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Don't Even Think About It #2
Think Twice
What's worse than having telepathy in high school? Having telepathy in high school, and then losing it. When class 10B got their flu shots and developed the unexpected side effect of telepathy, it seemed like the worse thing ever. But two years later, they've got used to their powers. They've even come to like them. And as they prepare to leave school, they're all making exciting plans - plans that involve them being Espies. So when one by one they suddenly begin to lose their powers, they know they can't let it happen. Can they save their telepathy before it's too late? Or will they have to learn how to survive without them once again?
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Sarah Mlynowski
163 books3,354 followersSarah was born in Montreal, Canada. After graduating with an honors degree in English literature from McGill University, she moved to Toronto to work for Harlequin Enterprises. While she never met Fabio, she used her romance publishing experiences to fuel her first novel Milkrun.
Since then, Sarah has written four additional novels for adults: Fishbowl, As Seen on TV, Monkey Business, and Me vs. Me; the New York Times bestselling middle grade series Whatever After; the middle grade series Upside-Down Magic (with Lauren Myracle and Emily Jenkins); and the teen novels Bras & Broomsticks, Frogs & French Kisses, Spells & Sleeping Bags, and Parties & Potions (all in the Magic in Manhattan series), as well as Gimme a Call, Ten Things We Did (And Probably Shouldn't Have), Don't Even Think About It, Think Twice, and I See London, I See France. Along with Lauren Myracle and E. Lockhart, Sarah also wrote How to Be Bad, and along with Farrin Jacobs, she wrote See Jane Write, a guide to writing. Sarah also co-edited two bestselling charity collections (Girls' Night In and Girls' Night Out), and has contributed to various anthologies (American Girls About Town, Sixteen: Stories About That Sweet and Bitter Birthday, 21 Proms, First Kiss (Then Tell), Fireworks, and Vacations from Hell).
Sarah is also a co-founder of OMG BookFest, a celebration of books aimed at the early to middle grade reader (ages 7-12) that brings together commercial and award-winning authors with underserved local communities for an exciting experience of books, games and activities.
Sarah's books have been translated into twenty-nine languages and optioned to Hollywood. She now lives in New York City with her husband and two daughters.
Since then, Sarah has written four additional novels for adults: Fishbowl, As Seen on TV, Monkey Business, and Me vs. Me; the New York Times bestselling middle grade series Whatever After; the middle grade series Upside-Down Magic (with Lauren Myracle and Emily Jenkins); and the teen novels Bras & Broomsticks, Frogs & French Kisses, Spells & Sleeping Bags, and Parties & Potions (all in the Magic in Manhattan series), as well as Gimme a Call, Ten Things We Did (And Probably Shouldn't Have), Don't Even Think About It, Think Twice, and I See London, I See France. Along with Lauren Myracle and E. Lockhart, Sarah also wrote How to Be Bad, and along with Farrin Jacobs, she wrote See Jane Write, a guide to writing. Sarah also co-edited two bestselling charity collections (Girls' Night In and Girls' Night Out), and has contributed to various anthologies (American Girls About Town, Sixteen: Stories About That Sweet and Bitter Birthday, 21 Proms, First Kiss (Then Tell), Fireworks, and Vacations from Hell).
Sarah is also a co-founder of OMG BookFest, a celebration of books aimed at the early to middle grade reader (ages 7-12) that brings together commercial and award-winning authors with underserved local communities for an exciting experience of books, games and activities.
Sarah's books have been translated into twenty-nine languages and optioned to Hollywood. She now lives in New York City with her husband and two daughters.
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June 4, 2016
I enjoyed the slightly different concept to this book and OMG that last chapter cave me actual CHILLS like kudos to you Sarah Mlynowski.
July 30, 2016
Think Twice was the unexpected but ever so cute sequel to Mlynowski’s 2014 release, Don't Even Think About It. With two years between the release of the original book and the sequel, it was understandable that I was nervous going into Think Twice when I had little to no real recollection of the first book. Oops! Luckily, the sneaky inclusion of a well-placed “report” (*cough* character guide *cough*) in the prologue made it more than easy to slip back in the world and the storyline flowed on from that perfectly.
