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4.27 AVERAGE
4.27 AVERAGE
“They are beyond me.
These humans.
With their brief lives and their tiny dreams and their hopes that seem as fragile as glass.
Until you see them by starlight, that is.”
This book owns my heart and soul!!! It was total perfection and I want to frame the pages and hang them around the house.
My reading process for this book:
- Oh look, a censored word. Let's say all the curse words in our head and see which one fits best in the given sentence.
- Ohh black page, AIDAN is hereeeee :))
- Good Lord, they killed someone but my god the pages look amazing. And the format changes everytime people are mass-murdered because we're all going to hell but let's go out in styleee~
- ASCII art! Be still my CS nerd heart!
- Chat logs are so much fun to read.
- Why does AIDAN sound like Shakespeare?! Did it eat a book while self-repairs?
- Oh good god, this is horrific!
- Why am in love with the AI?
- Good Lord, he's a psycho!
- Oh no, now I like the AI again?!
- *Incoherent screaming noises*
Now onto the content:
- Reverse damsel in distress trope?
- AI done right.
- Girl programmer FTW! :D Go Kadyyy!
- Epistolary format <3 I didn't know you existed before today.
- The character banters
All in all, I loved this book so much that I take it out and flip the pages after every few days. I loved the character interactions a lot. Ezra and Jimmy, Ezra and Kady, Kady and AIDAN, AIDAN with anyone else. There's lots of twists and turns and unexpected things happen. A lot of people are killed in the book. A lot of feels along the way. All in all, this book ends on a good note and leaves you wanting more. So much more.
These humans.
With their brief lives and their tiny dreams and their hopes that seem as fragile as glass.
Until you see them by starlight, that is.”
This book owns my heart and soul!!! It was total perfection and I want to frame the pages and hang them around the house.
My reading process for this book:
- Oh look, a censored word. Let's say all the curse words in our head and see which one fits best in the given sentence.
- Ohh black page, AIDAN is hereeeee :))
- Good Lord, they killed someone but my god the pages look amazing. And the format changes everytime people are mass-murdered because we're all going to hell but let's go out in styleee~
- ASCII art! Be still my CS nerd heart!
- Chat logs are so much fun to read.
- Why does AIDAN sound like Shakespeare?! Did it eat a book while self-repairs?
- Oh good god, this is horrific!
- Why am in love with the AI?
- Good Lord, he's a psycho!
- Oh no, now I like the AI again?!
- *Incoherent screaming noises*
Now onto the content:
- Reverse damsel in distress trope?
- AI done right.
- Girl programmer FTW! :D Go Kadyyy!
- Epistolary format <3 I didn't know you existed before today.
- The character banters
All in all, I loved this book so much that I take it out and flip the pages after every few days. I loved the character interactions a lot. Ezra and Jimmy, Ezra and Kady, Kady and AIDAN, AIDAN with anyone else. There's lots of twists and turns and unexpected things happen. A lot of people are killed in the book. A lot of feels along the way. All in all, this book ends on a good note and leaves you wanting more. So much more.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, War, Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Death, Gore, Grief, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Domestic abuse
Re-read via audiobook 1/11/19.
I still really enjoyed it, the use of multiple actors worked really well with the transcript format, but you did miss out on the page layouts and diagrams. I think I prefer reading it in the traditional format but it's great either way.
This book is so unique and beautiful. I love that it doesn't have a traditional narration and instead uses transcripts, emails and amazing art to tell the story. It made me laugh, tear up and had some surprises I was not expecting.
I still really enjoyed it, the use of multiple actors worked really well with the transcript format, but you did miss out on the page layouts and diagrams. I think I prefer reading it in the traditional format but it's great either way.
This book is so unique and beautiful. I love that it doesn't have a traditional narration and instead uses transcripts, emails and amazing art to tell the story. It made me laugh, tear up and had some surprises I was not expecting.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
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
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Blood, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Pandemic/Epidemic
Read on a Kindle and so couldn't make out many of the graphics and likely missed bits- but still a great story.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Definitiv ein sehr überzeugendes Buch niemals ins All zu gehen.
So eine kreative Umsetzung und auch die story, auch wenn science fiction so gar nicht mein Genre ist war das sehrrrr gut und vor allem nicht zu kompliziert. Aber das Ende war dann doch ein bisschen vorhersehbar 😔
So eine kreative Umsetzung und auch die story, auch wenn science fiction so gar nicht mein Genre ist war das sehrrrr gut und vor allem nicht zu kompliziert. Aber das Ende war dann doch ein bisschen vorhersehbar 😔
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, War
Moderate: Gun violence, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child death, Fatphobia
first off i just wanna say that the use of the word "chum" throughout the book annoyed me so bad. overused to the max. however, this still couldn't distract me from this really really good book. i did not expect to like it as much as i did, and i got really really invested. it really surprised me and i really enjoyed the reading experience, it was just so so cool i can't say enough. the inner monologue of aidan was so interesting. i read this 600 page book in one sitting on the couch, i could not put it down.