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Aurora Rising by Jay Kristoff, Amie Kaufman

16 reviews

natashalg's review

adventurous emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

The story was an exciting read, but the way the characters interact and speak was really, really awkward. It's like you're reading the dialogue from a "relatable" teen Disney movie. That did get better as the book progressed and you got more into the story, but it was still present, and I'm hoping the characters "grow" out of it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Chronic illness

Moderate: Death of parent

katievallin's review

adventurous funny sad 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? Yes

3.0

Enjoyed the first half. Skimmed some in the middle because I got bored. Didn’t really like the end because

I’m not a fan of parasites,

and I can tolerate only so much body horror. Also thought Aurora wasn’t very interesting, and the romance wasn’t very convincing

(not a huge fan of the soulmate trope).

Generally liked the other main characters, though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Body horror, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Blood and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Racism, Alcohol, Bullying, Cursing, and Death of parent

kathrynleereads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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

4.75

 I’m not going to lie, I didn’t think it was possible for Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff to write another series that I would love even half as much as I loved The Illuminae Files.

After reading Aurora Rising, it seems I was incredibly wrong.

The world built in this book was just intricate enough to show its depth, while at the same time not overwhelming the readers.

The plot was fast-paced and full of twists and turns (some of which you see coming and others that you really don’t).

And the characters. Seven of the most different characters you could possibly dream up, who all seem to work well together (at least some of the time). We got to know most of the seven members of Squad 312 pretty well, and I expect that we’ll get to know the others (mostly Zila and Kal) a lot better in the coming books.

Aurora Rising is hands-down in my three favorite reads of this year. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Death of parent, and Genocide

Moderate: Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Violence, Gore, and Gun violence

Minor: Cursing, Ableism, and Blood

ssellwood's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

Aurora Rising has an exciting premise; a group of unlikely comrades are pushed together after the discovery of a girl left in cryo for 200 years, pulling them into an adventure across the galaxy. I enjoyed the fast pace and action packed plot, but there's also time for humour and connections that pull strongly on the found family trope, and they even managed to make me care for characters I thought I disliked. There's also a hint of gore and mystery for those who enjoyed the more horror aspects of Illuminae. However, initially I found some of the characters a bit one sided, especially Zila, though they grew more dimensional over time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent

jaimc's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, and Blood

Minor: Genocide and War

safety_pin's review

adventurous challenging funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• 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, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Cursing, Death, Violence, War, Blood, Hate crime, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Death of parent, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Alcohol

akirokis's review

adventurous funny hopeful fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, and Death

Moderate: Gun violence and Injury/Injury detail

captainoliimar's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mass/school shootings, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Gaslighting, Gore, Kidnapping, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Violence, Animal death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Animal cruelty, Xenophobia, Body horror, War, Death of parent, Mental illness, Murder, Torture, and Medical content

Moderate: Police brutality, Racial slurs, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Chronic illness, Slavery, Misogyny, Colonisation, Ableism, Religious bigotry, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, and Racism

Minor: Alcohol

chrilovyl's review

adventurous challenging emotional lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Blood

Moderate: Death and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent

jenna36's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

4.0

EDIT: 
Just read some stuff about Jay Kristoff and I do not want to support him by buying another one of his books. Not sure if I want to finish the series now, but if I decide to I will probably rent them from the library. 

Original review:
I was surprised I liked this book as much as I did. The writing seems very juvenile at first, but if you can get through the first nauseatingly perky 40% of the book, things start to ramp up and get interesting. I like the found family aspect of the book and am excited to find out what happens next. I do wish that the plot had not been quite so easy to guess. Even when there were no hints toward big reveals I was still able to guess everything. However, I love Finian, Kal, and Zila enough that I didn't really care that Scarlett, Tyler, and Aurora were all fairly bland and uninspiring. There were a couple of red herrings when it came to romance, but I honestly think that the whole crew should have just been in one giant polyamorous relationship with each other, because I saw potential in literally every pairing (except for the twins because no). 

Honestly I was middle of the road on Cat until the ending. She was fine on her own, but I could not for the life of me figure out what she saw in Tyler. He was boring as hell, and never seemed to give her the time of day after having sex with her. And then we are supposed to believe that after all the crap he pulled with her, and his weird sort of pining after Aurora the whole damn book, that he actually loved Cat? I honestly was rooting for Cat and Finian and I'm kind of sad that she is "dead" (I'm not actually convinced that she is dead. I feel like they might find some mystic way to free her later on).

Even with all of the criticism I have for the book, I am still going to rate it 4 stars because I love the found family aspect, and I am cutting it a little slack for being so YA. I have been tired of YA scifi/fantasy lately, so I want to make sure that I'm not being too biased against it. As far as I'm concerned, having 5 out of 7 main characters with actual distinct, semi-well-developed personalities is pretty good for a YA scifi/fantasy book (I'm looking at Scarlett and Tyler for being bland and forgettable).

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, and Death of parent