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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
gleerest's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
reflective
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
Content Warnings
Moderate: Violence and War
Minor: Addiction
olgaokhrimenko's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Blood, Addiction, and Death
ashleereadsbooks692's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
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? No
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, War, Violence, Gore, Physical abuse, Murder, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction
journeythroughthechapters's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
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
5.0
Thoughts
Okay wow. That was intense. If you can I HIGHLY recommend listening with the audiobook. For me it gave this reading experience another dimension. It brought me out of reality and into this world and I loved every minute of it.
If I could describe this book in one word it would be: Intense.
Things I loved
- The Atmosphere: the combination of the visuals, and the audiobook of this story took me to another universe. That is the reason I read. To escape reality and this did that for me.
- The Characters: it took a while but I became very attached to the character. I would say my favourite was Ella. She is a super genius when it comes to computers. She's sassy. And she's also disabled from the waist down but that doesn't stop her. The villains in this were so intense it was brilliant. My God did they give me the chills.
- The Plot: Not going to lie this took me a little longer to get into than the first book but that was my fault because it's been so long since I read illuminae. When I was finally into it...damn... This plot just kept moving. It was one thing after another after another. I felt so sorry for the characters haha.
Things I didn't like
There was only one thing and that was the death of too many animals. Other than that I can't complain too much.
I will say this felt darker than the first book. Or maybe it was the same (I can't remember) but I got chills reading this.
Representation
POC (side character), Disability
Content Warning
Death, Violence, Animal Death, Addiction, Death of a Parent, Gun Violence
Okay wow. That was intense. If you can I HIGHLY recommend listening with the audiobook. For me it gave this reading experience another dimension. It brought me out of reality and into this world and I loved every minute of it.
If I could describe this book in one word it would be: Intense.
Things I loved
- The Atmosphere: the combination of the visuals, and the audiobook of this story took me to another universe. That is the reason I read. To escape reality and this did that for me.
- The Characters: it took a while but I became very attached to the character. I would say my favourite was Ella. She is a super genius when it comes to computers. She's sassy. And she's also disabled from the waist down but that doesn't stop her. The villains in this were so intense it was brilliant. My God did they give me the chills.
- The Plot: Not going to lie this took me a little longer to get into than the first book but that was my fault because it's been so long since I read illuminae. When I was finally into it...damn... This plot just kept moving. It was one thing after another after another. I felt so sorry for the characters haha.
Things I didn't like
There was only one thing and that was the death of too many animals. Other than that I can't complain too much.
I will say this felt darker than the first book. Or maybe it was the same (I can't remember) but I got chills reading this.
Representation
POC (side character), Disability
Content Warning
Death, Violence, Animal Death, Addiction, Death of a Parent, Gun Violence
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Violence
Moderate: Addiction
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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