599 pages

English language

Published Oct. 20, 2015

ISBN:
978-0-553-49911-7
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OCLC Number:
881280123

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4 stars (8 reviews)

"The planet Kerenza is attacked, and Kady and Ezra find themselves on a space fleet fleeing the enemy, while their ship's artificial intelligence system and a deadly plague may be the end of them all"--

4 editions

reviewed Illuminae by Amie Kaufman (The Illuminae Files, #1)

Review of 'Illuminae' on 'Storygraph'

5 stars

Wow. Just Wow.


This book was more spectacular than I had expected. The format is unique and interesting. With it being created like a set of investigation files, with emails, inter-ship communication logs, AI logs, and diagrams, it presents a completely different way to tell a story. Yet not once did I feel like the story lost it's flow. It's a little slow in the beginning, and the teenage love story is a bit sappy, but by the time you get into the real action you start to forget about the cheesy/sappy parts.


This is also a beautiful piece of art, and I highly recommend getting a copy of the hard cover book. This format can't possibly translate as well to the e-book realm, unless they did a highly interactive version of it; now that I'd buy.

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4 stars
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3 stars

Subjects

  • Juvenile fiction
  • Plague
  • Interplanetary voyages
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Fiction