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Illuminae by Jay Kristoff, Amie Kaufman

14 reviews

tabea1409's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Gore, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Child death, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Murder, Grief, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, War, Fire/Fire injury, Self harm, Blood, Genocide, Cursing, Death of parent, Mass/school shootings, and Death

davidvlopz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm

kathrynleereads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I will never have enough good things to say about Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff. The Illuminae Files trilogy blows my mind every time I read it.

First of all, the format is ingenious. An entire story told just through different files and documents? Count me in.

Second, the complexity required by those files. If you take the time to actually delve into the pages (even the ones that don't look too important to the story, like the list of confirmed deceased), you'll be blown away by what you find.

Third, any author who has the ability to make me care about a mass-murdering robot will forever have my loyalty. 

If you haven't read the Illuminae Files, I recommend that you drop everything and start now. Even if sci-fi isn't necessarily your cup of tea, I promise you won't be disappointed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Murder, Body horror, Child death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Violence, and War

Moderate: Medical content, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, and Genocide

Minor: Alcohol and Vomit

itsbumley's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Death, Forced institutionalization, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Body horror, Murder, Violence, Blood, Gore, Suicide, Child death, Gun violence, Grief, Mass/school shootings, and Pandemic/Epidemic

mothreadsbookssometimes's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Illuminae was a fantastic book and I can’t wait to read the rest of the series. I first read the Aurora Cycle trilogy, and I loved it so much that I had to read the rest of Kristoff’s and Kaufman’s works. And boy, am I having a time!
Illuminae is a very YA-friendly sci-fi mystery/thriller (I know it’s not tagged as a thriller, but it is) with minimal swearing (“censored on reports”), and only vague references to sex (jokes about “your sister” and references to acts done prior to the events of the story). 
Take it from someone who normally hates thrillers, this book is good. Admittedly, there’s a lot of death and blood (only a few disturbingly gory parts, though), so do keep that in mind, but I didn’t find it too uncomfortable and I’m normally a very squeamish person. 
Can’t wait for the next book! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Blood, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Gore, and Death of parent

Minor: Confinement, Cannibalism, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, and Self harm

I know it’s a lot of content warnings, so do proceed with caution. I’m not very good with blood/gore, but I only had a couple small parts (see below) that made me uncomfortable. There’s a lot of death, but it’s not vividly gory until about 45% (I think) into the book

when they enter the quarantine bay and 70% through

when the remaining Alexander survivors escape the ship

. For the most part, they just say “there’s blood/dead bodies/screams in the distance” but they don’t go into great detail with every mention of violence.

mapplethenerd's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Body horror, Murder, Self harm, War, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

alexfrommars's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, and Death

Minor: Self harm

ashleereadsbooks692's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Confinement, Cursing, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Self harm, Gore, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Terminal illness, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

ne0n_ange1's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gore, and Body horror

Moderate: Grief and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Self harm and Suicide

The formatting is incredible! This is more of a work of art than a book.

birdy's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Murder, Violence, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Stalking, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Genocide, Torture, Body horror, and Child death

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Confinement, Cursing, Death of parent, War, and Medical trauma

Minor: Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, and Child abuse