A review by thebritster101
Blind Spots by Thomas Mullen

4.0

Mark Owens, homicide detective, remembers how the world was before The Blinding: a phenomenon that happened 7 years ago leaving every person blind in a matter of months. A couple years later, a device called vidders were invented by Eye Tech that attached at the temple and fed visual data directly into your brain allowing you to “see” your surroundings. Now, a lead scientist at Eye Tech has been murdered and the “eye” witness and friend of the scientist claims the attacker was blacked out from her vidder, leaving the murderer completely unseen. Mark is skeptical at first, until he also sees a black figure running away from a crime scene. How is it possible to manipulate technology like this and erase yourself from others’ vidders? There are many suspects ranging from tech billionaires, those who reject using vidders, and disgruntled ex-employees at Eye Tech. Mark is determined to figure out who is behind this technology and what their end goal is.

This was a super good science fiction book that makes you wonder what would happen if everyone did go blind. How would the government react, what laws would be put in place, and how would technology help or hinder the world as it is now? This author was great at describing how characters “saw” things and what the world had gone through to finally lay down laws to help protect society. I will say the writing style was definitely different than any other book I’ve read, so I had to read this one slower to make sure I got every detail.