Reviews tagging 'War'

Illuminae by Jay Kristoff, Amie Kaufman

35 reviews

kathrynleereads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

I will never have enough good things to say about Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff. The Illuminae Files trilogy blows my mind every time I read it. 

First of all, the format is ingenious. An entire story told just through different files and documents? Count me in.

Second, the complexity required by those files. If you take the time to actually delve into the pages (even the ones that don't look too important to the story, like the list of confirmed deceased), you'll be blown away by what you find. 

Third, any author who has the ability to make me care about a mass-murdering robot will forever have my loyalty. 

If you haven't read the Illuminae Files, I recommend that you drop everything and start now. Even if sci-fi isn't necessarily your cup of tea, I promise you won't be disappointed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Murder, War, Child death, Gore, Blood, Pandemic/Epidemic, Violence, and Body horror

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Genocide, Gun violence, Medical content, and Grief

Minor: Alcohol and Vomit

urmigurimgay's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pandemic/Epidemic, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, Gun violence, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Vomit, and Grief

Minor: War, Abandonment, Cursing, and Medical content

cranedphoenix's review against another edition

dark hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Paranoia inducing in some parts
Read book before but forgot about that
Good book, don't care for the romance

and how Ezra is still alive but sure most people probably enjoy that ending

Way more interested in

AIDAN and Kadys relationship

Plan to reread other books, happy I refound in library

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Death, Violence, War, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Blood

Moderate: Death of parent, Gun violence, and Child death

shalia's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Gun violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, War, Violence, Death, and Murder

sandwiiche's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

this book is unlike any book i have ever read. the format is so so so cool and so so so unique 
the plot is INSANE and the twists were great
it took me a while to read it because it required quite a bit of brain power due to its format, but when you connect all the dots it is so satisfying

omgggg i am still reeling from the ending, thank goodness this is a finished series 🫡 onto the next book i go

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Gore, and War

lava_crown's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Child death, War, Cannibalism, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Death of parent, Terminal illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, Violence, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

stevi_nicole's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, War, Blood, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, Violence, Grief, Medical trauma, and Medical content

Minor: Death of parent

jessi_c's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I went into this with space adventure vibes of Firefly/Serenity, but I ended up with the horror, space thriller vibes of Serenity. When that tonal shift happened, the story took off and I got incredibly absorbed to the bittersweet end. I was supposed to slowly read this thru the month of Aug and here I am, finished a week in. Going to find the other two books to fill the month. Well done!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Suicide, Grief, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Murder, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Gun violence, Body horror, and Vomit

Minor: Cursing

unicorngirl's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

Wow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Gun violence

Moderate: Cannibalism, Suicide, War, and Murder

Minor: Cursing

eloise__'s review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I like the formatting of it in text chats and transcripts of surveillance footage.

The bit about AIDAN pretending to be Ezra was a bit confusing and I do kinda wish the audience knew about it before Kady found out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, War, Death, Gun violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse and Death of parent

Minor: Colonisation, Alcohol, and Child abuse