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A review by joanna1905
Unearthed by Meagan Spooner, Amie Kaufman
2.0
So unfortunately I didn’t love this book. As a massive illuminae files fan I had hoped I would really enjoy this one too, however my experience with this book was much the same as my experience with These Broken Stars.
It’s not really that this book is bad it’s just feels kind of cliche, it kind of feels more like a romance/self discovery story set on the backdrop of a sci fi world rather than an actual sci fi novel.
This book is also VERY repetitive, both Jules and Mia constantly reiterate what happened to Jules father, the whole situation with the undying and why Jules is lying to Mia. It’s just the same information given over and over again and it really slows down the flow of the work.
Jules really annoyed me at the beginning, he’s so high and mighty he never stops to think it’s weird that this teenager is all alone on a foreign planet and just writes her off as some scummy thief. He never considers that she might have a good reason for breaking the law.
When he eventually finds out their to make money to buy her sister back he doesn’t feel any sympathy for her or feel bad for thinking she’s a monster. He just thinks about how her parents broke the law buy having two children.
When Mia pretends to turn on Jules to earn the trust of the others he never once considers that she’s bluffing, once again he just writes her off as a good for nothing traitor.
I also don’t understand how this ancient alien tech is unlocked with a Nokia but whatever.
Having said all this the ending was actually very well done, from the point where we find out Mink and Charlotte are the same person it really kicks up a notch. The cliffhanger at the ending definitely has me intrigued and lucky for me my library also has the sequel, so I’ll definitely be continuing to see how it all ends.
All in all this isn’t a bad book but it’s not really on the same level as the illuminae files nor is it a series I’d personally choose to invest money in! Luckily libraries exist!!
It’s not really that this book is bad it’s just feels kind of cliche, it kind of feels more like a romance/self discovery story set on the backdrop of a sci fi world rather than an actual sci fi novel.
This book is also VERY repetitive, both Jules and Mia constantly reiterate what happened to Jules father, the whole situation with the undying and why Jules is lying to Mia. It’s just the same information given over and over again and it really slows down the flow of the work.
Jules really annoyed me at the beginning, he’s so high and mighty he never stops to think it’s weird that this teenager is all alone on a foreign planet and just writes her off as some scummy thief. He never considers that she might have a good reason for breaking the law.
When he eventually finds out their to make money to buy her sister back he doesn’t feel any sympathy for her or feel bad for thinking she’s a monster. He just thinks about how her parents broke the law buy having two children.
When Mia pretends to turn on Jules to earn the trust of the others he never once considers that she’s bluffing, once again he just writes her off as a good for nothing traitor.
I also don’t understand how this ancient alien tech is unlocked with a Nokia but whatever.
Having said all this the ending was actually very well done, from the point where we find out Mink and Charlotte are the same person it really kicks up a notch. The cliffhanger at the ending definitely has me intrigued and lucky for me my library also has the sequel, so I’ll definitely be continuing to see how it all ends.
All in all this isn’t a bad book but it’s not really on the same level as the illuminae files nor is it a series I’d personally choose to invest money in! Luckily libraries exist!!