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3.54 AVERAGE
3.54 AVERAGE
This would be a really cool Black Mirror episode. I gave one less star because the ending wrapped up too quickly for me.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I am on the fence with this one. I really enjoyed the first book... full disclosure, I have not read the original series that this one branched from. I was all-in with this one. I was ready for more Letty Davenport. She's a very strong female character we can all get behind.
I will say, I'm not a fan of political leaning fiction books. I don't care which way the leaning is, it's just not my thing. While there is some leaning in this one, it wasn't too heavy going each way, so it balanced out, mostly.
I was glad to be on the wild ride with Letty in this adventure. I will definitely check out the next book whenever it comes out.
I will say, I'm not a fan of political leaning fiction books. I don't care which way the leaning is, it's just not my thing. While there is some leaning in this one, it wasn't too heavy going each way, so it balanced out, mostly.
I was glad to be on the wild ride with Letty in this adventure. I will definitely check out the next book whenever it comes out.
An unknown agent spread around the world causing everyone to completely lose their eyesight. Fast forward several years and they have discovered a way to make people see again by implanting a transistor in their brain.
Not everyone believes in this science and some have chosen to remain in the dark. The police had first dabs on the new sightseeing goggles and they had bad cops taking advantage of those without sight.
Now it appears that they have dark blobs killing people and nobody is able to see them to tell who they are. The MC must figure out who is behind this and stop them before they can take over the world.
This was a great dystopian with loads of mysterious twists and turns that I didn’t see coming.
Not everyone believes in this science and some have chosen to remain in the dark. The police had first dabs on the new sightseeing goggles and they had bad cops taking advantage of those without sight.
Now it appears that they have dark blobs killing people and nobody is able to see them to tell who they are. The MC must figure out who is behind this and stop them before they can take over the world.
This was a great dystopian with loads of mysterious twists and turns that I didn’t see coming.
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
This is a creative, highly entertaining and action-packed novel that questions how much we can trust what we see, especially when intermediaries (in the novel, a tech company; in real life, I'd say, the media). It made me think of the better aspects of some of Blake Crouch's novels--but _Blind Spots_ doesn't go off the rails the way _Dark Matter_ did towards the end.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Fun piece of speculative fiction. Pacing was perfect with a lot of time crafting the plot at the expense of the characters. The unique story overrode the lack of character depth however and made this a truly fun experience at least for me!
Now You See It…
Thomas Mullen astonished me with his moving Darktown trilogy of books. Set starting in the 1940’s, these brought to light what life was like for the first black police officers in Jim Crow Atlanta. Read “Darktown,” it is an important and fascinating historical fiction.
Mullen’s new novel, “Blind Spots,” covers a whole different arena, now in the science fiction realm. An epidemic had caused the world’s population to go blind. After a chaotic initial period, “The Blinding,” technology responded with an apparatus, a “vidder,” attached to the temples, enabling the brain to “see” images.
There is major concern over how this new vision is controlled. The very poor cannot afford this device while some groups of people reject the mechanism altogether. As mistrustful as people are about simple vaccinations, paranoia runs rampant over the government controlling people’s perceptions of reality.
“We haven’t voted on whether or not we should combine the human with the machine, but they’re doing it anyway!”
In this setting, we have Mark Owens, a cop still devasted by his wife’s suicide in the aftermath of The Blinding. Back on active duty, he is investigating a murder that seems crazy. A scientist was killed, and the witness claimed she only saw a dark form, “...like he’d been blotted out…” To the police this sounded like a weak alibi. “The vidder must have malfunctioned” was an excuse resorted to often.
Things change, though, when the witness is murdered, and this time Mark is the one who sees a cloaked image of the suspect getting away. Was this a malfunction? Why did his experience match the one his witness testified to? Is this a technical issue or are there dark forces controlling from behind the curtain?
“Blind Spots” branches out into a number of social issues, conspiracies, and plot twists– all the time keeping the action brisk and intriguing. I did not expect a sci-fi novel from the author, but it was very well done.
Thank you to St Martin's Press / Minotaur Books and NetGalley for providing the advance reader copy in exchange for an honest review.
Thomas Mullen astonished me with his moving Darktown trilogy of books. Set starting in the 1940’s, these brought to light what life was like for the first black police officers in Jim Crow Atlanta. Read “Darktown,” it is an important and fascinating historical fiction.
Mullen’s new novel, “Blind Spots,” covers a whole different arena, now in the science fiction realm. An epidemic had caused the world’s population to go blind. After a chaotic initial period, “The Blinding,” technology responded with an apparatus, a “vidder,” attached to the temples, enabling the brain to “see” images.
There is major concern over how this new vision is controlled. The very poor cannot afford this device while some groups of people reject the mechanism altogether. As mistrustful as people are about simple vaccinations, paranoia runs rampant over the government controlling people’s perceptions of reality.
“We haven’t voted on whether or not we should combine the human with the machine, but they’re doing it anyway!”
In this setting, we have Mark Owens, a cop still devasted by his wife’s suicide in the aftermath of The Blinding. Back on active duty, he is investigating a murder that seems crazy. A scientist was killed, and the witness claimed she only saw a dark form, “...like he’d been blotted out…” To the police this sounded like a weak alibi. “The vidder must have malfunctioned” was an excuse resorted to often.
Things change, though, when the witness is murdered, and this time Mark is the one who sees a cloaked image of the suspect getting away. Was this a malfunction? Why did his experience match the one his witness testified to? Is this a technical issue or are there dark forces controlling from behind the curtain?
“Blind Spots” branches out into a number of social issues, conspiracies, and plot twists– all the time keeping the action brisk and intriguing. I did not expect a sci-fi novel from the author, but it was very well done.
Thank you to St Martin's Press / Minotaur Books and NetGalley for providing the advance reader copy in exchange for an honest review.