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odettebrethouwer 's review for:
Illuminae
by Jay Kristoff, Amie Kaufman
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
WOW! Ik wist nog wel dat dit een geweldige serie was, maar zó geweldig (en zó gruwelijk), dat was ik vergeten.
Een paar jaar geleden ben ik de traditie begonnen om het jaar te starten met een reread van iets dat gegarandeerd goed is, en wat een goede keuze was het om dat dit jaar met deze serie te doen!
Ik ben weer helemaal overdonderd van de genialiteit waarmee dit is neergezet. En ik ben heel blij nu de hele serie te kunnen bingen!
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This is amazingly freakingly good! This is the best YA ScifFi possible.
Yes, it has a love interest, but it is not a triangle and it really ands to the story. About adding to the story: can we talk about how this book looks on the inside? It is one really big file, and it looks like it. The typographic really adds to the story, it makes reading this book an event.
In the beginning, the fact that I was reading a file needed to grow on my. I was afraid to miss details, to focus on the wrong thing or something. But of course, the file is written by the authors, so the storyline gets clear by itself. So if you start this book, don't be afraid when you do not understand anything or feel like you don't know how to read it, just go with the flow of the book and it will grab you eventually ;)
I'm quite late to the party with this book. I've started it 2 months ago, but I did not wanted it to be over. Also, as soon as holiday season started, I'd put this book down because I did not bring it with me (it is heavy..), and between holidays I haven't picked it back up because I know how addictive this book can be.. I've picked it back up this week :) When you put the time back to back, I've read this book in the time span of a week or so? XD It is a big fat book (599 pages), but it reads a lot faster at some point because of the typographic.
I love it, just read it if you haven't done that already or you will miss out on something great.
For the people knowing me in IRL, yes you can borrow my copy if you are carefull with it but duh, but if multiple people want to borrow it (and I'm pushing this book in the face of my boyfriend and dad as well), first one Wwho grabs it from my shelves is the first to borrow it etc. :P
Een paar jaar geleden ben ik de traditie begonnen om het jaar te starten met een reread van iets dat gegarandeerd goed is, en wat een goede keuze was het om dat dit jaar met deze serie te doen!
Ik ben weer helemaal overdonderd van de genialiteit waarmee dit is neergezet. En ik ben heel blij nu de hele serie te kunnen bingen!
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This is amazingly freakingly good! This is the best YA ScifFi possible.
Yes, it has a love interest, but it is not a triangle and it really ands to the story. About adding to the story: can we talk about how this book looks on the inside? It is one really big file, and it looks like it. The typographic really adds to the story, it makes reading this book an event.
In the beginning, the fact that I was reading a file needed to grow on my. I was afraid to miss details, to focus on the wrong thing or something. But of course, the file is written by the authors, so the storyline gets clear by itself. So if you start this book, don't be afraid when you do not understand anything or feel like you don't know how to read it, just go with the flow of the book and it will grab you eventually ;)
I'm quite late to the party with this book. I've started it 2 months ago, but I did not wanted it to be over. Also, as soon as holiday season started, I'd put this book down because I did not bring it with me (it is heavy..), and between holidays I haven't picked it back up because I know how addictive this book can be.. I've picked it back up this week :) When you put the time back to back, I've read this book in the time span of a week or so? XD It is a big fat book (599 pages), but it reads a lot faster at some point because of the typographic.
I love it, just read it if you haven't done that already or you will miss out on something great.
For the people knowing me in IRL, yes you can borrow my copy if you are carefull with it but duh, but if multiple people want to borrow it (and I'm pushing this book in the face of my boyfriend and dad as well), first one Wwho grabs it from my shelves is the first to borrow it etc. :P