Illuminae (The Illuminae Files #1) by Amie Kaufman, and Jay Kristoff - Restarting February 10th 2023

[Abi]

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Reading from the 19th of May 2016

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[Ambisaurus]

My first buddy read! So exciting.

[ɑƨħŵɑɡ ♥Team Magnus Damora FOREVER♥]

I started .. I really like how smartasses both Kady and Ezra are xD it's going to be fun..

[ɑƨħŵɑɡ ♥Team Magnus Damora FOREVER♥]

42% (view spoiler)[This is so easy to fly through thanks to the short chapters but a bit confusing.. I am sad McNulty was left out and I hope Kady and Zhang do something before Alexander gets blown (hide spoiler)]

[ɑƨħŵɑɡ ♥Team Magnus Damora FOREVER♥]

68% (view spoiler)[What Kady is doing is truly dangerous but I hope she manages to reach Ezra before it's too late.. (hide spoiler)]

[ɑƨħŵɑɡ ♥Team Magnus Damora FOREVER♥]

70% (view spoiler)[AIDAN set her up making her think it's Ez?? I don't know if I understand this right.. (hide spoiler)]

[ɑƨħŵɑɡ ♥Team Magnus Damora FOREVER♥]

Ending (view spoiler)[Wow! That ending was good. So Ezra is alive and Kady too .. Kady is after Leanne which makes things more intense.. but I feel like my lack of understanding of what happened hindered my overall enjoyment of it. I think this deserves a re-read sometime. (hide spoiler)]

[Ambisaurus]

I became very attached to Ezra in the story and felt so betrayed when I thought he was dead.

I do agree with you though, with so much happening all at once I can see how some of it would be hard to understand. If you ever want to re-read it just let me know.

[ɑƨħŵɑɡ ♥Team Magnus Damora FOREVER♥]

Ezra's sassy comments in the beginning is what made me keep reading.. He was funny! And when (view spoiler)[AIDAN told Kady he died I was shocked at first but then I thought there was still a chance he was alive. We never actually had his death scene.. So yeah hope conquered at the end xD (hide spoiler)]

It did feel like I was dumped into the action and without proper background preparation or anything.. But I love how unique the narration was..

I'll keep you in mind when I decide to re-read it :)

[Sarah Elizabeth]

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Date Changed. Restarting June 1st 2016. Happy Reading ☺

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[Carrie]

8% (view spoiler)[ Trying to get used to this style of interviews and such. Wondering if they thought the blanking out of the curse words would actually make the read "clean" when you know everyone knows what word would be there. LOL (hide spoiler)]

[Carrie]

22% (view spoiler)[ My age is showing with this one, I'm a bit worried that the world is in the hands of kids that can't type out words like "you".... (hide spoiler)]

[Carrie]

55% (view spoiler)[ Talking about how they won't go down makes it sound like zombies. (hide spoiler)]

[Carrie]

72% (view spoiler)[ Well, I figured all these communications were probably being monitored by AIDAN but I didn't expect really to find that some of it was AIDAN. (hide spoiler)]

[Carrie]

Ending thoughts (view spoiler)[ Yay at Ezra being alive.... and the whole evil mother thing reminded me of the Divergent series. (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

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Date Changed. Restarting August 22nd 2016. Happy Reading ☺

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[Ashley]

I'm reading this now and didn't realize there was a buddy read set up so I'm going to join in early.

pg. 360: (view spoiler)[ I find it interesting how Beitech is an antagonist but the computer is as well. I find it a bit scary too because something like the way AIDAN is acting out is possible in our technological future. (hide spoiler)]

[Ashley]

pg. 450: (view spoiler)[ I can't believe I didn't realize Ezra has been dead. I thought he was after that whole space battle section when he said he as going in, but I didnt think anything of it when he started messaging again. Maybe I was just hopeful of a miraculous survival. Insane. (hide spoiler)]

[Ashley]

pg. 552: (view spoiler)[ Interesting how AIDAN goes from being the enemy to being Kady's only friend. I really hope Ezra ends up being alive, I liked him.. (hide spoiler)]

[Ashley]

Done: (view spoiler)[ He's alive like I hoped!!!! Amazing!! I can't believe it was Ezra's mother behind the whole thing. And AIDAN is still around. I'm so glad that Syra turned around to get Kady. I mean, she did save all their asses. (hide spoiler)]

[Dannii]

First 1/4: (view spoiler)[This was initially a little confusing as there is no backstory or prologue, and the reader is launched straight into the heart of the action. I had some trouble keeping my characters, places and space ships in order but this quickly passed and I could immerse myself in the story. (hide spoiler)]

[Dannii]

Second 1/4: (view spoiler)[The formatting is just so breathtakingly amazing and inventive. I was pleasantly surprised to see that the story is just as strong and doesn't rely on the aesthetic of the book. There seems to be so many mysteries going on at once and every one has me intrigued and excited to find out more! (hide spoiler)]

[Dannii]

Third 1/4: (view spoiler)[AIDAN is wonderfully poetic whilst others write in very cold and formulaic voices. Others sound immature and use swear words and slang. The mix makes this such an enjoyable read. I am LOVING Kady's character! (hide spoiler)]

[Dannii]

Fourth 1/4: (view spoiler)[I NEED GEMINA IN MY LIFE. SEPTEMBER IS TOO LONG TO WAIT!!! (hide spoiler)]

[Dannii]

My Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Sarah Elizabeth]

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Date Changed. Restarting October 20th 2016. Happy Reading ☺

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[Nicole's Book Diaries]

Joining!

