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Illuminae (The Illuminae Files, #1)

Amie Kaufman,

Jay Kristoff

Start date: August 25, 2016

Finish date: September 2, 2016

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Jan 15, 2019 Chessa rated it it was amazing

Shelves: ya, sf_fantasy, own_it, litsy-rec, epistolary, readharder19

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May 26, 2018 Melanie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: romance, ya, dystopian, scifi

This book is amazing. I love the quirky way it’s written, with surveillance footage and IMs making up the bulk of the story and yet getting across such a depth of feeling and drama and sadness (book is SAD). Love the characters - Kady is so cool - and the twists and turns and the creepy factor. The story is bonkers and I flew through the almost 600 pages in no time (some are mostly blank space, so that helps). I am running out to get book 2 today if I can because I need to know what happens next ...more

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Sep 23, 2018 Christine H rated it really liked it

Couldn't put it down! Went and bought a hard copy because reading this on a Paperwhite is decidedly suboptimal.* (And decided to just buy Gemina right then, since I was thoroughly hooked.)

What genre is this? I see elements of:

-Hard science fiction
-Space Opera (meant non-pejoratively)
-Military science fiction
-Action-Adventure
-Character study
-Romance
-Feminism
-Horror

(FTR, it was shelved at B&N under "YA Fantasy." Wut? No.)

While some would style this a teen romance in a science fiction wrapper, I ...more

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Aug 12, 2018 Missy rated it it was amazing

Shelves: young-adult-fiction, fiction, ya-dystopia, 2018-reads, science-fiction

4.5 stars. I bought this book for Connor, thinking he would like it, but I became intrigued by it after reading about it in an article of best YA books you don’t know (I think). I placed the audiobook on hold at the library and when I got it and started listening, I almost returned it - solely based on the voice in the intro. But I gave it a shot and I’m so glad I did.

The book is made up of “file” - interview transcripts, video transcripts, emails, IMs, etc. the audiobook is performed by a full ...more

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Dec 25, 2015 Laurie rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2016

Just amazing good fun, with tons of action. The plot is made of basically every disaster that could happen in a futuristic world and the hero is a real bad-ass 17 year old girl. Fun fun fun. And beautiful to look at.

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May 03, 2019 Marcy Jo rated it it was amazing

Shelves: personal-favorites

Um. WOW. I was not expecting to love a book in this format this much, or to cry so hard from it! Here's hoping the test of the trilogy holds up! ...more

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