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3.88 AVERAGE
3.88 AVERAGE
“I was made for you. All I am. All I do, I do for you.”
3.5 stars
loved it but also that ending was the worst and kinda ruined the book for me.
3.5 stars
loved it but also that ending was the worst and kinda ruined the book for me.
Wasn’t for me...
this was one of those books that I forced myself to finish, hoping with each page that it would get better. Unfortunately, the Romeo and Juliet type a love story was so unnecessary and completely distracted from what could have been a very very cool science fiction book. Take away the love story and I would’ve given this book 5 stars. OK, maybe I would’ve given it four stars because the use of this worlds slang in the narrative was incredibly annoying.
this was one of those books that I forced myself to finish, hoping with each page that it would get better. Unfortunately, the Romeo and Juliet type a love story was so unnecessary and completely distracted from what could have been a very very cool science fiction book. Take away the love story and I would’ve given this book 5 stars. OK, maybe I would’ve given it four stars because the use of this worlds slang in the narrative was incredibly annoying.
LIFELiK3 is a clever mashup of Pinocchio and the Anastasia legend with kick-ass girls in mechs and robots!
I received a copy of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
I received a copy of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
3.5 Stars.
A good book, but something didn't sit with me. It might actually be one better to read then listen to.
A good book, but something didn't sit with me. It might actually be one better to read then listen to.
NOOOO! I was reading this and with only a few pages left my digital copy from the library checked back before I could finish. So I'll have to hurry and get a copy so I can read the ending!
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WOW. Finally got to finish and I must say I really loved this! That ending held some pretty drastic changes which made it well worth the wait. This story was action packed, clever, and full of interesting concepts to think about. Every time I thought I knew what was going to happen, I totally didn't. The story line twists again and again and I have NO idea what is going to come in the next book but I'm here for it.
This book really deserves a more detailed review but since there was such a big break between when I got to read the end and the rest of the book I don't think I could do one properly. If I reread before the next book I'll come back with more notes.
Great for fans of:
- The Lunar Chronicles
- The Illuminate Files
- This Mortal Coil
- iRobot
- Great Audiobooks
Content Notes (Scaled with 5 being the worst):
Language = 2.5 (Some crude/suggestive language, mild swears)
Sexual Content = 3 (Some kissing & implied intercourse)
Violence = 4.5 (pretty intense, detailed fight scenes)
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WOW. Finally got to finish and I must say I really loved this! That ending held some pretty drastic changes which made it well worth the wait. This story was action packed, clever, and full of interesting concepts to think about. Every time I thought I knew what was going to happen, I totally didn't. The story line twists again and again and I have NO idea what is going to come in the next book but I'm here for it.
This book really deserves a more detailed review but since there was such a big break between when I got to read the end and the rest of the book I don't think I could do one properly. If I reread before the next book I'll come back with more notes.
Great for fans of:
- The Lunar Chronicles
- The Illuminate Files
- This Mortal Coil
- iRobot
- Great Audiobooks
Content Notes (Scaled with 5 being the worst):
Language = 2.5 (Some crude/suggestive language, mild swears)
Sexual Content = 3 (Some kissing & implied intercourse)
Violence = 4.5 (pretty intense, detailed fight scenes)
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“They used to call it Kalifornya, but now they called it Dregs.”
When a book is literally described as “Romeo & Juliet meets Mad Max meets X-Men, with a little bit of Blade Runner cheering from the sidelines”, you can be a little hesitant as to what you can expect. Either it’s a huge oversell by the publishing company, or somehow the author has a genius mind to be able to pull all those elements together to make it work. After reading this book, it seems Australian author Jay Kristoff has been blessed with a gift.
