Publisher - Orchard Books
Format - Kindle
Synopsis - Luna is a no-hoper with a secret: in a world of illusion, she can see what is real. But can she see the truth before it is too late? Luna has always been able to exist in virtual and real worlds at the same time, a secret she is warned to keep. She hides her ability by being a Refuser: excluded by choice from the virtual spheres others inhabit. But when she is singled out for testing, she can’t hide any longer. The safest thing to do would be to fail, to go back to a dead-end life, no future. But Luna is starting to hope for something better, and hope is a dangerous thing...
A few years
ago I read the ‘Slated’ series, which I believe was Teri’s first publication.
It quickly became one of my favourite series’ and I was so happy when Hachette
approved me for her new book, Mind Games! The first thing i'll say is that I really don't think the synopsis for this book does it any justice.
The premise
of Mind Games is quite difficult to try and explain. Luna lives in a world
where the Virtual World is everything. All activities, education and well...everything
is done whilst being plugged in to a virtual world created from the mysterious ‘void’
that features throughout the book.
What I loved
about the book was that there was no big explanation at the beginning of the
book; telling you how the world came to be; why the world is the way it is. It’s
just the life that Luna lives in and therefore she doesn’t feel the need to
explain it as she doesn’t know anything else. The reader is thrown straight
into the book and your imagination can unfold.
No matter how many years pass us by, technology will always seem foreign and strange to the average person. The whole idea of an invisible world connecting us all together just blows my mind and this book plays heavily on that. Like Slated, this book was full of adventure and excitement from start to finish.
It definitely raises questions about ethics and society which is pretty much all you can ask for from a book like this. With Terry's running theme on extreme tech throughout her books - I can only wonder what her personal opinion is! A must read!
**Apologies for the lameness of reviews - i'm just getting back on my feet with this whole reading thing! I can barely remember how to do this thing.**
1 comment:
This sounds like a powerful plot for a unique dystopian novel. The idea of a virtual world is an overlooked possibility.
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