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What Members Thought

Aly
5th time reading 2022

For some reason, all the death and sad parts of this book really got to me this time. It just felt like one blow after another and I wonder is somewhere there's a death count for the series. It's easily hundreds of people and so many of them deserved better. It does make the story more compelling, because at any moment a character you like could be next on the chopping block.

Ella cracks me up, even after five reads. Her sarcasm is funny and I love when she messes with Nik.
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⋆☆☽ Jen ☾☆⋆
o5/o4/2o17
Finally I have this juicy baby in my hands ♥ It's so good to flip these pages full of good stuff *___*
Now I regret I read Illuminae's ebook version. I feel like I need the paperback to re-read it RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THE GRAPHIC DESIGN IS SO GORGEOUS AND NOW I KNOW THE EBOOK WAS A LITTLE SHIAT!!!!


Read 21~23/o4/2o17
Little personal recap: Ok, at the end I obviously bought Illuminae too (can you see how can I be so dumb?) and I jumped right on it as soon as I got it because I wanted
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Kelly
Jul 24, 2020 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: favorites
No one's surprised to see another five stars review for this book. I mean, have you read this book? Cause I finally have after way too many years since it's been published. Better late than never, right?

Gemina focused on another couple, Hanna and Nik. She's the daughter of the Commander on Heimdall and he's a dealer coming from a criminal family. Their dads couldn't be more different. One is great and the other, not so much. Even though Hanna and Nik were the focus here, we got to see characters
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Emma
May 31, 2020 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: science-fiction, ya
Totally brilliant!
Lee
Mar 16, 2018 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: young-adult, sci-fi
Gemina is the second book in the Illuminae Files and it doesn't disappoint. It's just as wonderful and amazing on the first one!

Introducing two new character, Nik Malikov and Hanna Donnelly must save not only themselves, but everyone aboard the Hypatia from invaders and alien predators.

I found myself quickly liking Hanna. She is a no-nonsense individual, who will make you pay in a heartbeat. She went through so much and remain amazingly resilient throughout. Even in the face of fear, she remai
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Cindee
Oct 07, 2019 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: october-2019-tbr
I loved this book just as much as the first one it also had a group of very compelling characters and a great story. I loved the characters so much my favorites were Hanna,Nik and Ella I really liked the strong female character that Hanna was which was to fight on no matter what. I liked Nik for how selfless and just how great in a crisis he was. I really loved Ella for her no nonsense approach on life I liked how witty and I just liked how interesting she was. I also loved the relationship that ...more
Klancy Hoover-Davis
Dec 15, 2018 rated it it was amazing
Gemina was everything I wanted it to be: gritty, witty, and adventuresome. I love the concept of surviving in outer space. And this book brought that concept to the next level with not only alien life forms that fed on brains, but also with a team of soldiers infiltrating the space ship. It was a high-stakes book and it always kept me on my toes and wanting to know more. I’m still a little confused about how gemina particles were important to the story, but overall I loved Hanna and Niklas’s sto ...more
Sara
Jun 08, 2019 rated it it was amazing
That ending motherf*****. I need Obsidio. Now.

Also, I love this team of characters and holy crap I can’t pick a favorite. But right now Hanna and Ella are pretty damn high up fighting for first and second lol
Jamie Lott
May 03, 2018 rated it it was amazing
This book had a bit of everything in it and was even better than the first, in my opinion.
Sabrina
Apr 29, 2017 marked it as to-read
Hyosun Song
Feb 06, 2018 marked it as to-read
kia
Feb 13, 2018 rated it really liked it
Sabrina
Feb 12, 2018 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Candela Villaverde
Feb 21, 2018 marked it as to-read
Sibil
Apr 15, 2018 rated it it was amazing
Karen Holding
Jun 05, 2018 rated it it was amazing
Ellen-Arwen Tristram
Oct 01, 2018 rated it it was amazing
Elizabeth
Jun 15, 2018 rated it it was amazing
Emily
Jul 30, 2018 marked it as to-read
Ashleigh
Aug 09, 2018 marked it as on-pause  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: series-books
Ruthie
Feb 07, 2019 marked it as to-read
Amanda
Sep 28, 2019 marked it as ipad-tbr
Nicole Johnson
May 31, 2020 rated it it was amazing
ampersand_reads
Jun 14, 2020 rated it really liked it