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Denae C

save her friends or save her family?

Reviewed in the United States on October 22, 2016

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Reader thoughts:
I was quite pleasantly surprised to discover how much I enjoyed this end. Usually I have major issues with ends, esp of series (too many die, no one dies, the MC acts OOC, the MC acts weak, there's deus ex machina, etc). None of that happened here.

Kira is torn between keeping the jackers safe, keeping her family safe, keeping the changelings safe, and keeping herself safe. She has conflicting loyalties and dangerous secrets. Can she let herself love Julian when her heart still has a hole from Raf? Can she stop the senator if it means helping Kestrel? Should she follow orders or take the opportunity to take down the enemy?

I love the moral dilemmas Kira faces in these three books. Should she jack someone? Was it only right in situations of self-preservation? Was it only right against another jacker? Even then, it's not fair because she can't be jacked. It's a little like Cinder's issues in Scarlet, and when she struggles with the morality of mind-controlling others.

I loved the growing relationship between Kira and Julian. It gets mushy only twice, and only briefly. I love that they both see past each others' looks to personality. Kira and Julian inspire people, work hard, and would sacrifice anything to save the jacker community.

The ending was better than I first realized. How do you end a book where 90% of the population is afraid of the other 10% and wants to imprison or poison them? What, do you write up a treaty? Send them to the moon? Make everyone play nice with new laws? No, think of the end of the How to Train Your Dragon movie.

I also loved all the new words in this trilogy. Tru-casts? Ultra-lights? Mindjacking? Demens? It blends perfectly with the new technology.

My only real complaint about the books is that they could be more, longer, even without more povs. With conflicts this massive (world shattering), I'd expect the actual narrative/story to build more, to feel more epic. I've read Wheel of Time and Brandon Sanderson's massive tomes and expect a page of banter or cultural background or setting now and then. I can handle books with more tension building and world building (and whatever other buildings the author might want to throw in, just so nothing is rushed).

I suppose SKQ trusts her readers' imaginations to supply those details themselves. Maybe I've gotten lazy. (It helps that we have Mindjack Short Story Collection to give us scenes from other characters.)

Writer thoughts:
The scenes are packed on top of each other very well without breaks. We start in media res on page 1, and none of the scenes end without packing a hook or new conflict into the story. Here are the first couple.

Scene #1 (Attacking electrical plant) starts with an explosion and ends with passing out to blowback.
Scene #2 (meditation with Ava) shows off epic mindjacking, has an argument, and ends with a siege.

This is one of the hardest things for me to do, as an author, and one of the subtler writing tricks that readers don't notice unless it's done wrong.

prsgrrl

A Wonderful Journey Into the Power of the Mind

Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2017

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Kira Moore lives in a world where everyone can read minds. In the first two books, she discovers that her brain is different, and instead of being able to read minds, she can control them. She also discovers that there are others out there with similar abilities, as well as people in the government who seek to control, contain, or suppress this power at all costs. This book tells the conclusion of her story. She has joined a renegade group of jackers, the JFA, where she has honed her abilities and learned to fight. Although she is intent on participating in missions, Julian, the charismatic leader of her group, thinks she would better serve the cause as the face and voice of the movement. She's already famous for outing the existence of jackers, and an anti-jacker senator named Vellus wants to use her to quash the resistance. Instead, she defies Julian and goes after Vellus herself, hoping that with the help of a Scribe (a mindjacker who can re-program people, permanently altering their personality) she can turn him to her side. Suddenly, she realizes that there is a much bigger, more sinister plot afoot, but is it too late to save not only her friends in the JFA, but all the jackers in the city from a horrifying fate?

One of the things I love about Susan's writing is how polished it is. Rarely is the reader distracted by a misspelled word or grammatical error. Also, even though this book is written in the first person, you still gain insight into the motivations of other characters, It isn't necessary to the plot that you know what they are doing when they're not in Kira's presence, and you discover things as Kira does, which allows you to process the same clues she does and try to reach your conclusion before she figures things out. Furthermore, her villains are so believable and detestable that you truly hate them. When Kira fantasizes about exacting a horrible revenge, you don't think she's a monster because you agree with her. You share her desire to protect the other characters in the book.

