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Obsidio (The Illuminae Files, #3)

Amie Kaufman,

Jay Kristoff

Start date: April 1, 2018

Finish date: April 30, 2018

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May 22, 2020 Katerina rated it it was amazing

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I am not good. Nor am I evil. I am no hero. Nor am I villain. I am Aidan.

Wow, no words can express my love for this series. If I had to choose my love for the Aurora Rising series and the Illuminae series...I would have to go with Illuminae hands down. Even though I am obsessed with the Aurora Rising series by Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman.

One of the many things that makes this series stand out against all other YA sci-fi novels, is the formatting. We ar Bookstagram
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I am not good. Nor am I evil. I am no hero. Nor am I villain. I am Aidan.

Wow, no words can express my love for this series. If I had to choose my love for the Aurora Rising series and the Illuminae series...I would have to go with Illuminae hands down. Even though I am obsessed with the Aurora Rising series by Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman.

One of the many things that makes this series stand out against all other YA sci-fi novels, is the formatting. We are given such an amazing format with forensic files, DM messages, coding, surveillance camera footage, and more. It's like looking into one of those government files with things bleeped out and covered in black ink! It definitely was a turn from many books and that's why it enraptured my attention in the first place.

In this final installment in the Illuminae Files, we are thrown a lot of shit and a lot of characters. Our rag tag team is all together and pushing to take down the BeiTech company once and for all. So they set out on a mission like no other. We have Kady and Ezra, Hanna and Nik, and a new set of characters coming in Asha and Rhys. I absolutely love the diversity in the characters. Especially with the women. We are given strong women, some more mattered than others. We see Hanna finally coming to the reality that her father is dead. Kady who really doesn't know who to trust, and the new player Asha who literally has witnessed the worst genocide and could be next.

This book tore my heart out. In so many different ways. I swear Kaufman and Kristoff like to send their readers to the ER or something. They purposefully give us anxiety attacks with their writing. And yet we love them.

It's been so long since I honestly have read a YA trilogy and have given EVER SINGLE BOOK a 5 star rating. I mean, am I broken? ... Nah I just really loved this f*cking series.

Plot is a HUGE thing for me. And once again I am so intrigued with Kaufman and Kristoff for being able to write an amazing plot through the format that they went through. Now I know, you can write a plot through DM's and video surveillance. We, as readers, are given so much at once. And yes, at times it can be very difficult and confusing. And while I would have preferred there not being so much jumping around with character POV's, we would never have gotten the whole story otherwise.

This series has been one of my favorite reads of the year by far. I honestly feel like it could keep going on forever...just because that would be awesome. More Nik and Hanna - please and thank you! ...more

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Jul 20, 2022 Noelle rated it liked it · review of another edition

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This was a fun time, and a good conclusion overall. It was a lot darker than I thought it would be, which was nice. I just didn’t connect as much with Asha and Rhys than I did with the leads of the previous books.

Still had a blast reading this, though.

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Jan 30, 2019 Kaitlyn rated it it was amazing

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I am rating this a 4.5-4.75 stars. The only ding that I am giving it is that I didn't enjoy the two main characters in this book as I did the main characters in the other two. This was a very satisfying ending to a series that I adore. I loved the way Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff were able to weave the story lines together so perfectly. I am also a huge fan of the format of these books. It is so unique and just adds another level of story telling in this series. I listened to all three of the a ...more

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Apr 24, 2018 Dichotomy Girl rated it really liked it

Shelves: favorites-previous-years, series-i-love, 2018, need-to-reread

Jun 13, 2017 ☾ Liz ☆ Stellar Kitten Book Reviews ☆ marked it as to-read

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