julies_cozycontentclub's Reviews (264)

Wow, the way a single

technician

talking about

the trolley problem

started the avalance that would end in the absolute crazy trainwreck that is the plot of Illuminae, just shows how beautifully this series is set up. 
While not integral to understanding the rest of the story, definitely a nice addition for some more backstory.

Initial review: I don't know what kind of demonic magic the author put in this to make it this easy to speed through this book, but goddamn. 

I found out about the authors appalling actions (I recommend just googling the name, there are a few very detailed articles) after I finished reading this book and therefore decided to not give it a rating. 
Whelp I guess, I wasn't too far off with the demonic magic.... I will just take this as my sign to read more reviews before starting a book. 

While this story was very short and not world changing, I definitely thought it was a fun read. 
If you need any motivation to read it, just know that the sorcerers name is literally Charles Le Sorcier and oh boy, let me tell you about his life...

Writing a logical time traveling fiction is very hard and I can only say that Max Gladstone and Amal El-Mohtar definitely succeeded. 
Makes me want to go back in time to read it for the first time again. 

The amount of algos they had to go through to come to the realization they are each others nostos is just not okay. (I hope you see what I did there)

But also asides from the awesome romance the unique plot and the interesting concept of Prophet definitely makes it a book worth reading. 100% recommend. 

I will definitely sound very mean for saying this, but

I am kinda glad they didn't end up together.

I was mostly here for the great plot and fighting scenes and not the romance. 

I really wanted to enjoy this, but my interest in this story definitely got cold before the coffee did.