This series really makes you think about the difference between what you think and feel, and what you express to others. What would it be like to live in a world where you thought there were no secrets, and you got used to always knowing the subconscious and instinctual reactions of other people? After living in a world like that, how threatening would it be if you discovered that people could not only hide their thoughts from you, but "jack" into your mind, controlling and manipulating not only your thoughts, but your entire being? After all, it is our minds that control our bodies. We only use a small percentage of the capabilities of our brain, and it seems there is so much we don't understand about how it works. What truly makes us who we are - our experiences and memories, our feelings, or our choices? Imagine the fear if someone could reach in and alter any of those things, and imagine the power if you were the one who could do it. The moral obligation (or lack thereof) is what the characters in this book struggle with throughout the series.

roblee59

Loved the twists

Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2017

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Kiras romantic connection with Julian finally came to be. The parts that got me were how this evolution started and Vellus' real plan and what an ass Kestrel really was. A lot worse than Kiras worst nightmare. The action picked up even more intense than the second book and surprised me in a few ways with the introduction of new characters and the way that the poison backfired and actually squashed Kestrels plans. Yay. The nice part of the ending was how Kiras dream of being a doctor came about in a different way than she had imagined.

Recommend this book since it was the perfect sequel to the last one.

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Jess. (JessReviews)

Great end to the trilogy

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 30, 2018

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This book was enjoyable to read. It moved at a nice fast pace throughout and the plot developed well.

I have enjoyed seeing Kira grow as an individual. She's become a strong independent women. I also liked getting to know various other characters more such as Julian, Sasha, Anna and Ava.

I liked the different types of Mindjackers and seeing what their different skills were. That was alot better than everyone simply being the same and doing the same thing.

I liked how the storyline progressed. The smaller details were good and especially the ones I didn't see coming, such as her mum and the ending in general.

The was great and very different to what you could have guessed. Kira choose to make a decision which to some in the book, would have been controversial. It made the final outcome more exciting to read.

Through all the heartbreak and tears Kira had to endure, it was nice to see her happy with Julian. As much as it was sad to see her lose Raf, it was nice to see someone else make her happy.

I would definitely recommend this series. It moves at a nice pace with a great storyline. The second and third books are definitely better than the first.

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Kirstein

Still an excellent series

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 9, 2020

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What an absolutely brilliant and amazing imagination Susan Kaye Quinn has! This series is one of the best I've read in years and I've already downloaded the short stories pack from Amazon ready to start on as soon as I've finished this review.

I recommend this series to anyone who enjoys getting lost in a book for hours but don't start reading it late on or you will realise it's long after the time you intended to be asleep, as I did with all three books. If you are buying hard copies I seriously recommend you buy all the three books and the five short stories all at the same time because you are going to hate waiting for the next book to arrive each time. OK that's enough I think because I honestly need to get back into Kira's world x

Herbie

Good read .... spoilers

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 11, 2017

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The third book in the mindjack series which ends Kira's story. The trilogy was good, it had a solid storyline and well written characters. The problem I had with all three books is there were very few victories in that the jackers where constantly taken down or the fact Kira was constantly kidnapped or taken. Kira suffered the most loss. She lost simon in the first book, which had mixed feelings due to his betrayal. Then in the 2nd book she lost Raf. When Rafs memories were lost I truely felt those emotions through Kira and my heart broke for her. She did get a happy ending with Julien but I felt the books lacked chemistry between them. The romance was certainly in the background of the storyline however a lot was about how Kira felt about the people in her life. Often she would make mistakes and was a little dramatic which did become annoying. There was no sexual tension and no mention of sex only kissing which would make it a good read for younger teens however not so good for older readers who like chemistry between the main characters. Good read

Rhianno H Morris

Finale...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 20, 2013

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With tears still in my eyes, I started this third installment. At first, I felt a little disorientated as if the plot had speed off leaving me behind. Soon, though, I caught up and the book turned out to have all of the charm, richness and tenderness of its predecessors. This is an excellent to a trilogy. Tying up nearly every question I had from the previous. I strong recommend reading this and savouring it. It's not just a book (and a series) to be read, it's to be digested and understood too.
Thank you for a great trilogy.

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Large formatting errors but otherwise satisfying conclusion

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 14, 2016

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It was a satisfying conclusion to the series. However, I found that a lot of the mind reading conversations weren't italicized. Whether this is an editing mistake or a formatting mix up between purchase and download I don't know, but it made it quite hard to tell if it was Kiera thinking or someone mind talking.

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