A review by omqchristi
Illuminae by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

» QUICK OVERVIEW «
Stars: ★★★★★
Plot: ★★★★★
Readability: ★★★★☆
Characters: ★★★★★
Writing: ★★★★☆
Recommend: ✓

» PLOT «
Following the attack of their home planet, ex-couple Ezra and Kady must overcome their problems to work together to figure out what is happening between a war among 2 mega-corporations. Separated in two different spacecrafts and being chased by another, Ezra and Kady must uncover the secrets that led to the destruction of their home and the deaths of the passengers on another spacecraft.

» READABILITY «
This was not the easiest read, but I forced myself to finish it in a few hours. Next time, I would need to take breaks (or if I feel like punishing myself, just continue the whole series during 24hr readathons 0.0)

» CHARACTERS «
EZRA SUPREMACY. That's it. The other characters were okay, and AIDAN was interesting, but honestly all I cared about was Ezra.

The other main character, Kady, was fine, but I kept finding myself skimming ahead to look for sections with Ezra.

AIDAN was a very interesting character, and I loved reading the ideas he had.

» WRITING «
I absolutely love books that consist of multimedia, especially ones that rely ENTIRELY on documents, dossiers, and declarations. It's always a joy to see how the story is portrayed and it really shows the ability of the author(s).

» OVERALL «
I read this during a 24 hour readathon, and boy was I drowning in this book (in a good and a bad way).

I will be continuing this series, even though I like where this left off. I think the next book is
on a different couple, then the two couple reunite in the third book?
Regardless, I just want more Ezra. :)