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A review by crunchycrystals
Illuminae by Jay Kristoff, Amie Kaufman
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
this was originally supposed to be 4.5 but i bumped it up because of what happened at the end. the way the story was told was extremely effective, i'd say more so than just describing it like a regular book. the story had me immersed after the first 100 or so pages which is long but worth it for what happens.
one scene i really enjoyed was the one where AIDAN let out everyone in bay 4 and started playing Mozart. i put on the song and it fit the scene so perfectly i can't even describe it. i recommend you play it if you reread the book and it's mentioned that it's playing.
hello that first review was written 2 years ago when i first read it in 2020 and now im here in 2022 and i still really like it. the portrayal of grief is really great and i remember feeling the kady's emotions really strongly even back when i first read it. spoilers here the scene where she explains to ezra about her mom especially got me. there were real tears coming down my face when i read the diary since i already knew she was dead. the part when she finds out her mom and ezra are dead really got me the first time i read it and that feeling of hopelessness gets you. the part that really got me though was near the end when kady just floated in space for a few minutes. its possibly my favorite part just because of the emotions in it
hello that first review was written 2 years ago when i first read it in 2020 and now im here in 2022 and i still really like it. the portrayal of grief is really great and i remember feeling the kady's emotions really strongly even back when i first read it. spoilers here
Graphic: Child death, Suicide, Death, Gore, and Grief
Moderate: Violence and Vomit
Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse
deaths are explained in vivid detail, including one of a young child. it's immersive but it's also really gore-y.
minor mention of domestic and child abuse for a couple of pages, mostly implied but never explained in detail