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Illuminae

Jay Kristoff, Amie Kaufman

4.27 AVERAGE

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes

The audio book is just so good!!!! I absolutely loved it!
adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

looks cool but actually really boring 😭

4.5 stars

I’m not normally a huge sci-fi/space setting lover but this story had me hooked from page 1. I loved how each section was formatted on the page, I rarely even noticed there wasn’t any chapters (I normally dislike when a book doesn’t have chapters).

There were a couple moments during AIDAN’s pov where I got bored, hence the deduction in my rating

I know everyone loved this book, but it was not for me. The storyline was hard to follow at the beginning and then it got really good and then it got hard to follow again. I didn’t care for anyone except maybe one side character and the ending was a bit confusing. I was not a fan of AIDEN or the book structure with the files and pictures, etc. I think I’m going to pass on the rest of this series.
adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging dark 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

This was a wild ride