wow wow wow wow wow wow wow. My brain can't keep up with my emotions!There are very few times when I actually wish I could give a book more than 5 stars. VERY FEW. And yet, this is one of those times. I am blown away. Amazing, amazing, amazing, amazing, amazing. Review to come.

not to be ungrateful but I feel like I've just went through 9 different emotions within the last two minutes and at any given moment now, I'm going to explode and become an entire fucking solar system fdjh;jgskanyway, I'm sorry this review is a mess but since I can't even write bad poetry in an attempt to get my feelings outside of myself and until the universe sends me my next favorite person so I can unload all my emotional baggage on them... this hellsite will have to doThe universe owes you nothing, Kady. It has already given you everything, after all. It was here long before you, and it will go on long after you. The only way it will remember you is to do something worth remembrance.(x) first of all, I want you guys to know that the only thing that is constant in my life is my love for this series....and my ability to fall back on sorry just got your text but anyway with that being said, I feel like we should collectively admit how scary it is reading this book when you have no skills and no passions and when you want to Do something but mainly, you really just want to lie down doing nothing like, I just realized that Im not really adding anything to the universe or anyones individual experience, Im basically just racking up the water bill but these kids? they know how to use missiles, fly rockets, hack computers and dezombie giant spaceships while also going through break ups and heartaches and all kind of interpersonal problems this is just my humble opinion but y'all are just 17 years old, your life should only revolve around two things: one, single-handedly sabotaging your social and academic life and second, figuring out how to take naps without accidentally time travelling to 2025 seriously, I have an unbecoming resentment towards anyone around my age who is doing something productive with their talents, fictional or not, and therefore I feel personally attacked by this book I mean explain this: it was basically the apocalypse, right? guess how many characters stopped to think, you know what time it is? Time to steal clothes without worrying about the retail workers whose jobs I might be putting in jeopardy or small business owners ZERO!! which makes me wonder....are you fucking kidding me?? anyway, the moral of this story kids is: if you ever feel hopeless, go outside and lay in the grass and feel the coolness of the dew on your skin and look at the sky and breathe deeply you are not alonetheres a pink haired eighteen years old and her artificial intelligence best friend up there fighting a maniac organization that invaded her planet and I guarantee you they are IN DEEPER SHIT ok, the characters honestly, I love every single one of these characters and I am so sick of my weak disintegrating body I need to become strong enough to lift them, their family and potential pets with one hand and carry them across space......since you know, people tend to die in this book-KADY GRANT:I am frequently underestimated. I think it's because I'm short. I want to be someone else but kady grant is already taken and I'm not creative enough to become my own person kady is how do you say beautiful strong amazing capable badass powerful gorgeous stunnig effervescent ethereal and an angel like being like whenever I see a fanart/edit of her, I immediately die for two seconds before she gently floats down and revives me and softly wipes my gay tears while playing the lyre I just love her so much I wish we could get married so we can use glittery rose gold wax to seal our invites and honestly I wish I had the sheer will of force to be her because it was amazing how she got through everything she didnt think she was strong enough for even though her bravery was bordering on insanity and half the time, I was just like, what is she doing!!! what is she attempting to accomplish!!! what is she coercing from her soul!!! why would she cosign on this spiritual monstrosity!! STOP HER!!! also, girls with pastel hair make me weak in the knees so I might be biased- EZRA MASON: alright, heres the thing: I really cant choose between wanting to punch him and wanting to cradle him in my arms and protect him from all harm. its like trying to decide whether to have pizza or pasta you never turn down double carbs!!! I feel like if ezra were a real life person, hed be tragically undateable to the masses. you would go on a dinner date with him and get drunk and share a spaghetti strand but you would never want to see him again because hes like, the kind of person who would say uuh one second has passed when you go just give me a sec you know exactly that type (aka, the type you need to avoid and sacrifice to the aztec gods) he is kind of annoying but I love him..... and if you think that I will forever look for any excuse, any opportunity to be as inconsistent as possible in all endeavors of my life always, you are most definitely correct- AIDAN:Am I not merciful? ah yes, the arrogant mass-murdering psychopathic part time tortured poet giant calculator how Ive missed it so arrogant in fact that he would give julius caesar a run for his money you know julius caesarthe same dude who was kidnapped by the cicilian pirates and when they demanded a ransom of 620 kgs of silver, he got really angry because he thought he was worth more than that and actually made them raise it to 1550 kg?? u-huh so hey, @scientists who are actively trying to make computers learn human behavior and generally scream in existential horror this is why you need to Stop I mean as appealing as it is to have an artificial intelligence software in the form of like, a really smooth orb for company, or even saaay uploading your consciousness into a computerthat shit is too dangerous to mess with (refer to the mass-murdering part) now back to fiction, AIDAN is the kind of character you love to hate but alsohate that youlowkeylove them you know theyre Bad, and even if sometimes that little light escapes the darkness of their heartthey catch it again meaning: god is he messed up but you know what? the smell of burnt toast is so good sometimes... guess things are better when charred beyond recognition of their ideals - KADY & AIDAN:Are you afraid?""Yes.""Energy never stops, remember. It just changes forms.""I am still afraid. lbr, this duo is even more iconic than if dwayne the rock johnson was cast as sherlock holmes and vin diesel as watson theyre like a fairy queen and a princess who work together to save a magical tree or something they are such a power couple I cannot wait for them to bring about world peace and destroy the beitech killing squad I mean, personally, I know Id have way more self esteem if I had an artificial intelligence for a best friend that's for sure- KADY & EZRA:She is catalyst.She is chaos.I can see why he loves her. no offense but if my partner doesnt sacrifice themselves to save me from Zombie Island, do we even need these rings?? I feel like ez and kady are that kind of couple where person A sends healthy relationship memes to person B who makes fun of them for being lame for but secretly saves to their phone you know... that disgustingly cute couple you cannot stand but also lowkey wanna have what they have?? anyway, romantic love is fake but *lowers my reading glasses* I'm willing to admit I ship them for a million dollars...just saying- JIMMY:'I just want to be me at the end, you know?' LISTEN james mcnulty is my favorite everything in this book and NO, this has nothing to do with the fact that I sometimes choose the least popular characters as my favorites because my borderline ass cant handle the idea of other people liking them as much as I do its like being a proud mother at a school play and cheering every time your kid comes on stage even though theyre playing the part of tree number 4 ok yeah maybe it has a little something to do with it but LISTEN I love jimmy so much, even the mention of his name feels like someones actively scraping out my insides with a melon baller uuuhshitI fear my tears may drown some of the front row again look. I will literally never Move On and you bet Im going to be one of those parents that make their kids go to sleep at 6pm so they can drink scotch in the bath and cry about that book they read back in 1984 but you know, they always say to Be Yourself, I guess I came into this world crying and I am never too far from my roots also, JIMMY!! DESERVED!! BETTER!!sooo, I take it I'm right in assuming we all agree that re-reading the illuminae files was the best AND worst representation of a GREAT idea. yes? good? okay

