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laurenevlyn's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
medium-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
4.25
These books somehow manage to be innovative in an area that is thousands of years old. The Illuminae series is groundbreaking, funny, emotional, dark, imaginative, and incredibly well made. My only issue in reading this book was the transcription sections. I fully understand and see the value of their inclusion (and I adore how they’ve managed to make a lovable character just from the way the transcriber describes the videos), but it threw off the rapid pace that I had grown accustomed to from the chat logs and AIDAN. Other than that, this was absolutely incredible.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Gore, Drug abuse, Child death, Drug use, Gun violence, Violence, Murder, Death, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Death of parent, Chronic illness, and War
Minor: Grief and Medical content
lauramcc7's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
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? It's complicated
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death of parent, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Murder, Drug use, Drug abuse, Animal cruelty, War, Child death, and Vomit
birdy's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Murder, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Death, and Death of parent
Moderate: Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Grief, Child death, Gore, War, Vomit, Cursing, Suicide, Self harm, Medical content, and Mass/school shootings
the_books_music_life's review against another edition
5.0
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS BOOK AND THIS SERIES!!!!!!!
If you read this series you HAVE to listen to the audiobook and follow along in the book.
I feel seen. Ask anyone who knows me and they will tell you I AM ELLA MALIKOVA! Oh my God it was like seeing my personality in action (except the computer hacker I'm not that great with electronics). We are both sassy AF and every other word we say is a cuss word (I'm not kidding)
my favorite pages (besides the humor and anything with Nik, Ella, and Hanna) are the ones that are just a swirling series of sentences describing what happening and you have to spin the boo around to read. It makes it interactive.
This book was scaring me (when certain things were happening) had me gasping, and had me so just AHH. I fell in love with the characters so hard I love how the romance is apart of the story but doesn't take over what's happening and what the characters are going through. I was confused by the big plot twist about Nik and the wormhole (not going into cause of spoilers) I had to reread it a few times but I finally understood it when (funny enough) AIDEN explained it.
The humor whenever Ella or Nik speak and whenever Nik, Hanna, and Ella talk is so funny I get weird looks from whoever is around me when I'm reading cause I will legit laugh at my book. The last 50 pages had me going WHAT THA FUCK!!! I was in fierce denial. I didn't like Jackson from the beginning but the last 50 pages ruined me and made me HATE him. Then we find out the truth and I had a teeny tony bit of respect for him.
ADIAN cursing is the funniest thing. I had ADIAN in the first book, but I'm beginning to really like ADIAN. The way he cares about the people on the ship and those he's working with it almost as if ADIAN is human.
If you read this series you HAVE to listen to the audiobook and follow along in the book.
I feel seen. Ask anyone who knows me and they will tell you I AM ELLA MALIKOVA! Oh my God it was like seeing my personality in action (except the computer hacker I'm not that great with electronics). We are both sassy AF and every other word we say is a cuss word (I'm not kidding)
my favorite pages (besides the humor and anything with Nik, Ella, and Hanna) are the ones that are just a swirling series of sentences describing what happening and you have to spin the boo around to read. It makes it interactive.
This book was scaring me (when certain things were happening) had me gasping, and had me so just AHH. I fell in love with the characters so hard I love how the romance is apart of the story but doesn't take over what's happening and what the characters are going through. I was confused by the big plot twist about Nik and the wormhole (not going into cause of spoilers) I had to reread it a few times but I finally understood it when (funny enough) AIDEN explained it.
The humor whenever Ella or Nik speak and whenever Nik, Hanna, and Ella talk is so funny I get weird looks from whoever is around me when I'm reading cause I will legit laugh at my book. The last 50 pages had me going WHAT THA FUCK!!! I was in fierce denial. I didn't like Jackson from the beginning but the last 50 pages ruined me and made me HATE him. Then we find out the truth and I had a teeny tony bit of respect for him.
ADIAN cursing is the funniest thing. I had ADIAN in the first book, but I'm beginning to really like ADIAN. The way he cares about the people on the ship and those he's working with it almost as if ADIAN is human.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Drug use and Drug abuse
caoimhe9876's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, Gun violence, Gore, Drug use, Death of parent, and Blood
Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Suicide, and Torture
ravensandlace's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
inspiring
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
My heart is sooooo happy right now! So freaking happy! Like I did with Illuminae , I will try and gather my thoughts into something that is coherent. Because lord knows, my mind is a jumbled mess of happy and eek noises.
