finally read through the illuminae files again and. oh boy. that shit's INTENSE but holy fuk it's good and I need to have everybody else read it bc it's just so good??
llike, the characters are amazing. they're all morally grey and interesting and written so well and there's so many perspectives and the plot is convoluted and full of chekov's guns' and it's so fun to re-read through and notice all of the foreshadowing and characters. the world feels expansive and interesting and you really feel for the characters.
like. this book series will make you want to cry. it will make you fall in love with the characters, despite their faults. the big, scary action scenses really feel real, like lives are on the line, and you are reading, line by line, completely rapt.
there's some characters you'll hate. there's some you'll love. there's some you'll hate and then love and then hate again. but they all feel real. and they're all so, so well-written. no one, not even the bad guys, are seen as "completely bad." you still get to see the human in them, and even if you hate them, you feel for them.
this book series doesn't shy away from grief. it doesn't hide from the atrocities commited by the characters. and that's part of why it feels so real, so interesting.
are there some things i would have done differently? some things i dislike? yes. but overall, overwhelmingly, you have to love this series. there's genocide and murder and companies fighting for blood and it's all painful and sad and so, so good.
make sure to find the TWS before reading, because there's a lot, but overwhelmingly i would reccomend this book series. it's amazing and more people should read it.
also, the the covers are really amazing. and it's written in epistle format, and the illustrations are so cool, and it's sci-fi and GOD just read it already!!
