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A review by themelodyofspring
Illuminae by Jay Kristoff, Amie Kaufman
5.0
“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.