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sparksofember's review
4.0
I was privileged several years ago to be a beta-reader for Mind Writer by Mike Lynch & Lisa Godfrees. There were times when I was beta-reading that I’d get so completely sucked into the story I’d forget to pay attention for feedback purposes. So I was thrilled when it got picked up for publication and I’m happy to report the completed novel is even better than the earlier version!
Mind Writer is mostly a story about the unique alliance between a young lady who knows too much and the man sent to capture her. They encounter friends, and enemies, as they sort through their personal troubles and fight to save the lives of everyone not in the upper-crust of society. It’s action-packed with the characters on constant move. The setting is interesting as a futuristic, environmentally degraded world that has a different flavor from the prevalent YA dystopians. It feels not only familiar but plausible.
It’s a little different from my usual fiction – Adult Science Fiction rather than YA Fantasy/Romance – but I enjoyed the story a lot. I only have two quibbles and they are both minor. 1) The cover – it’s just awful. It would have been better if it showed something like the two main characters on the back of a motorcycle, perhaps with an exploding hangar behind them. Something like that. 2) There’s a bit of a split-up toward the end, almost like two separate climaxes to the story, which I though diluted the tension just a bit. But it was understandable and not a huge deal. Oh – and I didn’t love Malotetnev’s name – just because it was difficult to pronounce while reading the book aloud to my hubby! I’ll confess I cut the “et” from the name pretty quickly. ;-)
All in all, Mind Writer is an exciting adventure and a fun read.
Mind Writer is mostly a story about the unique alliance between a young lady who knows too much and the man sent to capture her. They encounter friends, and enemies, as they sort through their personal troubles and fight to save the lives of everyone not in the upper-crust of society. It’s action-packed with the characters on constant move. The setting is interesting as a futuristic, environmentally degraded world that has a different flavor from the prevalent YA dystopians. It feels not only familiar but plausible.
It’s a little different from my usual fiction – Adult Science Fiction rather than YA Fantasy/Romance – but I enjoyed the story a lot. I only have two quibbles and they are both minor. 1) The cover – it’s just awful. It would have been better if it showed something like the two main characters on the back of a motorcycle, perhaps with an exploding hangar behind them. Something like that. 2) There’s a bit of a split-up toward the end, almost like two separate climaxes to the story, which I though diluted the tension just a bit. But it was understandable and not a huge deal. Oh – and I didn’t love Malotetnev’s name – just because it was difficult to pronounce while reading the book aloud to my hubby! I’ll confess I cut the “et” from the name pretty quickly. ;-)
All in all, Mind Writer is an exciting adventure and a fun read.
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