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peachani's review against another edition
- 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? No
4.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, and Blood
Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Gun violence, Violence, Excrement, and Murder
Minor: Addiction, Drug use, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
timewilltale's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and War
Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Cursing, and Injury/Injury detail
laurenevlyn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Chronic illness, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and War
Minor: Medical content and Grief
gleerest's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Moderate: Violence and War
Minor: Addiction
olgaokhrimenko's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Addiction, Death, Blood, and Murder
ashleereadsbooks692's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction
journeythroughthechapters's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Okay wow. That was intense. If you can I HIGHLY recommend listening with the audiobook. For me it gave this reading experience another dimension. It brought me out of reality and into this world and I loved every minute of it.
If I could describe this book in one word it would be: Intense.
Things I loved
- The Atmosphere: the combination of the visuals, and the audiobook of this story took me to another universe. That is the reason I read. To escape reality and this did that for me.
- The Characters: it took a while but I became very attached to the character. I would say my favourite was Ella. She is a super genius when it comes to computers. She's sassy. And she's also disabled from the waist down but that doesn't stop her. The villains in this were so intense it was brilliant. My God did they give me the chills.
- The Plot: Not going to lie this took me a little longer to get into than the first book but that was my fault because it's been so long since I read illuminae. When I was finally into it...damn... This plot just kept moving. It was one thing after another after another. I felt so sorry for the characters haha.
Things I didn't like
There was only one thing and that was the death of too many animals. Other than that I can't complain too much.
I will say this felt darker than the first book. Or maybe it was the same (I can't remember) but I got chills reading this.
Representation
POC (side character), Disability
Content Warning
Death, Violence, Animal Death, Addiction, Death of a Parent, Gun Violence
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Violence, and Death of parent
Moderate: Addiction
caoimhe9876's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
5.0
Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicide, Torture, and Grief
ravensandlace's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
So this takes place after the events of the Kerenza invasion and all that. We have Hanna, who I didn't care for at first but she grew on me and is also the captain's daughter and Nik, who is part of a mob called the House of Knives, which deals a drug called dust on the ship. Basically, their ship, the Heimdall, is invaded by BeiTech terrorists. Written in the same way Illuminae is, with all the chat logs, video surveillance, emails and all that jazz, this is a story that I will not be forgetting for a long time.
Hanna, as I mentioned above, was at first okay for me. She was kind of snotty and I didn't like how she led Nik along. I enjoyed her journal entries though and her drawings were really well done. I also thought it was really cool that she was into martial arts. Girls in martial arts don't get enough rep in books, I think. As the story progressed, she grew on me more and more. She wasn't just a snobby rich kid. She was a warrior, determined to live by any means necessary.
Nik was cool. He reminded me of Ezra. I did enjoy the back and forth Nik and Hanna had. The added Russian mob story was really cool. It give Nik more character and who doesn't love a good background story. I really felt bad for him that he was in the situation that he was in due to family. Also, his cousin Ella was amazing! EVerything she said was just pure gold! I could read a whole book about her and not get bored!
Okay. This next little part I am putting under spoiler tags. I don't know if it would really be considered a spoiler but I don't want to be yelled at. I am also going to reference something that might help you to understand this story. But, like I said, it's probably a spoiler. So read at your own risk.
Alright. One of the many plots really was about multiverses. I actually understood what they were talking about and I appreciate the fact that they dumbed it down for those that don't understand a lick of science. For those that didn't quite understand, I'll put it in super easy layman's terms. Basically there is this theory that there are multiple universes. For example: there is this universe, where I excel at reading and can't stand math. In another universe, there is another me, who loves math but can't stand reading. If things are still foggy for you, I would suggest watching the Family Guy episode Road to the Multiverse . That should help clear up any confusion about this plot.
I'm going to wrap this up before it gets to ridiculously long. This made my heart happy. I'm going to buy this book as soon as I can and treasure it like I do Illuminae . I'm going to eagerly await the third installment. I'm going to throw this book at everybody and demand that they read it because they don't know what they are missing.
Just kidding. I would never throw a book.
Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Mass/school shootings