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loribelle3's review against another edition
3.0
Liked the premise behind the story. Got a bit bogged down with descriptions at times. Wanted different reactions/thoughts from the characters sometimes, but maybe I've just been reading too many romance novels.
jhangel77's review against another edition
4.0
You know sometimes when you wish you had the ability to do something extraordinary and how cool it would be? This book explores what could be the consequences of having this ability. Of how fear and paranoia can control a nation and how something as simple as choice is taken away because of that fear. This book is fantastic! I could not put it down (hence why it only took me a day to get through). It kept me hooked from beginning to heart-pounding end. I thought the timeline was easy enough to follow. This is a book that makes you think long after your done reading. One of my only criticisms was that I wanted more. I wanted to know what happened after the conclusion; that's the mark of a good storyteller, you get invested in the characters so much that you don't want it to end. Look forward to reading more of his books.
bookishactor's review against another edition
4.0
Brightside by Mark Tullius and read by Tee Quillin is a sci-fi horror novel exploring the question: what if telepathy was real? Examining the frightful implications of some members of society possessing the ability to read the thoughts of others and our culture’s reaction to the revelation of such people, those branded as “thought thieves” are exiled to the mountain town of Brightside where they are compelled to live apart from the rest of America. Some, as you might imagine, are discontent with this dystopian fate. Brightside is a genre bending story that at its best wields speculative fiction to invite the reader to examining contemporary and historical “othering” in American culture. Yet I was sometimes a bit bored with the plot and disappointed by the quantity of male gaze in this book - even if it IS about the inner thoughts of male characters - and found some characters to be less developed than others. Overall this was an enjoyable book, and I’ve bought the sequel, but I don’t know how quickly I’ll get to it. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
saekoshiro's review against another edition
5.0
This really explores how effed up the world would be if we had abilities "out of the norm". Ever wonder what it would be like to be a telepath? Growing up that way? What about living in a town of nothing but telepaths? No secrets. So you think. The main character is so...average, and that's what makes it even better. When he does his 'big thing' it really brings to question the decision made that lead him there, not just for him, but for you too. What would you do? Well rounded, sometimes trashy, sometimes grotesque, and mostly intimately played out. How else could you do it when surrounded by everyone's thoughts??
henryarmitage's review against another edition
2.0
Story of telepathy and government oppression. This could have been better. I didn't like the protagonist, too whiny and wrapped up in his emotions.
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