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Illuminae by Jay Kristoff, Amie Kaufman

12 reviews

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

urmigurimgay's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pandemic/Epidemic, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, Gun violence, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Vomit, and Grief

Minor: War, Abandonment, Cursing, and Medical content

jessi_c's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I went into this with space adventure vibes of Firefly/Serenity, but I ended up with the horror, space thriller vibes of Serenity. When that tonal shift happened, the story took off and I got incredibly absorbed to the bittersweet end. I was supposed to slowly read this thru the month of Aug and here I am, finished a week in. Going to find the other two books to fill the month. Well done!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Suicide, Grief, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Murder, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Gun violence, Body horror, and Vomit

Minor: Cursing

marsh_mall0w's review

adventurous dark emotional funny tense medium-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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Grief, War, Pandemic/Epidemic, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Medical content, Police brutality, Torture, Vomit, and Colonisation

Minor: Medical trauma, Death of parent, Misogyny, and Fire/Fire injury

moonykaden's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Vomit

sunnythesassy's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Genocide, Death of parent, Death, Body horror, Violence, Terminal illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Gore, Gaslighting, Confinement, War, Vomit, Blood, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Colonisation

Minor: Abandonment and Child abuse

trs01's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

2.5

The writing in this book feels like a rough draft. The authors don't know how to handle serious situations, and the banter and humor were poorly timely and off-putting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, War, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Genocide, Death, Confinement, Gore, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Fire/Fire injury, Chronic illness, Body horror, Blood, Murder, Vomit, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Xenophobia, Racism, and Sexism

meepymeep's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Absolutely loved it, the way it's all formatted is super unique too. It was also incredibly addictive and well written. It's not "traditional" sci-fi but 1000% worth a read. I will say though, that it's very, very heavy and covers almost all the content warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Gore, and Blood

Minor: Vomit

delvie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

It's the book I wish I could write. My least favorite parts heavily featured AIDEN, which unfortunately was a significant chunk of the third act, hence the half star knock-off. This audiobook is an art piece. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, Blood, Abandonment, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse and Child death

Minor: Vomit

nxclx's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I don't cry at books. I've cried twice now with this book, one of those being as I write this review. I don't have much to say, though besides I want the whole series right now - oh and you should read this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Murder, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Moderate: Vomit

This is a book filled with hard and difficult topics. Read the warnings.