What I remembered most about the first book was how light-hearted and easy to read it was. The plotline was straightforward and the writing was a little too simplistic, but nonetheless readable and entertaining. Think Twice was very similar in those regards. This novel was never going to be a standout when it is filled with slightly immature humour and simplistic storytelling, but not every book needs to be. This book was fun. I enjoyed it. It was entertaining… even if I’ll probably forget it in a month’s time.
I think its indistinctiveness was largely due to how basic the plotline was. It was very character-driven - to the point where the plotline was largely non-existent. We pretty much just followed the class of 10B and their reaction to discovering their ESP powers are disappearing. Normally, character-driven stories are my jam. I adored diving into the heads of characters and understanding what makes them tick. It’s why I’m such a Criminal Minds fan, but, staying on topic, this story lacked the level of characterisation it needed to pull off such a slow-moving, practically non-existent plotline.
It isn’t easy to have a cast of 15+ main characters and flesh them all out equally, and I can tell that the author struggled with that too. Unfortunately, I don’t think she managed the characterisation needed successfully. While most of the characters were tolerable, some did stand out more than others. I particularly enjoyed Tessa, BJ and Mackenzie because their character arcs were the most obvious and I felt that we got to understand them the most. We saw them develop. Is it fair to compare them to Daniel and Brinn who didn’t get as much “page time”? Maybe not. But I think the author could have done something to balance the individual storylines out better and then this wouldn’t have been a problem.
Some of this could have been overcome if the third person POV hadn’t been used. Normally, I’m an advocate for this particular writing style because it allows us to get into the mindspace of all of the characters rather than just the narrator or protagonist. However, it is difficult following 15+ individual storylines and if we could have gotten into the head of a few key characters - rather than the entire cast - I think the storyline would have been broken down into more manageable sections. With that being said, some of the characters’ narration styles were actually quite irritating and I know that I would be driven insane if I had read long passages from their POVs. Olivia’s narration, for example, overused exclamation marks and rambled on and on about the possibility of Cooper’s secret crush on Mackenzie’.
Overall?
Think Twice was an entertaining and undeniably fun read. The simplistic and almost juvenile writing style set the tone for the story, and expecting much more from the story would have been setting the book up to fall short of your expectations. Although I could have asked a little more from the characterisation and plot, it was the type of book that achieved its purpose in entertaining me.
What I remembered most about the first book was how light-hearted and easy to read it was. The plotline was straightforward and the writing was a little too simplistic, but nonetheless readable and entertaining. Think Twice was very similar in those regards. This novel was never going to be a standout when it is filled with slightly immature humour and simplistic storytelling, but not every book needs to be. This book was fun. I enjoyed it. It was entertaining… even if I’ll probably forget it in a month’s time.
I think its indistinctiveness was largely due to how basic the plotline was. It was very character-driven - to the point where the plotline was largely non-existent. We pretty much just followed the class of 10B and their reaction to discovering their ESP powers are disappearing. Normally, character-driven stories are my jam. I adored diving into the heads of characters and understanding what makes them tick. It’s why I’m such a Criminal Minds fan, but, staying on topic, this story lacked the level of characterisation it needed to pull off such a slow-moving, practically non-existent plotline.
It isn’t easy to have a cast of 15+ main characters and flesh them all out equally, and I can tell that the author struggled with that too. Unfortunately, I don’t think she managed the characterisation needed successfully. While most of the characters were tolerable, some did stand out more than others. I particularly enjoyed Tessa, BJ and Mackenzie because their character arcs were the most obvious and I felt that we got to understand them the most. We saw them develop. Is it fair to compare them to Daniel and Brinn who didn’t get as much “page time”? Maybe not. But I think the author could have done something to balance the individual storylines out better and then this wouldn’t have been a problem.
