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A review by loulabell
Illuminae by Jay Kristoff, Amie Kaufman
5.0
Oh my god y'all this book. This BOOK, where do I even begin? The way this book was delivered was hands DOWN, one of the most unique deliveries I have ever seen in my entire life. From the chat room pages to AIDAN's specific layout to the repetition of words/phrases used to create an image, everything was just so immersive. Like I was IMMERSED in this book, not necessarily living the lives of the characters portrayed in the book but actually THERE with them as they dealt with the shit they had to go through. And I know that's what a book is supposed to do I get it, but this felt so incredibly different.
And so many of the plot points pulled such a strong reaction out of me. I was actually screaming when AIDAN destroyed the Copernicus, I was crying when I got to the pages filled with hundreds of pictures meant to portray the lives lost, I was SCREAMING again when AIDAN released all the infected from Bay 4, and I was thoroughly disturbed by the description of the headless bodies spelling out 'HELP ME.' And speaking of AIDAN, can I just say this book made me NOT want any form of AI in the near future because we all know that shit is gonna get out of our control. We can hardly keep Alexa in line so how do we possibly think we can keep a Sentient Technological Being under our control? We cannot, next.
And can I also say Thank You for giving us such a badass female character? Kady, the pink-haired 17-year-old that lost almost everything she could ever care about, risking her life to save as many as she could. And she was given one of the coolest skills ever? A young female hacker, a "chiphead," like damn she's a role model in my book. If I were younger and didn't quite know what I wanted to do with my life, this would definitely get me interested in the technology field. The STEM fields could use more females anyways.
So yeah, great book, superb delivery, can't wait to read the others in the series. 👏
And so many of the plot points pulled such a strong reaction out of me. I was actually screaming when AIDAN destroyed the Copernicus, I was crying when I got to the pages filled with hundreds of pictures meant to portray the lives lost, I was SCREAMING again when AIDAN released all the infected from Bay 4, and I was thoroughly disturbed by the description of the headless bodies spelling out 'HELP ME.' And speaking of AIDAN, can I just say this book made me NOT want any form of AI in the near future because we all know that shit is gonna get out of our control. We can hardly keep Alexa in line so how do we possibly think we can keep a Sentient Technological Being under our control? We cannot, next.
And can I also say Thank You for giving us such a badass female character? Kady, the pink-haired 17-year-old that lost almost everything she could ever care about, risking her life to save as many as she could. And she was given one of the coolest skills ever? A young female hacker, a "chiphead," like damn she's a role model in my book. If I were younger and didn't quite know what I wanted to do with my life, this would definitely get me interested in the technology field. The STEM fields could use more females anyways.
So yeah, great book, superb delivery, can't wait to read the others in the series. 👏