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Illuminae by Jay Kristoff, Amie Kaufman
3.0
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot

There were some parts of this I really, really enjoyed. Ezra was a fantastically fun character that we sadly didn't get enough of in the second half of the book. I loved how the authors had me hating AIDAN at the start and yet by the end I found him (it?) legitimately sympathetic by the end. I liked how they manged to make you care about side characters and their fates, despite the hinderance of the format. 

Boy, did I hate the format. I get that it's part of the reason people liked it so much when it first came out, but it was awkward, annoying, and kept you at a distance from the characters. I also really disliked Kady. I should have know, this being YA, that the hero would be a plucky teen girl who just happened to be amazing at everything and have everyone, insane AI included, fall in love with her.