Some of this could have been overcome if the third person POV hadn’t been used. Normally, I’m an advocate for this particular writing style because it allows us to get into the mindspace of all of the characters rather than just the narrator or protagonist. However, it is difficult following 15+ individual storylines and if we could have gotten into the head of a few key characters - rather than the entire cast - I think the storyline would have been broken down into more manageable sections. With that being said, some of the characters’ narration styles were actually quite irritating and I know that I would be driven insane if I had read long passages from their POVs. Olivia’s narration, for example, overused exclamation marks and rambled on and on about the possibility of Cooper’s secret crush on Mackenzie’.
Overall?
Think Twice was an entertaining and undeniably fun read. The simplistic and almost juvenile writing style set the tone for the story, and expecting much more from the story would have been setting the book up to fall short of your expectations. Although I could have asked a little more from the characterisation and plot, it was the type of book that achieved its purpose in entertaining me.
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August 11, 2016Well, well, well ... a very enjoyable a quick read. Also a really great ending - I love a mastermind ;).
P.S: Always watch the quiet ones, no plans a murder out loud
P.S: Always watch the quiet ones, no plans a murder out loud
June 2, 2020
I fucking hate Cooper.
May 27, 2019
omg the ending though.
March 15, 2019
Finally done with this book! It was ok, guess I grew up
February 1, 2017
A cute fluff sequel to follow up the cute fluff first book. Not a lot of depth, but rather enjoyable to read. I like how the author wrapped everything up.
April 23, 2016
About a year ago I completely hit the randomizer button and picked up Don’t Even Think About It by Sarah Mlynowski. I don’t think anyone recommended it to me; I just spotted it on Amazon and bought it. And I was so glad I did! It was a really fun read about a group of high school sophomores who develop extra sensory perception from a mutated batch of flu vaccinations.
Imagine how excited I was, therefore, when I found out she’d written a sequel!
Think Twice picks up a couple of years after Don’t Even Think About It leaves off. The Espies are now seniors and still in possession of their superpowers. They’ve got used to constantly hearing each others’ thoughts as well as having their own thoughts heard and have even come to enjoy it. Their post-high school plans all involve the use of their powers, so when one by one they start losing their powers, they panic and try to save their telepathy before it’s too late.
I thought this was a great sequel and turned the original story around nicely. In the first book, the Espies don’t want the powers they’ve acquired, and now they don’t want to give them back. It was character-driven rather than plot-driven and although I generally prefer plotty books, this was such fun that I actually didn’t mind at all. Plus, there are like twenty Espies, so there are a lot of characters and viewpoints to choose from. And jokes about everyone secretly thinking about sex every second of the day don’t get old. Made me feel like less of a pervert, anyway.
I don’t know that I particularly rooted for any one character. The narrative is told from a collective point of view (‘we did this’, ‘we thought that’) and although you see a kind of third person picture of what people are doing, you don’t end up connecting with any one character more than any other. And for a book with twenty protagonists, Mlynowski has done a good job of fleshing them all out equally and giving them their own balance of good and bad characteristics.
The plot focuses around the Espies losing their powers one by one and trying to halt or reverse the process, but like i said before, this book is more about the characters than the plot - what they think about losing their powers and the lengths they go to in order to preserve them and how it impacts their relationships with the other Espies and their non-Espie friends and family.
This was a really decent sequel and well worth a read if you’ve enjoyed any of Mlynowski’s other work.
I received a copy of Think Twice in exchange for an honest review. Many thanks to Orchard Books, Sarah Mlynowski and Netgalley.
Imagine how excited I was, therefore, when I found out she’d written a sequel!
Think Twice picks up a couple of years after Don’t Even Think About It leaves off. The Espies are now seniors and still in possession of their superpowers. They’ve got used to constantly hearing each others’ thoughts as well as having their own thoughts heard and have even come to enjoy it. Their post-high school plans all involve the use of their powers, so when one by one they start losing their powers, they panic and try to save their telepathy before it’s too late.
