What Others Think In Me
Not yet available in English.
When every nearby whim, fear, or desire nearby spills straight into his head, even silence feels like rush hour. As a mind reader, he cannot turn the noise off, so he carries a battered notebook, marking any sentence that might still belong to him, hoping his own voice has not vanished in the flood.
A rushed extraction hides him in a remote compound that shelters the last survivors, but mind readers can’t hear each other’s minds. No one can prove their innocence and every unexplained whisper hints at the next attack.
Suspicion grows, alliances unravel, and the killer keeps pace. To unmask the hunter and save what may be the last minds like his, he must trust instincts he can barely call his own while confronting the deeper mystery of self: Where do we end and the thoughts of others begin?
What Others Think in Me blends psychological thriller, mystery, and philosophical fiction into a gripping exploration of consciousness and identity, delivering cerebral suspense and the unsettling thrill of staring into another mind.
- First published
- 2021
Reviews
This is a book that uses fictional tools to raise philosophical questions about identity and fate. The brilliant mind-reading mechanism at its center asks what makes a person who they are, what degree of closeness and intimacy between people is right, and whether authentic identity is possible—or whether we, like the mind readers, are merely a collection of thoughts and opinions absorbed throughout our lives.
What Others Think in Me is not only a fantasy novel exploring the new world that opens up when mind readers are thrown into the mix. Yoav Blum juggles distinct literary modes, leaving readers to decide whether this is a thriller with nerve-racking action, a detective mystery in which all the obvious suspects gather at an estate as in the greatest Agatha Christie classics, or a love story where the truth is hidden. Whatever genre you choose, an enjoyable read is guaranteed: an excellent book that will hold you tight and not let you put it down until the final moment.
This is a work with many profound insights. To a great extent, it is a book about forming identity and understanding our place in the world—about trying to understand who we are and who the others around us are. […] More than a desire to find answers to complex questions and mysteries, Blum's book expresses a longing for quiet and genuine inner peace; for a moment, its protagonist simply wishes to be.
All of Blum's books contain a philosophical element, but in this one, unlike its predecessors, it outweighs the plot and focuses on where the self ends and the other begins. It is an almost direct continuation of the subject explored in The Unswitchable, but there only bodies changed hands. Everyone knew who and what they were, and understood that they were in a body that was not their own. Here the complication is one level higher, because there is almost no way to separate yourself from the other.
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