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Obsidio
by Jay Kristoff, Amie Kaufman
It's all over. And I'm in tears. This book brought me to edge of destruction and back. All my darlings, Kady and Ezra, and Hannah and Nik, and Isaac Grant, and AIDAN and, sniff, sniff....avoiding spoilers.
I could talk about this for DAYS. And Days. It went far and above and beyond All my expectations.
I was practically holding my breath the entire time I was reading. Everything was painful and beautiful. Agh!
Ok, calm down. Take a breath.
There are wonderful, new, fresh characters. I love how Amie and Jay are able to create different characters for each story. Kady and Hannah and Asha are all different. They aren't copies of each other.
Their strengths are all unique and remarkable. Kady is 100% sass and genius. And Hannah is all brute beauty force + plotting extraordinaire. Ella is badass and quick and stubborn.
And Asha is tender & brave & kind. I LOVE her. (though, it's impossible to choose a favorite. It really is.
The guys are different too!!! Nik is so cute & I love him. Ezra is stubborn adorable. And Rhys Lindstrom is extra dense & kind of sappy & innocent.
You know, Nik knows he's bad and while he doesn't want to be evil, he's ok with being a gangster?
But Rhys is all, I'm a soldier for an evil empire but that is TOTALLY NOT MY FAULT. Also, said evil company is killing people but I had had no idea. i.e, I am stupid.
But cool motto for mindless killing machines
Then there's Isaac Grant and the commanders & adults. Who are mostly jerks and occasionally cool. There are so many different characters? But somehow they all stand out and don't get mixed up in my brain.
Probably my favorite side character this book was Lieutenant Oshiro. Her uber-protectivness over Rhys. It was totally cute and sister-like.
A Soldier's First Duty is to their Conscience.
AIDAN. AIDAN. AIDAN.
I don't tend to like artificial intelligence stories. But AIDAN steals my breath away. His narration, his pacing, his ideas and actions.
He feels real - sometimes more real than the human characters. How does this computer have such raw feelings? I don't know. But it makes me cry.
What I absolutely love about the entire Illuminae Files is how it's written. The storytelling is gripping.
The illustrations in this book are the BEST THING IN THE WORLD.
They always manage to bring me to tears. In this heart wrenching, throat burning kind of way.
Plotting wise, this story kept me spinning. So much action. Battles on so many fronts, unbelievable.
Mutiny.
Rebellions
Little kids stealing your heart
Hate/Love romance
AIDAN going wacko?
BEI-Tech trying to kill everyone, again. No surprise, right?
Ezra Grant probably dying. Again.
Nik saving everyone
Kady and Ella teaming up to save the universe
Hannah falling apart because her dad JUST DIED.
And the adults don't need her anymore? BUT THEY ALL NEED HANNAH. And Hannah drawing incredible illustrations. And sorting out her feelings and recovering from absolute Hell. Yeah, Hannah is the absolute queen.
Ok, I hope that wasn't too spoilery. Because this book is freaking AWESOME.
Nik put the entire Illuminae Files together?!?!?!?!?! We're reading Nik's writing??!?!?!?!? And who added the notes in. (I'm guessing Kady or Hannah? or even Ella?)
Asha saving Katya and basically screaming like a complete freaking mother and STOPPING THE WAR, basically. I cried, ok? Asha is so strong.
The Cleverest Mouse. Katya made me cry so much. Heavy Sobbing.
Nik having the parachute?!?!?! And everybody making fun of him. But he saved EZRA's life, again.
The plot twist!!! So Rhys betraying Asha, only for it all to have been a part of the plan. WOW. Did not see that coming.
Ben Garver 'surrendering" only to fool Bei Tech so they could take over the ship. Again, WOW.
Hannah fighting alongside her mentor , crying, crying, crying.
Basically any scene Hannah is trying to recover from her dad's death. TEARS.
THE VERY END. ALL OF THEM TOGETHER. WHAT. IS. MY. LIFE. NOW? cries.....