I thought this was a great sequel and turned the original story around nicely. In the first book, the Espies don’t want the powers they’ve acquired, and now they don’t want to give them back. It was character-driven rather than plot-driven and although I generally prefer plotty books, this was such fun that I actually didn’t mind at all. Plus, there are like twenty Espies, so there are a lot of characters and viewpoints to choose from. And jokes about everyone secretly thinking about sex every second of the day don’t get old. Made me feel like less of a pervert, anyway.
I don’t know that I particularly rooted for any one character. The narrative is told from a collective point of view (‘we did this’, ‘we thought that’) and although you see a kind of third person picture of what people are doing, you don’t end up connecting with any one character more than any other. And for a book with twenty protagonists, Mlynowski has done a good job of fleshing them all out equally and giving them their own balance of good and bad characteristics.
The plot focuses around the Espies losing their powers one by one and trying to halt or reverse the process, but like i said before, this book is more about the characters than the plot - what they think about losing their powers and the lengths they go to in order to preserve them and how it impacts their relationships with the other Espies and their non-Espie friends and family.
This was a really decent sequel and well worth a read if you’ve enjoyed any of Mlynowski’s other work.
I received a copy of Think Twice in exchange for an honest review. Many thanks to Orchard Books, Sarah Mlynowski and Netgalley.
September 15, 2016
It was an easy book. I had chosen it because I liked the idea of telepathy and this combined with high school drama seemed pretty awesome. This is the first book where Telepathy is a thing used by multiple persons (more than two) and in the beginning it was something to get used to, but later on I really liked the element it brought to the story.
Another thing I had to get used to where the many characters. The story didn't focus on one character but rather on multiple characters. In fact on a whole class of 19, but luckily there were a few characters that had a bigger role. I thought the spiraling of Olivia was well written and I liked the dynamics between BJ and Tess.
I knew there was a catch with Brinn. Her being multiple times interrupted showed that she knew something the others didn't and I also saw it coming that it had to do with her eating Banana's. But till the ending I didn't know how the author would put it in the story.
The ending surprised me pleasantly. Somewhere along the way I realized that the experiments weren't going to work for any of them (I found the experiments by the way very funny) and it fit perfectly that Brinn was the only one left and would go to diamond. I also like how at the ending, they made another reference to the book The age of innocence. But the thing I liked best about the ending is that in the last page there was a reference made to the title of the book.
Overall it was an easy read (I read it very fast) and I liked the story. There is a sequel, but I'm not sure I'm going to read it. Because this ending is finite enough for me. Maybe, when I feel like a bit of high school drama again..
Another thing I had to get used to where the many characters. The story didn't focus on one character but rather on multiple characters. In fact on a whole class of 19, but luckily there were a few characters that had a bigger role. I thought the spiraling of Olivia was well written and I liked the dynamics between BJ and Tess.
I knew there was a catch with Brinn. Her being multiple times interrupted showed that she knew something the others didn't and I also saw it coming that it had to do with her eating Banana's. But till the ending I didn't know how the author would put it in the story.
The ending surprised me pleasantly. Somewhere along the way I realized that the experiments weren't going to work for any of them (I found the experiments by the way very funny) and it fit perfectly that Brinn was the only one left and would go to diamond. I also like how at the ending, they made another reference to the book The age of innocence. But the thing I liked best about the ending is that in the last page there was a reference made to the title of the book.
Overall it was an easy read (I read it very fast) and I liked the story. There is a sequel, but I'm not sure I'm going to read it. Because this ending is finite enough for me. Maybe, when I feel like a bit of high school drama again..
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 24, 2016
It's two years after the class got telepathy and now they're starting to lose it, and for some this is a bigger problem than others! A pretty staple conclusion to the story, even if it did feel more character driven than plot driven. The multiple character focalisation was really effective, and I didn't find myself getting lost. One of the most interesting things about this book is that it's narrated in third person but there's a 'we' element and finally at the end we got to know which Espie was telling the story. The reveal didn't really add much, because what did it do, really? But it made the whole thing a lot more ominous.
December 16, 2016
think twice really good book for quick read. i did like her writing style that attract the readers and her way to wrap everything up. the novel about telepathy kids and they have losing it. the novel suitable for teenagers.
