Hello Everyone, in this post we are going to review Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff. I am going to be honest, I didn't plan on writing a review about this one, but at the end I loved it so much, I just had to.
What the book is about:
This morning, Kady thought breaking up with Ezra was the hardest thing she’d have to do.
This afternoon, her planet was invaded.
The year is 2575, and two rival megacorporations are at war over a planet that’s little more than an ice-covered speck at the edge of the universe. Too bad nobody thought to warn the people living on it. With enemy fire raining down on them, Kady and Ezra—who are barely even talking to each other—are forced to fight their way onto an evacuating fleet, with an enemy warship in hot pursuit.
But their problems are just getting started. A deadly plague has broken out and is mutating, with terrifying results; the fleet's AI, which should be protecting them, may actually be their enemy; and nobody in charge will say what’s really going on. As Kady hacks into a tangled web of data to find the truth, it's clear only one person can help her bring it all to light: the ex-boyfriend she swore she'd never speak to again.
Told through a fascinating dossier of hacked documents—including emails, schematics, military files, IMs, medical reports, interviews, and more—Illuminae is the first book in a heart-stopping, high-octane trilogy about lives interrupted, the price of truth, and the courage of everyday heroes.
My thoughts and review:
I remember the hype around this book, when it came out last year and I wanted to read this book, but as I said in a lot of posts before, overhyped books almost always leave me disappointed. But his book lived up to my already high expectations. This book was genius. I seriously cannot believe how two people can come up with such an interesting format for a book and at the same time make the story so complex. Yes, at the beginning I was afraid that the characters will stay flat and two-dimensional, but this was not the case at all. It surprised me, how the story came together and how easily I could get to know the characters jut from their messages, e-mails and diaries. Kady was a strong female character and I really liked her sarcasm. I wish we could have seen more from Ezra, somehow I feel I got to know Kady so much better, than him throughout the book. My favorite character was AIDAN, although he wasn't even a real character, since he is a computer. I know that's strange, but it was interesting to see how a computer thinks and how at the end it can mimic human feelings. The drawings of the spaceships really helped to imagine the story and really follow up with the characters. The other thing that made me enjoy this book a lot were the scenes with the captains and leaders.
And I don't want to spoil any of the plot twists, but there were so many and they weren't the ones you could predict. Definitely one of those books, where you won't be bored.
And another thing: This book has an audiobook, that will blow your mind. I am not a big fan of audiobooks, but this one was like a movie without the screen. It made the story so much more enjoyable and a lot more realistic.If you haven't read this book you definitely should, because it's amazing, plus the sequel Gemina is coming out this October, so you don't have to wait a lot for next installment in the series. Have you read this book? Did you like it?
Until next time,
Bianka
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