LIFEL1K3 is set in a post-apocalyptic USA and after an uprising, the robotic populace has been reduced to mere slaves and androids have been outlawed. Our main protagonist is seventeen-year-old Eve who builds robotic gladiators so she can earn credits to help her sick Grandpa, who is her last remaining family member. Unfortunately things go downhill pretty quickly for our girl when her gladiator is destroyed and almost winds up being killed herself—except she manages to stop the looming robot with the power of her mind and a raging scream…
Due to the fight being so public, her newly found ability is revealed to all and now the puritanical organisation known as the Brotherhood are after her because of her abnormality, just like they have done with all the others they killed before her. But why should the drama stop there? On her way home with her little AI robot Cricket and best gal pal Lemon Fresh, they discover an android boy within the wreckage of a recently crashed plane. Taking him home for parts, Eve doesn’t expect Ezekiel, the android boy, to get up and walking again. She also doesn’t expect him to recognise her or the onslaught of people after her because of the lifelike and her strange new power…
And so a series of events unfolds that hooks you in from the get-go with its chaos, robots, epic car chases, romance, friendship, and pure badassery.
The characters are incredibly enjoyable with just the right amount of attention, background, and detail given to each of them over the course of the book. That being said, Eve is quite the multi-faceted character, which may be a little frustrating for some since her character is pushed and pulled in so many ways that she’s always confused as to who she is and who she should be.
Then there’s her best friend Lemon Fresh. She’s yet another strong female character that doesn’t rely on our main protagonist and can instead hold her own. Her character isn’t sidelined like the typical best friend characters in books, and it seems that she will be explored further in the following books.
Joining the girls are Kaiser, who is a fierce and protective robotic dog, and a hilarious AI robot by the name of Cricket who will go ballistic if he ever gets called little. Surprisingly, these two were interesting characters and even though Kaiser doesn’t speak, his actions when it comes to Eve and Lemon are sweet. Cricket on the other hand has plenty to say and he’s the wittiest robot I have ever come across, and although his quite literally programmed to help and protect Eve, their relationship is something I didn’t expect myself to enjoy as much as I did.
As for our android boy named Ezekiel, he is what is known as a lifelike. Lifelike’s were made by Gnosis, an organisation created by Nicholas Monrova who essentially referred to them as his children. Monrova copied the personalities of those he loved to create the lifelike’s, so hopefully, they would love, protect, and serve him in return. Unfortunately a virus was purposely injected into the lifelike’s to free them of the three laws of robotics:
1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2. A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the first law.
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws.
Instead, they eventually had their own thoughts on these: Your body is not your own. Your mind is not your own. Your life is not your own. After being set free from the laws, the lifelike’s rose up to destroy Gnosis and the Monrova family. Now, a few years down the track, BioMaas and Daedalus Technology circle one another in order to become the top tech dog.
Now that’s all we can cover without giving anything away!
When it comes to the writing, it might throw you at first. I haven’t read anything by Kristoff before other than the Illuminae series he co-wrote with Amie Kaufman, but the slang that was used was a slight deterrent for me at first. That being said, the flashbacks were a great reprieve from this and it did ease off substantially after the first few chapters, so I implore you to keep at it. Once you hit one of the twists Kristoff throws at you, it will propel you to stay up all night reading.
If you’re after an action-packed adventure that will take you on a roller-coaster ride of emotions by filling your heart with love for the story and characters and then ripping it out at the last page, then LIFEL1K3 is the book for you!
“They used to call it Kalifornya, but now they called it Dregs.”
When a book is literally described as “Romeo & Juliet meets Mad Max meets X-Men, with a little bit of Blade Runner cheering from the sidelines”, you can be a little hesitant as to what you can expect. Either it’s a huge oversell by the publishing company, or somehow the author has a genius mind to be able to pull all those elements together to make it work. After reading this book, it seems Australian author Jay Kristoff has been blessed with a gift.
LIFEL1K3 is set in a post-apocalyptic USA and after an uprising, the robotic populace has been reduced to mere slaves and androids have been outlawed. Our main protagonist is seventeen-year-old Eve who builds robotic gladiators so she can earn credits to help her sick Grandpa, who is her last remaining family member. Unfortunately things go downhill pretty quickly for our girl when her gladiator is destroyed and almost winds up being killed herself—except she manages to stop the looming robot with the power of her mind and a raging scream…
Due to the fight being so public, her newly found ability is revealed to all and now the puritanical organisation known as the Brotherhood are after her because of her abnormality, just like they have done with all the others they killed before her. But why should the drama stop there? On her way home with her little AI robot Cricket and best gal pal Lemon Fresh, they discover an android boy within the wreckage of a recently crashed plane. Taking him home for parts, Eve doesn’t expect Ezekiel, the android boy, to get up and walking again. She also doesn’t expect him to recognise her or the onslaught of people after her because of the lifelike and her strange new power…
And so a series of events unfolds that hooks you in from the get-go with its chaos, robots, epic car chases, romance, friendship, and pure badassery.
