Title: The Eye of Minds
Author: James Dashner
Genre: Sci-Fi/ mind-blowing-twist-ending
Book Blurb:
Michael is a gamer. And like most gamers, he almost spends more time on the VirtNet than in the actual world. The VirtNet offers total mind and body immersion, and it’s addictive. Thanks to technology, anyone with enough money can experience fantasy worlds, risk their life without the chance of death, or just hang around with Virt-friends. And the more hacking skills you have, the more fun. Why bother following the rules when most of them are dumb, anyway?
But some rules were made for a reason. Some technology is too dangerous to fool with. And recent reports claim that one gamer is going beyond what any gamer has done before: he’s holding players hostage inside the VirtNet. The effects are horrific—the hostages have all been declared brain-dead. Yet the gamer’s motives are a mystery.
The government knows that to catch a hacker, you need a hacker.
And they’ve been watching Michael. They want him on their team.
But the risk is enormous. If he accepts their challenge, Michael will need to go off the VirtNet grid. There are back alleys and corners in the system human eyes have never seen and predators he can’t even fathom—and there’s the possibility that the line between game and reality will be blurred forever
Review:
That ending! That ending! Mind=imploded.
Just finished The Eye of Minds about ten minutes ago and I am reeling with emotions. I'm going to start this review off by discussing The Ending.
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How could Michael be a Tangent?! (A Tangent is someone who is created by computer programs and exists in VirtNet, kind of like an online world.) How did I not see that coming?! AHhhhh.....*runs around screaming*
