the most exciting thriller I’ve read. It’s
definitely unique and enjoyable, but some parts are slow and a little boring.
The exciting parts make up for the dull parts. I recommend this book to fans of
Divergent, Elusion (Claudia Gable and Cheryl Klam), Uninvited by Sophie Jordan,
and other dystopian books.
Cover Art
Review: I love the illustration on the
cover and the title. The color scheme is wonderful. The heads breaking apart
like chalk is awesome. The title looks like metal and buildings scraped
together into letters. Like a sculpture.
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