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    Brightside

    By Mark Tullius

    3.5/5

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    About this ebook

    Welcome to Brightside. Make Yourself Comfortable...You Won't Be Leaving

    They call us Thought Thieves, but it's not like we have a choice. All the sick twisted things rolling around in people's heads, we can't help but hear.
    That's why they rounded us up, stuck us in this little town. It's to make you feel safe. But they can't keep us here forever.
    It's Day 100 and it's all gonna end. One way or another, I'm getting out of Brightside.

    Reviewers are sucked in from the start and can't put it down:
    "This book is dark and deep. It grabs you from the start and sinks its teeth into you. I finished this book in a matter of hours because I just could not put it down!" -- Crash 86
    "...this book is an action-packed thriller from start to finish." -- Lauren
    "...a captivating book right from the start...I couldn't put the book down." -- Olivia King

    Reviewers compare Mark Tullius to Stephen King:
    "A thought-provoking read with wonderful characters, and a Stephen King tone."-- Melissa Schwab
    "Stephen King now has a shelf mate in my Kindle!" -- dragonfly

    Reviewers want more from Mark Tullius:
    "This was the first book I read by Mark Tullius and I now read everything I can from him." -- RAD
    I'm adding Mark Tullius to my list of preferred authors." -- jthomato
    "A very thought provoking book. I will eagerly wait for more books by Mark Tullius." -- Diane Taylor
    Add Brightside to your bookshelf today!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMark Tullius
    Release dateJul 11, 2012
    ISBN9781476451688
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    Brightside
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    Mark Tullius

    "If you want to get to know me and my writing, come check out my podcast Vicious Whispers. I’m an open book and have no issues being vulnerable, looking at my mental health and other struggles. As a reward for making it through my babbling, I share my short horror stories, chapters from science fiction and suspense novels, as well as excerpts from nonfiction at the end of each episode. My writing covers a wide range, with fiction being my favorite to create, a dozen or so titles under my belt. There are 4 titles in my YA interactive Try Not to Die series and 16 more in the works. I also have two nonfiction titles, both inspired by a reckless lifestyle, playing Ivy League football, and battering the hell out of my brain as an unsuccessful MMA fighter and boxer. Unlocking the Cage is the largest sociological study of MMA fighters to date and TBI or CTE aims to spread awareness and hope to others that suffer with traumatic brain injury symptoms. I live in sunny California with my wife, two kids, three cats, and one demon. Derek, he pops in whenever he’s tired of hell and wants to smoke weed. He makes special appearance on my podcast, social media, and special Facebook reader group Dark and Disturbing Fear-Filled Fiction. You can also get your first set of free stories by signing up to my newsletter. This letter is only for the brave, or at least those brave enough to deal with bad dad jokes, a crude sense of humor, and loads and loads of death. Derek and I would love to have you join us! For the newsletter, YouTube page, podcast and more go to https://youcanfollow.me/MarkTullius"

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    • 4/5
      "Imagine if you knew every dark thought people had about you," hearing every nasty thought of your jealous co-workers or your girlfriend's torrid past or a political leader's burning secrets. Mark Tullius delivers an engaging, powerful story of an idyllic mountainside town, a community of telepaths. A place where these "Thought Thieves" are rounded up and kept away from the rest of society. The town is Brightside, the story is about what happens when one man wants to leave. When I was little, I used to wish I could read people's minds. Now I'm afraid to.
    • 4/5
      Brightside is a fascinating concept – a group of telepaths forced to live where there’s no way out because the rest of the populace are terrified of them. They’re terrorists and thought thieves. But how do you, as a telepath, survive mentally when you know every thought someone has about you?The main character, Joe, isn’t very likeable, but that’s ok. The feeling I get is that he’s *supposed* to be a prick, someone who is more concerned with himself than how others may feel. He sort of deliberately dives into other telepaths minds, finds their embarrassing past, and then makes sure the other telepath knows that *he* knows what kind of disgusting things they’ve done. Joe does have a few redeeming moments, just enough so that you don’t hate him completely, but start to pity him for being such a prick.The one thing that had me puzzled was how did Joe live without learning how to block out other people’s thoughts? Just from a self-preservation aspect, I would think that doing so would be automatic for a telepath. Of course, if he (and the others) did so, there wouldn’t have been a book…. The interweaving of past and present can get confusing at times, but it became a necessary aspect of telling the tale. Without knowing Joe’s history, the reader wouldn’t see the how’s and why’s of his behavior in the present. Overall, it’s a complex read. It’s not a book where you can take it to the beach and read a chapter in between beers. Rather it’s a book that forces the reader to think – not just about the concept of whether or not it’s morally and ethically ok to virtually imprison a group of people for something they have no control over, but also about how a telepath must feel, when they know literally every thought someone has, good or bad. Non-telepaths may call them "thought thieves" for invading their privacy, but remember, telepaths have no privacy either when every thought is forced on them.I'd recommend for hard-core scifi and dystopia fans. Fantasy fans, not so much. Those who like happy endings with puppies and rainbows, not at all.