I could talk about this for DAYS. And Days. It went far and above and beyond All my expectations.
I was practically holding my breath the entire time I was reading. Everything was painful and beautiful. Agh!
Ok, calm down. Take a breath.
There are wonderful, new, fresh characters. I love how Amie and Jay are able to create different characters for each story. Kady and Hannah and Asha are all different. They aren't copies of each other.
Their strengths are all unique and remarkable. Kady is 100% sass and genius. And Hannah is all brute beauty force + plotting extraordinaire. Ella is badass and quick and stubborn.
And Asha is tender & brave & kind. I LOVE her. (though, it's impossible to choose a favorite. It really is.
Spoiler
Actually, I lied. Hannah Donnelly is my favThe guys are different too!!! Nik is so cute & I love him. Ezra is stubborn adorable. And Rhys Lindstrom is extra dense & kind of sappy & innocent.
You know, Nik knows he's bad and while he doesn't want to be evil, he's ok with being a gangster?
But Rhys is all, I'm a soldier for an evil empire but that is TOTALLY NOT MY FAULT. Also, said evil company is killing people but I had had no idea. i.e, I am stupid.
But cool motto for mindless killing machines
COMPANY COMMANDER CORPS
Then there's Isaac Grant and the commanders & adults. Who are mostly jerks and occasionally cool. There are so many different characters? But somehow they all stand out and don't get mixed up in my brain.
Probably my favorite side character this book was Lieutenant Oshiro. Her uber-protectivness over Rhys. It was totally cute and sister-like.
A Soldier's First Duty is to their Conscience.
AIDAN. AIDAN. AIDAN.
I don't tend to like artificial intelligence stories. But AIDAN steals my breath away. His narration, his pacing, his ideas and actions.
He feels real - sometimes more real than the human characters. How does this computer have such raw feelings? I don't know. But it makes me cry.
What I absolutely love about the entire Illuminae Files is how it's written. The storytelling is gripping.
The illustrations in this book are the BEST THING IN THE WORLD.
They always manage to bring me to tears. In this heart wrenching, throat burning kind of way.
Spoiler
the image of baby Hypatia and the dead people's picture? I was sobbing. And the last group pic of the Illuminae group? I was a complete mess.Plotting wise, this story kept me spinning. So much action. Battles on so many fronts, unbelievable.
Mutiny.
Rebellions
Little kids stealing your heart
Hate/Love romance
AIDAN going wacko?
BEI-Tech trying to kill everyone, again. No surprise, right?
Ezra Grant probably dying. Again.
Nik saving everyone
Kady and Ella teaming up to save the universe
Hannah falling apart because her dad JUST DIED.
And the adults don't need her anymore? BUT THEY ALL NEED HANNAH. And Hannah drawing incredible illustrations. And sorting out her feelings and recovering from absolute Hell. Yeah, Hannah is the absolute queen.
Ok, I hope that wasn't too spoilery. Because this book is freaking AWESOME.
Now for some Random Spoiler filled screaming thoughts.
Nik put the entire Illuminae Files together?!?!?!?!?! We're reading Nik's writing??!?!?!?!? And who added the notes in. (I'm guessing Kady or Hannah? or even Ella?)
Asha saving Katya and basically screaming like a complete freaking mother and STOPPING THE WAR, basically. I cried, ok? Asha is so strong.
The Cleverest Mouse. Katya made me cry so much. Heavy Sobbing.
Nik having the parachute?!?!?! And everybody making fun of him. But he saved EZRA's life, again.
The plot twist!!! So Rhys betraying Asha, only for it all to have been a part of the plan. WOW. Did not see that coming.
Ben Garver 'surrendering" only to fool Bei Tech so they could take over the ship. Again, WOW.
Hannah fighting alongside her mentor , crying, crying, crying.
Basically any scene Hannah is trying to recover from her dad's death. TEARS.
THE VERY END. ALL OF THEM TOGETHER. WHAT. IS. MY. LIFE. NOW? cries.....