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A review by drkbloodfntsies
Illuminae by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff
4.0
i’m going to do my best to make this not a list babbling incorrect thoughts, but i make no promises. my emotions are still recalculating after that ending.
when i first picked this up at my library, i immediately wanted it because it’s not the typical book format. this entire story is told in message transcripts, surveillance reports, medical records, etc. i knew absolutely nothing of the story (other than it was science fiction).
C H A R A C T E R S
kady grant, the main character, was extremely likable. she lost so much but continued to fight. i really admired her, especially at the end when shit was Going Down. in regards to her personality, i saw a lot of myself in her. by default i had to like her, lmao.
ezra mason is the type of boyfriend most would want. he’s sweet but also a little feisty. i can’t really say too much more other than i love him and i’m happy.
there were several side characters that you never learned to much about. at times, it got to be too many to deal with. you’re learning about most of these characters from message transcripts so it gets a bit confusing a distant.
with all of the human characters, the one character that i noticed that had significant development was adian. let me tell you, i have never loved artificial intelligence like i love adian. i really can’t too much more but i swear to god if he—
P L O T
from the moment the attack hits to the final battle, the plot never ceased to amaze me. there was only a small point where i was a little bored BUT that was because there were too many characters that were unimportant and they were all waiting for shit to blow up.
this book kind of reminded me of contagion by erin bowman in all of the right ways (i definitely recommend contagion if you enjoyed this).
it was creative and well thought out. HOWEVER, if the book wasn’t told in the format that it was in, i don’t believe i would have enjoyed it as much as i did. take that as you want.
W R I T I N G
as most of this wasn’t told in typical written form, i can’t put too much here. some of the surveillance / mission reports were a bit boring but the reader is also used to reading messages. adian was also a bit confusing when the reader was first introduced. these gripes amount to very little in the end.
O V E R A L L
before the last 100 pages, i was planning on giving this a 3.5 (only because i was bored for about 60 some pages). nothing monumental happened up until the last 100 pages. bUT THEN. SHIT WENT DOWN AND IT GOT SOOOOOO GOOD. i can’t say to much (again, lmao) without spoiling anything but WOW. so. good. i was hesitant about continuing the series up until that point. now i’m so glad i have to go into work (which is a library) on my sunday to get the second book.
i definitely recommend this to anyone who loves science fiction. it’s not too sci-fi that you won’t enjoy it if you don’t like the genre. i feel like the format it’s told in will help anyone love it.
when i first picked this up at my library, i immediately wanted it because it’s not the typical book format. this entire story is told in message transcripts, surveillance reports, medical records, etc. i knew absolutely nothing of the story (other than it was science fiction).
C H A R A C T E R S
kady grant, the main character, was extremely likable. she lost so much but continued to fight. i really admired her, especially at the end when shit was Going Down. in regards to her personality, i saw a lot of myself in her. by default i had to like her, lmao.
ezra mason is the type of boyfriend most would want. he’s sweet but also a little feisty. i can’t really say too much more other than i love him and i’m happy.
there were several side characters that you never learned to much about. at times, it got to be too many to deal with. you’re learning about most of these characters from message transcripts so it gets a bit confusing a distant.
with all of the human characters, the one character that i noticed that had significant development was adian. let me tell you, i have never loved artificial intelligence like i love adian. i really can’t too much more but i swear to god if he—
P L O T
from the moment the attack hits to the final battle, the plot never ceased to amaze me. there was only a small point where i was a little bored BUT that was because there were too many characters that were unimportant and they were all waiting for shit to blow up.
this book kind of reminded me of contagion by erin bowman in all of the right ways (i definitely recommend contagion if you enjoyed this).
it was creative and well thought out. HOWEVER, if the book wasn’t told in the format that it was in, i don’t believe i would have enjoyed it as much as i did. take that as you want.
W R I T I N G
as most of this wasn’t told in typical written form, i can’t put too much here. some of the surveillance / mission reports were a bit boring but the reader is also used to reading messages. adian was also a bit confusing when the reader was first introduced. these gripes amount to very little in the end.
O V E R A L L
before the last 100 pages, i was planning on giving this a 3.5 (only because i was bored for about 60 some pages). nothing monumental happened up until the last 100 pages. bUT THEN. SHIT WENT DOWN AND IT GOT SOOOOOO GOOD. i can’t say to much (again, lmao) without spoiling anything but WOW. so. good. i was hesitant about continuing the series up until that point. now i’m so glad i have to go into work (which is a library) on my sunday to get the second book.
i definitely recommend this to anyone who loves science fiction. it’s not too sci-fi that you won’t enjoy it if you don’t like the genre. i feel like the format it’s told in will help anyone love it.