So this takes place after the events of the Kerenza invasion and all that. We have Hanna, who I didn't care for at first but she grew on me and is also the captain's daughter and Nik, who is part of a mob called the House of Knives, which deals a drug called dust on the ship. Basically, their ship, the Heimdall, is invaded by BeiTech terrorists. Written in the same way Illuminae is, with all the chat logs, video surveillance, emails and all that jazz, this is a story that I will not be forgetting for a long time.
Hanna, as I mentioned above, was at first okay for me. She was kind of snotty and I didn't like how she led Nik along. I enjoyed her journal entries though and her drawings were really well done. I also thought it was really cool that she was into martial arts. Girls in martial arts don't get enough rep in books, I think. As the story progressed, she grew on me more and more. She wasn't just a snobby rich kid. She was a warrior, determined to live by any means necessary.
Nik was cool. He reminded me of Ezra. I did enjoy the back and forth Nik and Hanna had. The added Russian mob story was really cool. It give Nik more character and who doesn't love a good background story. I really felt bad for him that he was in the situation that he was in due to family. Also, his cousin Ella was amazing! EVerything she said was just pure gold! I could read a whole book about her and not get bored!
Okay. This next little part I am putting under spoiler tags. I don't know if it would really be considered a spoiler but I don't want to be yelled at. I am also going to reference something that might help you to understand this story. But, like I said, it's probably a spoiler. So read at your own risk.
Alright. One of the many plots really was about multiverses. I actually understood what they were talking about and I appreciate the fact that they dumbed it down for those that don't understand a lick of science. For those that didn't quite understand, I'll put it in super easy layman's terms. Basically there is this theory that there are multiple universes. For example: there is this universe, where I excel at reading and can't stand math. In another universe, there is another me, who loves math but can't stand reading. If things are still foggy for you, I would suggest watching the Family Guy episode Road to the Multiverse . That should help clear up any confusion about this plot.
I'm going to wrap this up before it gets to ridiculously long. This made my heart happy. I'm going to buy this book as soon as I can and treasure it like I do Illuminae . I'm going to eagerly await the third installment. I'm going to throw this book at everybody and demand that they read it because they don't know what they are missing.
Just kidding. I would never throw a book.
So this takes place after the events of the Kerenza invasion and all that. We have Hanna, who I didn't care for at first but she grew on me and is also the captain's daughter and Nik, who is part of a mob called the House of Knives, which deals a drug called dust on the ship. Basically, their ship, the Heimdall, is invaded by BeiTech terrorists. Written in the same way Illuminae is, with all the chat logs, video surveillance, emails and all that jazz, this is a story that I will not be forgetting for a long time.
Hanna, as I mentioned above, was at first okay for me. She was kind of snotty and I didn't like how she led Nik along. I enjoyed her journal entries though and her drawings were really well done. I also thought it was really cool that she was into martial arts. Girls in martial arts don't get enough rep in books, I think. As the story progressed, she grew on me more and more. She wasn't just a snobby rich kid. She was a warrior, determined to live by any means necessary.
Nik was cool. He reminded me of Ezra. I did enjoy the back and forth Nik and Hanna had. The added Russian mob story was really cool. It give Nik more character and who doesn't love a good background story. I really felt bad for him that he was in the situation that he was in due to family. Also, his cousin Ella was amazing! EVerything she said was just pure gold! I could read a whole book about her and not get bored!
Okay. This next little part I am putting under spoiler tags. I don't know if it would really be considered a spoiler but I don't want to be yelled at. I am also going to reference something that might help you to understand this story. But, like I said, it's probably a spoiler. So read at your own risk.
Alright. One of the many plots really was about multiverses. I actually understood what they were talking about and I appreciate the fact that they dumbed it down for those that don't understand a lick of science. For those that didn't quite understand, I'll put it in super easy layman's terms. Basically there is this theory that there are multiple universes. For example: there is this universe, where I excel at reading and can't stand math. In another universe, there is another me, who loves math but can't stand reading. If things are still foggy for you, I would suggest watching the Family Guy episode Road to the Multiverse . That should help clear up any confusion about this plot.
I'm going to wrap this up before it gets to ridiculously long. This made my heart happy. I'm going to buy this book as soon as I can and treasure it like I do Illuminae . I'm going to eagerly await the third installment. I'm going to throw this book at everybody and demand that they read it because they don't know what they are missing.
Just kidding. I would never throw a book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Physical abuse, and Violence
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