A review by drizzlybear
Illuminae by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff

adventurous dark tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

5.0

This book: unputdownable. I read it in just over a day. It was SO good.
This book is brutal. This book is unforgiving. This book is hard, fast, bloody. This book is poetry. This book is beautiful. This book brings you to the brink of tears (or over it). This book is cold. This book is hot. This book is dirt smears, the smell of petrol, explosions in slow-mo. This book is stars and silk. 
This book is so unique. This book defies description.
This book, man. This book.

25/12/22
now that i’m no longer in my illuminae phase this doesn’t quite hit the same but it’s still a banger book. such a cool format for storytelling. and this book’s got it all - text romance, unreliable narrator AI, zombie apocalypse,