"if i were you, i'd think twice..someone might be listening"
"if i were you, i'd think twice..someone might be listening"
September 20, 2022
2,5 stars
178 is when I'm a bit more interested in the story.
Als... 20 people? That's so many names and connections to try and remember.
Probably would have liked it more when I was younger (or atleast have given it 3 stars if I would have read it in 2015 or something. Ok this book hadn't come out until april 2016)
178 is when I'm a bit more interested in the story.
Als... 20 people? That's so many names and connections to try and remember.
Probably would have liked it more when I was younger (or atleast have given it 3 stars if I would have read it in 2015 or something. Ok this book hadn't come out until april 2016)
January 7, 2018
I liked reading this book it was really interesting and cool to imagine telepathy in a whole class and then losing it. I recommend this book it was really interesting.
August 4, 2024
could’ve read it all in one sitting if i didn’t have a life. sweet characters and LIT plot twist/realisation at the end.
June 3, 2019
Good sequel to the first one.
If you read my review on the first book you will be expecting to find out what it was that bugged me and make me take a star off.
Along with mentioning the glasses issue again in this book (where the girl with poor eyesight hears louder voices than the others when wearing her glasses to correct said poor eyesight), there is the issue with the magnesium supplement.
Again, I really really wish that someone had explained things to the writer.
This one annoyed me even more than the glasses because the writer literally wrote in that Mackenzie had a deficiency.
Not sure if she has ever looked up the definition of deficiency...
noun
a lack or shortage.
This means she takes magnesium supplements already, which would result in her then having normal levels of magnesium.
In other words, she would have the same amount of magnesium as the other espies, until she started taking the extra dose with them.
This means that there is no way that her prescribed supplement could have been making her able to hear through walls.
It is only when she took extra, like everyone else, would she have been able to hear through walls if that's what it caused.
Pi, being the self proclaimed genius that she was, would have realised that this wouldn't have made sense as I'm sure she would understand what a deficiency is.
As I said in the review for the first book, I really hope this gets picked up for a tv show as long as they fix those issues.
It was a great 2 part series to read and I thought the way they "all" lost their esp when they didn't need it anymore was a cute way to finish the story.
If you read my review on the first book you will be expecting to find out what it was that bugged me and make me take a star off.
Along with mentioning the glasses issue again in this book (where the girl with poor eyesight hears louder voices than the others when wearing her glasses to correct said poor eyesight), there is the issue with the magnesium supplement.
Again, I really really wish that someone had explained things to the writer.
This one annoyed me even more than the glasses because the writer literally wrote in that Mackenzie had a deficiency.
Not sure if she has ever looked up the definition of deficiency...
noun
a lack or shortage.
This means she takes magnesium supplements already, which would result in her then having normal levels of magnesium.
In other words, she would have the same amount of magnesium as the other espies, until she started taking the extra dose with them.
This means that there is no way that her prescribed supplement could have been making her able to hear through walls.
It is only when she took extra, like everyone else, would she have been able to hear through walls if that's what it caused.
Pi, being the self proclaimed genius that she was, would have realised that this wouldn't have made sense as I'm sure she would understand what a deficiency is.
As I said in the review for the first book, I really hope this gets picked up for a tv show as long as they fix those issues.
It was a great 2 part series to read and I thought the way they "all" lost their esp when they didn't need it anymore was a cute way to finish the story.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 14, 2016
This review has been crossposted from my blog at The Cosy Dragon . Please head there for more in-depth reviews by me, which appear on a timely schedule.
After a homeroom goes for flu shots, they develop a group mind, capable of reading people’s minds in just a glance at their unprotected eyes. When the first one of them loses their talent, there is a panic to maintain those that are left. Some people are happy to be free, while others dread it.
This novel’s perspective can be a little off-putting before you get used to it. It’s written as ‘we’, which progressively gets to be a smaller ‘we’ as the book goes on and more of them lose their powers.
I didn’t read the first book in the series, but I think I would have really enjoyed it. ESP? Yes please! This one is as humorous as I would expect the first one to be. Basically they start trying to keep their abilities, and in doing so develop a whole range of side effects!
