What would you do if you realized you could suddenly read minds? Would you freak out? Would you accidently let someone know your freaky new ability? Would you tell someone, hoping against all hope that you're not alone? The students in homeroom 10B have a chance to find out in this twist on the repercussions of a flu shot.
The narrative of this story is an oddly disjointed beast. When you have twenty-two people telling the tale in both the third person and first person plural. It does, however, keep the reader wondering what will be coming.
Although it's hard to keep track of each character as an individual, there is growth as a whole. What started as every teen for himself quickly escalates into a battle to keep the group on equal ground that benefits everyone.
In this story, the hardest part to process is the large chunks of italicized telepathic conversational snippets. There's no indication of who is speaking, and frequently there isn't even a fully formed sentence. I quickly gave up trying to figure out who was speaking to whom and about what during these areas.
So, what would you do with mind-reading powers? The answer may not be as clear as you think- especially if you're not the only one who gets to decide.
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