The characters are incredibly enjoyable with just the right amount of attention, background, and detail given to each of them over the course of the book. That being said, Eve is quite the multi-faceted character, which may be a little frustrating for some since her character is pushed and pulled in so many ways that she’s always confused as to who she is and who she should be.
Then there’s her best friend Lemon Fresh. She’s yet another strong female character that doesn’t rely on our main protagonist and can instead hold her own. Her character isn’t sidelined like the typical best friend characters in books, and it seems that she will be explored further in the following books.
Joining the girls are Kaiser, who is a fierce and protective robotic dog, and a hilarious AI robot by the name of Cricket who will go ballistic if he ever gets called little. Surprisingly, these two were interesting characters and even though Kaiser doesn’t speak, his actions when it comes to Eve and Lemon are sweet. Cricket on the other hand has plenty to say and he’s the wittiest robot I have ever come across, and although his quite literally programmed to help and protect Eve, their relationship is something I didn’t expect myself to enjoy as much as I did.
As for our android boy named Ezekiel, he is what is known as a lifelike. Lifelike’s were made by Gnosis, an organisation created by Nicholas Monrova who essentially referred to them as his children. Monrova copied the personalities of those he loved to create the lifelike’s, so hopefully, they would love, protect, and serve him in return. Unfortunately a virus was purposely injected into the lifelike’s to free them of the three laws of robotics:
1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2. A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the first law.
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws.
Instead, they eventually had their own thoughts on these: Your body is not your own. Your mind is not your own. Your life is not your own. After being set free from the laws, the lifelike’s rose up to destroy Gnosis and the Monrova family. Now, a few years down the track, BioMaas and Daedalus Technology circle one another in order to become the top tech dog.
Now that’s all we can cover without giving anything away!
When it comes to the writing, it might throw you at first. I haven’t read anything by Kristoff before other than the Illuminae series he co-wrote with Amie Kaufman, but the slang that was used was a slight deterrent for me at first. That being said, the flashbacks were a great reprieve from this and it did ease off substantially after the first few chapters, so I implore you to keep at it. Once you hit one of the twists Kristoff throws at you, it will propel you to stay up all night reading.
If you’re after an action-packed adventure that will take you on a roller-coaster ride of emotions by filling your heart with love for the story and characters and then ripping it out at the last page, then LIFEL1K3 is the book for you!
𝘽𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙪𝙡𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙣
I did not enjoy Likel1k3 as much as I thought I would (especially since I loved Jay Kristoff’s Illuminae Files and Nevernight Chronicle). The characters are under-developed, and the melodrama was a bit much. It had several instances of one of my biggest pet peeves—where characters are constantly getting interrupted during important conversations. I did like the romance aspect though. I do hope I like the sequels more.
“𝙄𝙩’𝙨 𝙨𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙮. 𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙.”
I did not enjoy Likel1k3 as much as I thought I would (especially since I loved Jay Kristoff’s Illuminae Files and Nevernight Chronicle). The characters are under-developed, and the melodrama was a bit much. It had several instances of one of my biggest pet peeves—where characters are constantly getting interrupted during important conversations. I did like the romance aspect though. I do hope I like the sequels more.
“𝙄𝙩’𝙨 𝙨𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙮. 𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙.”
I’ve read a lot of YA, a lot of post-apocalyptic sci-fi, and a lot of girl-power sf/f, so honestly it takes quite a clever plot twist to surprise me. And this book did surprise me, several times, and in a big way. I’ll definitely be keeping alert for the sequel.
Slightly spoilerish, maybe?
Slightly spoilerish, maybe?