This is light teenage fiction, and I’d probably recommend it for girls, simply because to me the male characters’ voices seemed to be drowned out by others, particularly Tess and Polly/Pi.
This is another novel I left for too long without reviewing. Luckily I put how many stars I thought it was worth when I originally made this draft, so I must have thought it had some really good points then to give it 4 stars!
After a homeroom goes for flu shots, they develop a group mind, capable of reading people’s minds in just a glance at their unprotected eyes. When the first one of them loses their talent, there is a panic to maintain those that are left. Some people are happy to be free, while others dread it.
This novel’s perspective can be a little off-putting before you get used to it. It’s written as ‘we’, which progressively gets to be a smaller ‘we’ as the book goes on and more of them lose their powers.
I didn’t read the first book in the series, but I think I would have really enjoyed it. ESP? Yes please! This one is as humorous as I would expect the first one to be. Basically they start trying to keep their abilities, and in doing so develop a whole range of side effects!
This is light teenage fiction, and I’d probably recommend it for girls, simply because to me the male characters’ voices seemed to be drowned out by others, particularly Tess and Polly/Pi.
This is another novel I left for too long without reviewing. Luckily I put how many stars I thought it was worth when I originally made this draft, so I must have thought it had some really good points then to give it 4 stars!
June 8, 2016
I received a free copy of this book via netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
This is the seond in the Don't Even Think About It series, not quite as good as the first one but still an excellent book. I liked how we saw the growth in the characters and their relationships. It was a great idea to have them dealing with the lose of their powers instead of the gain like the first book.
Olivia was still my favourite character, her anxiousness was back but about completely different things. I found it just as exciting at the first book and as much full of wonder. I didn't like who Cooper became, that's mainly why I rated this 4stars instead of 5. Cooper was completely different from the first book and to me the two version of him did not make sense together.
I loved the ending, it was all wrapped up nicely and made me smile. Although I would love to read more about these great characters I am glad it has come to an end since much more would feel forced rather the story flowing well.
4 out of 4 stars.
This is the seond in the Don't Even Think About It series, not quite as good as the first one but still an excellent book. I liked how we saw the growth in the characters and their relationships. It was a great idea to have them dealing with the lose of their powers instead of the gain like the first book.
Olivia was still my favourite character, her anxiousness was back but about completely different things. I found it just as exciting at the first book and as much full of wonder. I didn't like who Cooper became, that's mainly why I rated this 4stars instead of 5. Cooper was completely different from the first book and to me the two version of him did not make sense together.
I loved the ending, it was all wrapped up nicely and made me smile. Although I would love to read more about these great characters I am glad it has come to an end since much more would feel forced rather the story flowing well.
4 out of 4 stars.
July 19, 2024
Personally I preferred the first book, Don’t Even Think About it. I found the characters more annoying and the plot wasn’t as exciting to me in this sequel. My favourite character was Olivia during the first book but I found her quite irritating in this one. Also Cooper turned really annoying and I don’t like him now. However the drama was good and kept me reading. I liked the ending of this book and the way everything gets wrapped up.
October 9, 2017
This sequel perfectly compliments 'Don't Even Think About It'. I loved the first book and loved this one even more. The ending surprised me in a weird but really good way and I enjoyed seeing the development of characters throughout this book. Highly recommend the first and this.
Want to read
March 19, 2016I'm so excited to get my hands on this! Really enjoyed the first book, so I'm hoping this one is going to fantastic too!
Loving the matching covers too - so glad I bought the paperback, hahaha.
Loving the matching covers too - so glad I bought the paperback, hahaha.
November 7, 2016
It was fine, I think it was for a (much) younger audience, that's why I felt it lacked a believable, interesting storyline.
April 5, 2021
I loved it as much as the first one.
