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A review by unicorn1408
Illuminae by Jay Kristoff, Amie Kaufman
5.0
I. Loved. This. Book. Period.
I read this after I read Aurora Rising by the same authors, and that book left me feeling nothing but frustration at the lack of science I found in a supposedly sci-fi story. But that doesn't matter now.
I started Illuminae a little wary of what I might find but this book took me entirely by surprise.
If you didn't already know, Illuminae is not written in the usual book format, but rather as an archive of files (audio transcripts, interviews, surveillance camera footage, you name it). All the same, I had no problem in connecting to the characters and rooting for them (go Kady, Astro-Princess of hacking ;)!)
This books tells the beginning of a war between two massive corporations in the year 2575 and the chaos that ensues in the lives of people caught in the blast fire. It raises questions of morality through malfunctioning AI, the most interesting part of this awesome book for me. It also shows you some emoji designs that I personally haven't seen before like 0_o or T_T !
I couldn't recommend this enough! Although, I guess people that have some interest in technology and science-y stuff are more likely to enjoy it. And if you read it, remember to mind the time stamps of all transcripts!! :)
I read this after I read Aurora Rising by the same authors, and that book left me feeling nothing but frustration at the lack of science I found in a supposedly sci-fi story. But that doesn't matter now.
I started Illuminae a little wary of what I might find but this book took me entirely by surprise.
If you didn't already know, Illuminae is not written in the usual book format, but rather as an archive of files (audio transcripts, interviews, surveillance camera footage, you name it). All the same, I had no problem in connecting to the characters and rooting for them (go Kady, Astro-Princess of hacking ;)!)
This books tells the beginning of a war between two massive corporations in the year 2575 and the chaos that ensues in the lives of people caught in the blast fire. It raises questions of morality through malfunctioning AI, the most interesting part of this awesome book for me. It also shows you some emoji designs that I personally haven't seen before like 0_o or T_T !
I couldn't recommend this enough! Although, I guess people that have some interest in technology and science-y stuff are more likely to enjoy it. And if you read it, remember to mind the time stamps of all transcripts!! :)