My thoughts after I finished this book:What the HELL did I just read?James Dashner's writing style is nothing like anything I've ever read, or anything I ever will read.It's simple and complex at the same time. It is full of so many contradictions, so many layers, so much depth that it's really impossible to describe his books. The thing about James Dashner:He does everything for a reason.No detail is too trivial. No plot twist too big or small. Everything matters. In the end, when everything fi...

“Who knows the true definition of real?” Real ˈ/rē(ə)l/ adjective. 1) "Actually existing as a thing or occurring in fact; not imagined supposed."2) "(of a substance or thing) not imitation or artificial; genuine."According to Google's definition of real (dictionaries are a thing of the past), anything that is not artificial or an imitation is real. Therefore, everything in a virtual reality is purely a figment of our imagination. Ah, but the question is, is the VirtNet real? If we are

Check out Scott Reads It! for giveaways, reviews & more! Thank you to the lovely Go Flash Go! from Read, Rinse, Repeat! It was so kind of you to send me TEoM and I really appreciate it ;) Thanks for being awesome!!! The Eye Of Minds was one of my most anticipated read of 2013 and it definitely delivered. I have been a huge, huge James Dashner fan ever since I first read The Maze Runner in my pre-blogging days. I consider myself a member of the Dashner Army, and I was so happy when Go Flash G...

UGGHH where to begin with this book. Let me first say before I go in to dislike mode, that I am a James Dashner fan I loved the Maze Runner even though that series didn't end the way I wanted I still enjoyed it (even got my brother & boyfriend to read it, which never happens). I was pretty disappointed about this book the entire time I was reading it, as you saw from my status update earlier. Like I mentioned earlier that I really enjoyed the Maze Runner series it was hard to get into at first b...

I go off track my reading challenge schedule. I just got a ton of work and I really have to set aside reading the last 100 pages of this book. I hate it when work interferes with pleasure reading. It's just ain't right. Hahaha.Okay back to the book.5 stars.This Dashner novel is very reminiscent of the anime "sword art online". I really really liked that anime show a lot! Plus I was an avid fan of MMORPG back in my days (It was the dawn of Ragnarok Online)..So the inspiration is not really new to...

That plot twist might've been way out of left field, but it just created more logistics problems. :S And I read this almost in tandem with Brandon Sanderson's Steelheart, which really highlighted for me the main problem with Dashner's books: his writing is so clunky. It's really awkward.

3.5 Not as bad as some people are saying, not as good as I thought it was going be, either. The worst thing is that we're all comparing it with The Maze Runner series, it is not better, so, people get really dissapointed. But I liked some details and plot twists, it is also a very fast-paced book with no wasted pages at all. It has some good funny dialoge...I don't know, is not bad or good, it is just entertaining. It has the possiblility of a very good continuation, hope I can read it soon. I w...

Review originally posted at Book Probe Reviews.After I finished reading The Eye of Minds, the first in James Dashner's new YA sci-fi series The Mortality Doctrine, all I basically did was:1. eat in my sleep... . 2. run in my sleep... ... then wake up in shock horror.3. play the guitar, pretending I'm a rock god in my own VirtNet... ...while really feeling considerably itchy.Basically The Eye of Minds will mess with your mind.Even Sassy attempted to access

Sigh.Okay, if I put on my "would kids like this" hat, this book is pretty great. It's a fast-paced techno-thriller with a lot of twists and turns to keep the story moving along. A good gateway book for reluctant readers, perhaps.If I put on my "is this a good book" hat, I just want to throw it across the room in frustration and agony. While the book certainly falls in line with Tad Williams's Otherland and Conor Kostick's Saga thematically, it's written more like a Dan Brown or Brad Meltzer book...

Eye of Minds is about a gamer named Micheal and his journey through a virtual world called the Vert Net. He was sent by a security system called the VNS to stop an evil figure named Kaine. He journeys far and even losses some friends on the way but at the end of his journey he finds Kaine and it wasn't what he expected. I liked how this book had so much detail and ho the ending held a big twist. it left me on hanging on and wondering what would happen next. Overall there was nothing that I disli...

When I was reading this I hated the writing style and felt we needed a better a introduction of the characters

Such a bad book. Absolutely ridiculous. I couldn't finish it; I got maybe 25% of the way through, but it was mind-blowing; and not in a good way.Yes, I understand how a virtual reality "game" does not need to be realistic. But even the "real life" aspects are totally without any connection with "real life." Just as an example, why would a government agency kidnap a teenager, and then demand an apology from the teenager when he rebels against his captors? And then, the teenager actually does apol...

DNF around 18%. I read the first 10% or so of this in 2014, because it sounded like something I would love. Don't as me why, but I love books (or the idea of books) that are somehow set around gaming. Not being a gamer myself I don't know why this is, but I do. So this sounded like the perfect book for me. I put it aside quickly then, but recently wanted to give it another chance. After listening to an hour and a half or so of the audio, I think I will relegate this one to the DNF pile permanent...

I met James Dashner at a book event last year and at one of his panels, he challenged the audience to read The Eye of Minds. I accepted, bought it, and he signed it for me. I'm a huge fan of Ready Player One and I just finished Warcross, which I thought was pretty good. Being a non-gamer, I figured since I enjoyed those 2, I'd probably enjoy TEOM as well. Hmmmm... Not so much.It was ok, and I'm giving it an extra star because of the ending and that twist. But, I never really connected with Micha...

I have a problem with the way Dashner writes.First things first, the book was okay after I finished it. I read The Maze Runner (really liked it) and The Scorch Trials (hated it), so this was my third Dashner book and the book that would sort of solidify my opinion of Dashner. And I've decided I don't like the way he writes. While I found the book okay as a whole after finishing, it was not fun to read; it was just annoying. Similar to the Maze Runner series, I appreciate the concept and core sto...

This book was pretty meh. At first I thought it reminded me of Ready Player One minus the nerd references and the humour. But as it went on it reminded me of Ready Player One less and less. I don't know if I will continue this series or not. I'll see if I ever get in the mood for it again in the future or not.

I read Maze Runner, but other than that I haven't had much experience with Dashner. I was disappointed with this book. My biggest issue is that if your character is supposed to be a great hacker, or really smart, then he should do some amazing hacking or something really smart. Throughout the book I was wondering why the protagonist was ignoring his hacking skills, ignoring clues, refusing to search more deeply, or interview potential sources more than superficially. Overall, this book made me w...

(1.5 stars) I mean... it had an okay story line and the signature Dashner twist was at the end... I just didn't care much idk. It felt really long. It was very similar to the movie Ready Player One, I haven't read the book of it yet though.It's such an interesting concept to meet your friends in VirtNet and chow down on whatever feast your heart desires. You think you're chowing down on poutine and cupcakes, and it tastes like it but in the "waking world" you're actually eating pure healthy nutr...

What a ride... Of awfulness.

Kindly skip the sentences that were underlined as they will contain spoilers.Before I get into the review of the novel, I'd like to point out that I was expecting this to be a bad rip off of Ready Player One. RPO's one of my favorite novels, so I had mountain high expectations for The Eye of Minds. Just like James Dashner's The Maze Runner, this one literally started with a mystery. I kinda like that about Dashner. A mystery at the very beginning tends to make the reader speculate possible eve...