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The Never Mind
- The Never Mind Trilogy, Book 1
- Narrated by: Shelley Reece
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
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Summary
Two sisters. One destined for the crown, one doomed to silence. Princess Astrid and Princess Vega are identical in every way - except one was born near perfect, the other “deficient”. Born mute. By age six, their fates are sealed. Vega will be the next queen. Astrid, the silent princess, will spend the rest of her days rotting away in a facility. It is a time when the planet has been ravaged by global warming. Famine and disease demand drastic measures to preserve resources that are already stretched paper thin. The only thing standing between Astrid and the facility, a mother’s love.
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- Polli.P
- 16-05-21
Has potential
Truth be told, (well, I have to be honest because I got this copy as a free audio arc in return for my candid opinion), there were a few things that needed tweaking -
Not the story – royal twins separated at a young age due to one (Astrid) being a ‘deficient’ and destined for life In Oceali’s evil institutes, while the ‘normal’ one (Vega) grows up as the princess destined to be queen. Luckily Astrid is rescued from life in incarceration (along with other ‘deficient’ children) and taken to a remote island called the Never Mind, where, at a school for ‘deficients’, ‘their deficiencies are cured by drinking magical spring waters which, in turn, turn their deficiencies into a superpowers. All is sweetness and light, and lots of learning for years, until an Oceali pilot crashes into the sea close to the Island of Never Mind and is rescued by the children, (now young adults), and Astrid falls in love with him. Unbeknownst to her, he is her sister’s lover. The story outline is interesting enough and warms up to a few nice twists.
So, the story holds great promise, and I am sure as it develops in the next book it will be just as interesting, but I did feel that while the beginning and the end of the story were enough to keep me reading/listening, the rest was slightly drawn out and lacked spark. I remember thinking that maybe if the author had written the story in the first person and used book 1 to tell the story in flashbacks, it may have worked better for me. Of course, I am not the target audience (I would say 11years- 16 years) so it might just work for them.
That said, I then tried to think if the target audience would see past the lack of world building. The descriptions of Oceali and how it functioned seemed, to me, superficial and I wanted to know more about it. And yes, the island sounded nice enough, obviously better than Oceali, but it could have been any place in England on a summer’s day. Another thing I thought odd was if it was populated with people with superpowers then surely one of them would have had more brain cells than to come up with turbines and solar power for power. I guess I wanted something original and exotic and couldn’t find it.
I also noted how while Astrid’s superpower was in her voice, she failed to use it when it counted - and she was classed as intelligent- especially when it was obvious what she should do – aka ask the pilot to tell the truth the minute she met him, or at least when he was professing his love for her, or command soldiers to drop their guns (she could have done this on several occasions then taken the guns for her and her friends) or freeze the helicopters before they dropped the bombs etc etc.
And if I read/hear the word ‘bananas’ one more time…….
But as already said, I am not an 11 year old so perhaps I am just being a little picky.
However, none of the above will stop me reading/ listening to the next book in the series, (out soon I believe), because I am actually curious about Astrid and her part in the story – she was a well written character that you could get to like, and I am a bit of a sucker for a good romance.
While here I would also like to congratulate the narrator who did a wonderful job on the audio book.
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- Helen
- 06-05-21
wonderful book
wonderful book loved every minute of it
Two sisters. One destined for the crown,
one doomed to silence. Princess Astrid and Princess Vega are identical in every way
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- Anonymous User
- 24-12-22
A Fabulous story
Truly lovely. I really enjoyed listening to this story and am really looking forward to book 2.
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