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Illuminae (The Illuminae Files, #1)

Amie Kaufman,

Jay Kristoff

Start date: February 1, 2016

Finish date: February 29, 2016

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Jan 07, 2015 Katie (Kitkatscanread) rated it really liked it

Second time reading

Okay so I was confused with reading this book even the second time around, and if I'm honest, I don't remember much that happened - if any at all - so it was good that I decided to re-read this book.
Until about halfway through I understood things that were going on.
Whether it's because this is a sci-fi novel, and at the best of times I do struggle with this books because of technical things.
I did in the end really enjoy this book.
From 70% to the end, I was hooked, and I like h ...more

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Mar 01, 2015 Michelle (Bookaholic Banter) rated it it was amazing

WOW!!! This book blew me away! I NEED the next one now!

This book is the most original, and unique reading experience you will EVER have! There is nothing out there like this. This was so much fun to read!

I wasn't sure if this was going to be my cup of tea, but boy was I ever wrong! This was brilliant! I did not want to put it down. This was a futuristic story that was easy to grasp and it felt so real. I lived inside this book while I read it. I truly felt like I was on the ship watching everyt ...more

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Jun 20, 2015 g. rated it it was amazing

Shelves: own-a-copy, 2016

(holds this book to my heart and cries)

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Jan 10, 2020 Brianna rated it it was amazing

Shelves: audiobooks-i-listened-to, books-i-own, favourites, young-adult, received-as-a-gift, 2015-release-date, long-books, danika, space, read-in-2020

So it turns out that when everyone and their mothers said that this book was amazing, they were right.

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Jan 30, 2016 Stephanie (Gorelenore) Cover2CoverBlog rated it it was amazing

WOW, just wow... I cannot believe how absolutely amazing this book ended up being. Now I know that almost everyone has loved it, but that doesn't always mean I will, but I LOVED this book. These authors strung together the most heart pounding crazy space epic I have read so far. I absolutely adored it at every turn. The book make me gasp, yell, crazy, freak out --- all the emotions at once sometimes.

I was lucky enough to have known about this book and know that everyone loved it but also stay aw WOW, just wow... I cannot believe how absolutely amazing this book ended up being. Now I know that almost everyone has loved it, but that doesn't always mean I will, but I LOVED this book. These authors strung together the most heart pounding crazy space epic I have read so far. I absolutely adored it at every turn. The book make me gasp, yell, crazy, freak out --- all the emotions at once sometimes.

I was lucky enough to have known about this book and know that everyone loved it but also stay away from any reviews and spoilers until I read it - so I won't be the one to spoil it for anyone either. just know that it is not what you expect at all and prepare to be amazed and shocked at every turn.

So on to this plot now that I am done fangirling.... sorry about that. Illuminae is written up as a casefile on an incident - the incident being the attack of a planet. The book is a record of everything that happened but mostly focuses on two people, teens actually, Kady and Ezra. The file contains messages, recordings, files from the ships, data records, lots of interesting things to read and look through. Anywho, Kady and Ezra are on different ships after escaping their planets destruction. The are both being chased but there is a bunch of hinky stuff going on too. Kady is trying to find out the answers, Ezra is trying to follow orders, and everyone is just trying to survive. Lots of suspense and lots of craziness take place.

I loved the way this book was put together, you read conversations and files as snapshots of what is happening and that made of easy reading even though the book is super bulky (599 pages). I started reading pretty slowly as the story began but about 100 pages in it took off and I could not put it down, I finished the rest in about 3 sittings, and that was only because I had to eat and run an errand.

What can I say, I loved the whirlwind of emotions this book created. The characters were so interesting and fun to follow, and the plot was so crazy that I never thought it would make sense in the end but it does.... oh so much. I cannot wait for the next one. ...more

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Mar 17, 2017 Roberta rated it it was amazing

OMG this book was so good! I didn't think that I would like it as much as I did and I was a little concerned on how well the story would br told through case files. The authors did real well and they flushed out the characters really well. I would highly recommend this book to anyone. ...more

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Jan 28, 2017 Petra Gawlasová rated it it was amazing

Nakažení, šílený počítač, vesmírné bitvy, láska. Připomnělo mi to staré dobré časy Battlestar Galactica. Už se těším na Geminu.

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Jun 07, 2015 Kat Ice rated it it was amazing

Shelves: home-library, home-library-read

Didnt think I would like this but I ended up really enjoying it! Didnt see the ending but loved it! Doing some reviews on my blog (mediageeksunite.blogspot.com) and youtube (youtube.com/c/kwells7788) ...more

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