Book Blurb:
LIFEL1K3 by Jay Kristoff
Pub. Date: May 29, 2018
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Formats: Hardcover, eBook, audiobook
Pages: 416
On a floating junkyard beneath a radiation sky, a deadly secret lies buried in the scrap.
Eve isn’t looking for secrets—she’s too busy looking over her shoulder. The robot gladiator she’s just spent six months building has been reduced to a smoking wreck, and the only thing keeping her Grandpa from the grave was the fistful of credits she just lost to the bookies. To top it off, she’s discovered she can destroy electronics with the power of her mind, and the puritanical Brotherhood are building a coffin her size. If she’s ever had a worse day, Eve can’t remember it.
But when Eve discovers the ruins of an android boy named Ezekiel in the scrap pile she calls home, her entire world comes crashing down. With her best friend Lemon Fresh and her robotic conscience, Cricket, in tow, she and Ezekiel will trek across deserts of irradiated glass, infiltrate towering megacities and scour the graveyard of humanity’s greatest folly to save the ones Eve loves, and learn the dark secrets of her past.
Even if those secrets were better off staying buried.
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My Review:
4.5 Out Of 5 Stars
Genre: Dystopian, Suspense, Teen--
"So you've had some bad days, no doubt," Lemon said. "But I figure, instead of letting your yesterdays bring you down, maybe you can concentrate on building some happier memories today. And that way you can have them for tomorrow?"
To be perfectly honest, you had me at battling robots made out of junkyard pieces. The rest was just the pretty wrapping paper that made up my gift.
If there was one book I could request to be turned into a movie it would be LifeL1k3. It was so cinematic, from the battles, the world, to the character descriptions. I could easily see myself sitting in a dark theater, gorging on popcorn and getting lost in the story on the big screen. I need to see the characters I pictured brought to life and see if I pictured them the same as someone else. But that being said, can it be a 13 hour movie that plays out word for word like the book so nothing is left out? Nothing can be left out because every single moment was needed for character development and the subtle structure of the world. I feel like it is totally reasonable to have a 13 hour movie, right?
I had read the synopsis for the book and it sounded like something I was going to have to read, and that was before I realized that Jay was the author. The Illuminae series that he co-authored was the most unique reading experience I have ever encountered, such a visual treat that I would love to experience for the first time again. I was super excited to get lost in another adventure that Jay created. Well, folks, side note for you that this is WAY more gritty, dark and violent than the Illuminae series. Sure, there was some nice sarcastic banter to break up an emotionally draining darkness as well as some VERY quirky characters to create a fun dynamic in this otherwise dreary world, but for the most part this was a more serious book. Jay created a realistic fiction setting by playing the "what if" game- what if California has earthquake and separates along the fault lines? What if there is another world war? What would out world look like in the worst case scenarios? As a big fan of the dystopian genre, I can say with pretty good authority that this book was so different from anything else.
You don't get a long winded review this time because this story is way more a experience instead of a tell, so I don't want to give anything away. All I can say is that I highly recommend this dystopian read which just so happens to be the first in a series, full of twists and unique characters, so much action, and enough heart to keep you invested. I will now count down the days until I can get the next book (which is not even mentioned of the magical interwebs yet- thanks a lot Jay!). Make LifeL1k3 your next distopian read.
I am voluntarily reviewing this title.
Jay Kristoff is a #1 international, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of science fiction and fantasy. He grew up in the second most isolated capital city on earth and fled at his earliest convenience, although he’s been known to trek back for weddings of the particularly nice and funerals of the particularly wealthy. Being the holder of an Arts degree, he has no education to speak of.
His LOTUS WAR trilogy was critically acclaimed in Kirkus and Publishers Weekly, nominated for the David Gemmell Morningstar and Legend awards and won the 2014 Aurealis Award. Jay’s new series, the SciFi thriller THE ILLUMINAE FILES, was co-authored with Amie Kaufman. Book 1, ILLUMINAE, became a New York Times and international bestseller, was named among the Kirkus, Amazon and YALSA Best Books of 2015, became a finalist for the Prime Minister’s Literary Award and won the 2016 Aurealis Award and an ABIA Book of the Year award. ILLUMINAE is currently slated to be published in thirty five countries, and film rights have been acquired by Brad Pitt and Plan B Entertainment.
Jay’s new fantasy series, THE NEVERNIGHT CHRONICLE, commenced in 2016. The novel was an international bestseller, won the Aurealis award and earned Kristoff his second Gemmell nomination. Part 2, GODSGRAVE, was published in 2017, and won the series its second Aurealis award. A new YA series, LIFEL1K3 has also been acquired by Knopf/Random House Kids, and commences publication in early 2018. A new series with Amie Kaufman, THE ANDROMEDA CYCLE, begins in 2019 with Knopf/Random House Kids. Jay is as surprised about all this as you are. He is represented by
Josh Adams at Adams Literary.
Jay is 6’7 and has approximately 12,000 days to live. He abides in Melbourne with his secret agent kung-fu assassin wife, and the world’s laziest Jack Russell.
He does not believe in happy endings.
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Pre-Order Giveaway:
The LIFEL1K# pre-order is now live for folks in the US! To get your sticky booky hands on a full color map of the Yousay by the amazing Virginia Allyn and four brill LIFEL1K3 bookmarks with illustrations by the incredibly talented Mona May, all you need to is:
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