I didn't like how Cooper ended but the end of the book was so creepy OMG I LOOOOVED IT
I didn't like how Cooper ended but the end of the book was so creepy OMG I LOOOOVED IT
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 15, 2022
3 stars.
it’s still pretty much the same with the first book, but the author emphasized this one with more scientifical issues, we got to know on the vaccine and ESP stuff which is good.
it’s still a book where the one that is light read and the full of drama. honestly i enjoyed the drama more than the plot itself. but i have to admit that it’s kind of written poorly, it has much potential to be improved if the writer divided them into multi POVs which will ease the reader rather than using third person POV.
i also think it has too much characters that the writer did not divide the role fairly. it emphasized in certain characters like Mackenzie, Olivia, Pi, Tess and Cooper (anyway i hate Cooper here). The others like Daniel, Levi, Nick, Brinn etc didn’t get enough parts.
I love the ending, love the romance between Tess and BJ, Pi and Jon, but the plot twist in the end is kind of lacking, it’s surprising but it wasn’t get elaborated perfectly.
I feel like it will be a great recommendation for teenagers since it’s light and easy to read, but unfortunately it has quite a lot of mature stuffs that forced me not to recommend this for young readers.
overall, it’s enjoyable and love the light read of this series!
it’s still pretty much the same with the first book, but the author emphasized this one with more scientifical issues, we got to know on the vaccine and ESP stuff which is good.
it’s still a book where the one that is light read and the full of drama. honestly i enjoyed the drama more than the plot itself. but i have to admit that it’s kind of written poorly, it has much potential to be improved if the writer divided them into multi POVs which will ease the reader rather than using third person POV.
i also think it has too much characters that the writer did not divide the role fairly. it emphasized in certain characters like Mackenzie, Olivia, Pi, Tess and Cooper (anyway i hate Cooper here). The others like Daniel, Levi, Nick, Brinn etc didn’t get enough parts.
I love the ending, love the romance between Tess and BJ, Pi and Jon, but the plot twist in the end is kind of lacking, it’s surprising but it wasn’t get elaborated perfectly.
I feel like it will be a great recommendation for teenagers since it’s light and easy to read, but unfortunately it has quite a lot of mature stuffs that forced me not to recommend this for young readers.
overall, it’s enjoyable and love the light read of this series!
February 21, 2024
In Book 1 (Don't Even Think About It), a classroom of 10th graders are given a flu shot that leads to them developing telepathy. Now, in Book 2, they are seniors and just as all these kids are planning major futures for themselves involving the telepathy, one by one they start to notice their powers weakening. Now they're in a time crunch to figure out how to bring their powers back.
The students come together and collectively develop a plan to take supplements to try to keep the ESP intact. It seems to do the trick... until new side effects and abilities start to appear.
Even with this plot, this sequel seems to focus much more on the romantic problems of HS seniors.
For those who haven't read the first book, readers are given a recap of the story in the form of the "Recruitment Assessment" email from CIA agent Dr. Suzanna Dail at the beginning of this book. Still, I would recommend reading the first book because there are a few minor plot points /details from there that are revisited here. For those who have read the first book, Mylnowski carries on the collective "we" style narration here.
Sidenote: * Small spoiler in this book for Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence.
The students come together and collectively develop a plan to take supplements to try to keep the ESP intact. It seems to do the trick... until new side effects and abilities start to appear.
Even with this plot, this sequel seems to focus much more on the romantic problems of HS seniors.
For those who haven't read the first book, readers are given a recap of the story in the form of the "Recruitment Assessment" email from CIA agent Dr. Suzanna Dail at the beginning of this book. Still, I would recommend reading the first book because there are a few minor plot points /details from there that are revisited here. For those who have read the first book, Mylnowski carries on the collective "we" style narration here.
Sidenote: * Small spoiler in this book for Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence.
December 26, 2018
I tend to give the highest ratings to teen novels because they make me nostalgic for the years when my biggest problem was if a certain boy likes me, haha. Anyway, I really liked the book, it might even be better than the first one (I must admit it was a while since I've read the first one, so I don't quite remember everything, all I know is that I rather enjoyed it, even as a young adult). I keep reading these books because, well I do still like reading them from time to time (as a nice break from all the mystery/thriller/crime novels), and because the first book from this particular book series was a present for my boyfriend's teenage sister and she was just begging us to buy her the second book! She loved the first one so much! Would definitely recommend this to a teenager, and I'm sure adults will enjoy it too, as a "break" from their serious reads. This book has everything, teenage drama, fiction, romance (and love drama), suspense, mystery, and a bit of tragedy, it'll surely keep you hooked until the very end!
