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Book Reviews of Illuminae (Illuminae Files, Bk 1)

Illuminae (Illuminae Files, Bk 1)
Illuminae - Illuminae Files, Bk 1
Author: Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff
ISBN-13: 9780553499117
ISBN-10: 0553499114
Publication Date: 10/20/2015
Pages: 608
Rating:
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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3.5 stars, based on 12 ratings
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Book Type: Hardcover
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4 Book Reviews submitted by our Members...sorted by voted most helpful

ifloatupwards avatar reviewed Illuminae (Illuminae Files, Bk 1) on + 7 more book reviews
I DNFed(Did not finish) this book after 20 pages. It is written in documentation format (ie. through instant messages and "case files"). Although the story did sound interesting the format was not for me and thus I could not get into the book.
daredevilgirl013 avatar reviewed Illuminae (Illuminae Files, Bk 1) on + 746 more book reviews
Very good story line with lots of twists and turns, only complaint is how some of the print is on the kindle version as grey on black text does not work well.
virago avatar reviewed Illuminae (Illuminae Files, Bk 1) on + 267 more book reviews
This was a truly fascinating read. I really enjoyed the format. From one page to the next you didn't know what you were going to get, which was kind of exciting. The story was fantastic.

One consortium illegally colonized a planet for mining, and when the other consortium found out they launched a deadly attack with biochemical warfare and regular everyday missiles. Survivors are rescued, but they rescue ships are overrun with refugees and somewhat crippled. Luckily their dreadnought attacker has been crippled as well. Then it's a race to see who can get across the many, many lightyears to safety on a space station and get the word out about the attack (or silence the survivors.)

In the meantime the biowarfare waged is causing major troubles on one of the refugee ships, and the battleship's AI is damaged enough to make it cuckoo for coco puffs! There is so much going on in the story, and surprisingly, none of it was lost in the varying formats or the multiple characters. Very much looking forward to the next book in the series!
caljane avatar reviewed Illuminae (Illuminae Files, Bk 1) on + 5 more book reviews
Nice story, ironically I would have preferred it in a "normal" format, other than that it was impressive how the authors managed to make a story with those files.