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Aurora Rising
by Jay Kristoff, Amie Kaufman
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This is my first Jay x Amy book since I am still utterly terrified to start the Illuminae-files because of it's formatting and style, but since I already sold my sould to Jay's writing, I was expecting to have a fantastic ride.
and boy, I did.
The problem I usually have with books about a group of misfits or outsiders that have to go on a quest together, or plan a heist, or run away, or whatever adventure is waiting for them, is that it always, A L W A Y S, reminds me of Bardugo's dregs from the Six Of Crow duology. It's not that her band of misfits was the first ever created, but it was the first story that made me be invested in each character and fall in love with the idea of having a bunch of kids (because they are kids) do good or bad stuff, and achieving the impossible without sticking to the rules. With Aurora Rising though, I had no problem to forget about the dregs of Ketterdam, and fell in love instead with the Squad 312. Every one of them.
The best trait of this book was the group of characters we met and started to love. Kaufman and Kristoff created seven unique personalities that fit so well with each other that I truly had a hard time picking a favorite in the beginning. (If you want to know who my favorite is: IT IS FINIAN MA BOYYYYYYYYY!).
For someone who doesn't read a lot of Science Fiction books (because I find myself often confused and overwhelmed by the setting), I truly enjoyed the worldbuilding of this story and how we got introduced to it. A lot of the explanation was done through memories or inner monologues of the characters, but most of it has been introduced to us through Auri, one of the main characters. And while we started to understand how this world works and what laws and morals exist in it, we never got bored or thought to know all.
This book was an amazing ride, all in one. Starting from the way we got introduced to the world and characters to the climax and plottwists at the end. I can't wait for the sequel to get all the answers I need because I have SO MANY questions .... and a bad need of seeing my boy Finian again.
#IamgonnagiveFinianallthelovehedeserves
This is my first Jay x Amy book since I am still utterly terrified to start the Illuminae-files because of it's formatting and style, but since I already sold my sould to Jay's writing, I was expecting to have a fantastic ride.
and boy, I did.
The problem I usually have with books about a group of misfits or outsiders that have to go on a quest together, or plan a heist, or run away, or whatever adventure is waiting for them, is that it always, A L W A Y S, reminds me of Bardugo's dregs from the Six Of Crow duology. It's not that her band of misfits was the first ever created, but it was the first story that made me be invested in each character and fall in love with the idea of having a bunch of kids (because they are kids) do good or bad stuff, and achieving the impossible without sticking to the rules. With Aurora Rising though, I had no problem to forget about the dregs of Ketterdam, and fell in love instead with the Squad 312. Every one of them.
The best trait of this book was the group of characters we met and started to love. Kaufman and Kristoff created seven unique personalities that fit so well with each other that I truly had a hard time picking a favorite in the beginning. (If you want to know who my favorite is: IT IS FINIAN MA BOYYYYYYYYY!).
For someone who doesn't read a lot of Science Fiction books (because I find myself often confused and overwhelmed by the setting), I truly enjoyed the worldbuilding of this story and how we got introduced to it. A lot of the explanation was done through memories or inner monologues of the characters, but most of it has been introduced to us through Auri, one of the main characters. And while we started to understand how this world works and what laws and morals exist in it, we never got bored or thought to know all.
This book was an amazing ride, all in one. Starting from the way we got introduced to the world and characters to the climax and plottwists at the end. I can't wait for the sequel to get all the answers I need because I have SO MANY questions .... and a bad need of seeing my boy Finian again.
#IamgonnagiveFinianallthelovehedeserves