I was very apprehensive going into this book because I know that it is not told in a traditional style, but I ended up loving it. I will say that it was a little hard for me to keep everything straight in the beginning, but once I got into it and used to it I was fully emersed. I loved the characters in this book and even though I didn't think I was going to be able to see their personality come through with the way this was told, that was not the case at all. This book still managed to be hilarious and sad and beautiful even though it was literally just a compilation of files. It managed to completley take me by suprise and had me on the edge of my seat at multiple times throughout the story--not just at the end. I feel like this phrase gets thrown around a lot when people really enjoy a book, but I can honestly say that Illuminae really isn't like any book I've ever read before.