September 5, 2019
A fun addition to the first book.
Set 2 years later we find out whats been going on, who's dating who, and how schools deal with having telepathic students. When everyone starts losing their ESP, some are happy, others ok and some are scared and mad.
I like that the author explored how different the reactions to no only gaining ESP were for these characters, but how they felt losing it, and those impacts. For some it made them realize that if they couldn't trust their partner without reading their mind it wasn't worth it to be in a relationship, others found their manipulative side and didn't like it- or did. Others let it make their relationships stronger because they had to trust instead of know what the other person thinks or feels.
It made me think of how everything is situational and you can either wallow for what was, or move on after taking time to process.
Set 2 years later we find out whats been going on, who's dating who, and how schools deal with having telepathic students. When everyone starts losing their ESP, some are happy, others ok and some are scared and mad.
I like that the author explored how different the reactions to no only gaining ESP were for these characters, but how they felt losing it, and those impacts. For some it made them realize that if they couldn't trust their partner without reading their mind it wasn't worth it to be in a relationship, others found their manipulative side and didn't like it- or did. Others let it make their relationships stronger because they had to trust instead of know what the other person thinks or feels.
It made me think of how everything is situational and you can either wallow for what was, or move on after taking time to process.
December 25, 2024
i enjoyed dong even think about it more. but wow the plot twist, i didnt expect that xx would have figured out the thing that was needed to keep the ESP.
pi and jon were cutesie hehe academic rivals+ enemies to lovers HEHEHEH. bj was being fking annoying and an asshole but thank god he got over it and tess and bj were happy couples.
michelle, courtney and jordana were as annoying as very here being ego prideful asses.
olivia was overthinking alot which was a little annoying but understandable.
cooper and makenzie are honestly soulmates nothing can change my mind and they deserve each other (they need and understand each other on a level not alot of people experience in one lifetime and well too bad ig) they lowkey cheated too soo HAHAHHA LOL
i think thats it but ok la worth the read quite interesting
pi and jon were cutesie hehe academic rivals+ enemies to lovers HEHEHEH. bj was being fking annoying and an asshole but thank god he got over it and tess and bj were happy couples.
michelle, courtney and jordana were as annoying as very here being ego prideful asses.
olivia was overthinking alot which was a little annoying but understandable.
cooper and makenzie are honestly soulmates nothing can change my mind and they deserve each other (they need and understand each other on a level not alot of people experience in one lifetime and well too bad ig) they lowkey cheated too soo HAHAHHA LOL
i think thats it but ok la worth the read quite interesting
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
February 21, 2024
Quick and easy read,
Not sure how to feel I read the first book in my early teenager years and thought it was such a masterpiece. Now reading the second book in my 20s after discovering the second book far too late. I am seeing a lot of issues. Generally this book was such a fun read and took me back to being a teenager, and discovering my love for reading, however it was very clear to see the slightly off writing.
But ending felt childish, and honestly a little bit disappointing although I understood what they were trying to say. If you’re looking for a quick and easy, read and want to be entertained, look no further.
Not sure how to feel I read the first book in my early teenager years and thought it was such a masterpiece. Now reading the second book in my 20s after discovering the second book far too late. I am seeing a lot of issues. Generally this book was such a fun read and took me back to being a teenager, and discovering my love for reading, however it was very clear to see the slightly off writing.
But ending felt childish, and honestly a little bit disappointing although I understood what they were trying to say. If you’re looking for a quick and easy, read and want to be entertained, look no further.
February 20, 2017
This book was pretty good, however, it was not as good as the first one. To be honest, I don't think "Don't Even Think About It" really needed a sequel. It was perfectly fine without one. But I just wanted to read it out of boredom, I guess.
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