[Nicole's Book Diaries]

Starting today!

[Nicole's Book Diaries]

Pg 142: (view spoiler)[ I love the surveillance analysts. Those guys are absolutely hilarious! And detailed....So far I'm finding this book highly entertaining. (hide spoiler)]

[Nicole's Book Diaries]

Pg 173: (view spoiler)[ McNulty's so far one of my fav characters. This part was just heartbreaking. I'm amazed at how developed the characters are even in this format. (hide spoiler)]

[~T~]

So I've just started but my eyes are crossing. I'm constantly having to reread because there's so much going on. It almost feels like homework...

[Nicole's Book Diaries]

Tasheana wrote: "So I've just started but my eyes are crossing. I'm constantly having to reread because there's so much going on. It almost feels like homework..."

LOL I'm sorry to hear that. How far did you get? I was confused at first too but as soon as they got off the planet, it became a bit more readable. It's too bad though. It actually has good story...well as far as I've read.

[Abi]

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Reading from the 11th of November 2016

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[Tiffany]

just finished Illuminae. I really enjoyed it. sorry i took me so long to read it but ive been very poorly.

[Tiffany]

Beety ~seeing rainbows through those eyes~ wrote: "16%
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(view spoiler)[ I admired Ezra. he was really caring and was always trying to do the right thing and cared for kady even though they were broken up. I agreed he cursed alot but i believe it showed his real character and made it more believable. (hide spoiler)]

[Tiffany]

Beety ~seeing rainbows through those eyes~ wrote: "24%
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(view spoiler)[ The book was so unique! i loved having to turn the book physically in my hand to be able to read the words. especially the page where the words went around in a spiral (hide spoiler)]

[Tiffany]

Beety ~seeing rainbows through those eyes~ wrote: "Page 571

WHAT THE EFFING F DOES SHE MEAN NOT THIS ONE?!
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(view spoiler)[I am so glad he turned out to be alive. i litreally wanted to cry when he died. The ending had me right in the feels (hide spoiler)]

[Tiffany]

Beety ~seeing rainbows through those eyes~ wrote: "Page 571

WHAT THE EFFING F DOES SHE MEAN NOT THIS ONE?!
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(view spoiler)[I am so glad he turned out to be alive. i litreally wanted to cry when he died. The ending had me right in the feels (hide spoiler)]

[Tiffany]

Beety ~seeing rainbows through those eyes~ wrote: "FINSIHED
OMIGODOMIGODOMIGOD
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(view spoiler)[ i know what kind of mother is she. im glad Kady is standing up to her! I loved all the pictures made of writing! (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

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Date Changed. Restarting December 5th 2016. Happy Reading ☺

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[elle ☀️]

30 pages: this is just as cool as I was promised, I'm so excited for reading the rest

[elle ☀️]

60: idk if it's just because we've seen more of him but Ezra is hilarious I love it

[Ayla]

page 30/600 This is so cool! Love the way it is written, with all the conversations, e-mails, Wikipedia pages and stuff <3
Going to read the next 30 pages this evening :)

[Ayla]

Lena wrote: "30 pages: this is just as cool as I was promised, I'm so excited for reading the rest"

Glad you're enjoying it as well :)
Do you read this in hardcover/paperback or on a Kindle or something?

[elle ☀️]

Ayla wrote: "Lena wrote: "30 pages: this is just as cool as I was promised, I'm so excited for reading the rest"

Glad you're enjoying it as well :)
Do you read this in hardcover/paperback or on a Kindle or so..."

I'm reading it in paperback, what about you?

[elle ☀️]

pg 90: (view spoiler)[there was more focus on Kady in this section and that was good because I felt like I didn't have a good sense of her character before this. The Alexander seems to be doing some shady stuff, damn (hide spoiler)]

[Ayla]

page 90/600 (view spoiler)[To be honest I don't really get everything that's going on, omg I feel so ashamed... Guess my English vocabulary isn't as good as I thought it was! So... The things I do get:
- The Copernicus has been blown to pieces. That's for sure.
- Kady and Ezra have got some serious relationship issues going on and are very awkward in trying to express this.
- Kady is amazing at hacking computers, but to be honest I don't really get what exactly she was doing there, in the server room.
But, from what I do understand, the story is pretty amazing so far! (hide spoiler)]

[Ayla]

Lena wrote: "Ayla wrote: "Lena wrote: "30 pages: this is just as cool as I was promised, I'm so excited for reading the rest"

Glad you're enjoying it as well :)
Do you read this in hardcover/paperback or on a..."

I'm reading it in hardcover :) Most of the time I read paperbacks, because they're way cheaper, but I made an exception for Illuminae, cause THIS COVER <3

[elle ☀️]

Ayla wrote: "Lena wrote: "Ayla wrote: "Lena wrote: "30 pages: this is just as cool as I was promised, I'm so excited for reading the rest"

Glad you're enjoying it as well :)
Do you read this in hardcover/pape..."

haha I know what you mean, I want to read but it's too pretty to buy in paperback so I'm waiting until I can afford the hardcover

[Ayla]

Lena wrote: "Ayla wrote: "Lena wrote: "Ayla wrote: "Lena wrote: "30 pages: this is just as cool as I was promised, I'm so excited for reading the rest"

Glad you're enjoying it as well :)
Do you read this in h..."

Ohh yess, heard some pretty good things about that book!