Am I not merciful? ^^ This was a real HOLLY-MOTHER-NO-FUCKING-WAY moment. <3AIDAN, Winifred, Byron, James and Dorian were great!! Unfortunately, i DID NOT like Kady, she was a little too overdone. Ezra on the other hand was hilarious, but too cheesy for my taste. "IF I BREATH, I WOULD SIGH. I WOULD SCREAM, I WOULD CRY.___RESTART COMPLETE_____________I___________________AM__________AIDAN AIDAN AIDAN AIDAN AIDAN AIDAN AIDAN AIDAN AIDAN AIDAN AIDAN AIDAN AIDAN AIDAN AIDAN AIDAN AIDAN AIDAN AIDAN AIDAN AIDAN AIDAN AIDAN ..."Oh my fucking god, i'm in love with a computer! I don't get it either, just roll with it.Updates:James and Winifred are my ship. She is so badass, he is so... *sigh*Dorian and Stephenie are kinda cute. "Did you just say "damnation"? God, you even swear in posh. Très sexy." < Lmao!This romance crap between Kady and Ezra isn't working for me. It was fun when she was mad at him, but now it's more like, yeah, okay, really? Don't care. ... more eye rolling ... who's next? WARNING: DO NOT READ IN PUBLIC! Crying my face off! -"Sure, the story kicks off with the deaths of thousands of people, but God forbid there be cussing in it, right?"^^Lmao, i love these two authors already!If you think Six of Crows's black pages are beautiful, you need to see this bitch. Just bought a physical copy (there was only one left) and i just can't stop looking at it, can't even figure out where to start reading. It's epic!

THIS WAS THE COOLEST! The unique format is what really makes this book stand out, but even without that aspect, it's still a fantastic read! Going into it I didn't know a whole lot, but I'd only heard praise, and after reading it, I GET IT. So many awesome elements and surprises--I had no idea where the story would end up, but I loved getting there. Awesome world, great characters, intense moments. It was funny and creepy, and again, just plain COOL.One of my faves of the year! Definitely recommended, especially if you're looking for something different or you love a good sci-fi story!

DNF at 30%This book is written in epistolary format, and it has the honor of being the most annoying book I've read this year. Some people love that stuff. I ain't one of them. I love space shit. Firefly. Star Wars (yes, EVEN THE NEWER ONES). Star Trek (I loved Enterprise and I don't care who knows it). This book was just terrible and terribly formatted.The first few chapters are entirely interviews. It was annoying as shit. It didn't endear me to the main characters, and it explain nothing. Interviews are nigh on useless for building a memorable introduction, unless it is in the hands of an extremely skilled writer. Not the case here.So right off we have an annoying girl who's thinking about her ex bf when the invasion occurred (huh?). I have no idea where we are. I have no idea what year it is. I don't know what a Kerenza whatever is.Interviewer: Wait, you people had a subway system? I thought this settlement was illegal?Ezra Mason: Chum, the Kerenza mine operated undetected for twenty years. Whole families lived there. You know how far from the Core we are, right?WHAT. THE. FUCK. IS. GOING. ON?Bad start. And it didn't get much better. After what seems like 10000000 pages of interviews, all of a sudden we're at war (still no idea where we are, what year it is, how we got here, etc.) and then young people are getting conscripted for the military.Anyone showing C-grade ability or better is to be conscripted the day they hit eighteen. We need pilots. We need gunners. We need spanner monkeys and chipheads. And we need them now.This is an unprecedented situationto my knowledge, no stellarcorp has ever openly attacked a United Terran Authority ship. I dont care if BeiTech Industries litigation department has enough red tape to gift-wrap a small moon. These corporations need to learn nobody is above the law and nobody attacks a UTA vessel without consequences.Yay.There are battle ships and specs of battle ships.Do I give a fuck? No, I don't. There are cool pictures. There are snippets of things I couldn't give two shits about. What I want is a sensible story, and I didn't get that here. I got a headache instead.By 30%, I still have no idea what the fuck is going on. I concede, my brain prefers structure. If you're into this stuff, good for you. It's just not for me.