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Interesting Facts About Space by Emily Austin

70 reviews

kelkelkelkelly's review

dark emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I loved this book so much. Enid is a vivid, authentic character that bundles her quirks, flaws, desires and fears together in a beautifully authentic way. The cast of characters are all unique and feel very real, and the writing style has this clipped, frank style that really suits Enid’s POV. The plot does hinge on miscommunication tropes, but it works with the relationships in the story. There are some unexpectedly chilling and creepy moments that make this a real page-turner. This story will stay with me for a while.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Homophobia, Self harm, and Violence

bugle's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

I laughed, I cried (several times), I didn’t want it to end. I found Enid extremely relatable and the story engaging. The ending was neat and meaningful in a really satisfying way, especially against the (familiar) chaos of Enid’s thought clouds. I’m really grateful I found this book and can’t wait to share it with friends.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, and Mental illness

Moderate: Ableism, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, and Homophobia

Minor: Pregnancy and Death of parent

cartermon4's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, and Death of parent

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Bullying, Eating disorder, Stalking, and Suicidal thoughts

pagesandtales's review

dark emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Death of parent and Homophobia

ryannreidreads's review

challenging emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Reading this was like reading my brain

as an autistic person with an anxiety disorder.

This book was kinda challenging for that reason. If you’ve ever not been able to trust your memory and are secretly terrified you’re a bad person, you’ll probably find a lot of camaraderie in Enid. 

Such a great, relatable, queer read that wasn’t about queerness but still added to the plot. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts

chloemakesbooks's review

emotional funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Funny and relatable. Flimsy ending, but the book is not about plot. Was worried this was going to be yet another "quirky woman goes around with undiagnosed condition and shows no self awareness" story but mercifully not so. I like the fleshed out mom characters, and romance is secondary. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

sashdb's review

dark sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

the manic pixie paranoia was a series of misunderstandings all along. wow. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Sexual violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

kaywhiteley's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I’m kind of obsessed with Emily Austin. What a delightful little weird ass book that perfectly encompasses being a mentally ill person. She also just….gets autism. She puts the autistic experience into words when I have simply never been able to. This is definitely a read again. I loved this little book and everyone in it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Abandonment, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Rape

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

melissaarnaud's review

dark emotional funny inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I really LOVED this book. The main character is imperfect and a mess. I enjoyed the pace and imperfections of the story and its characters and I was sad when I finished it because that meant I was done. The characters felt very real and relatable. At first I didn’t think I would’ve been so attached but I really did fall in love with this book and it’s cast of characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Abandonment, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Homophobia, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Suicide

dogoodwithbooks's review

dark emotional funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

 If I could describe this book in two words, it would be uniquely weird. But in a good way. 

With a fresh narrative voice, Interesting Facts About Space is an excellent novel focused on recognizing our pasts and how to let others in. Austin’s writing style helps create Enid to be a relatable character that highlights our doubts as humans as well as living in a world as an autistic person. I also felt that the pacing that Austin utilizes was executed well and keeps you drawn in. However, if you don’t get the narrative voice or the jump-change in scenes, this book might not be for you. This book is also not for you if you don’t like graphic discussions about true crime and true crime podcasts since Enid does talk about it a lot in the book. 

If you want a book similar to Gail Honeyman’s Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine or you want something similar to a Sally Rooney novel (but were left down by her work), I would definitely recommend reading Interesting Facts About Space. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Abandonment, Lesbophobia, Pregnancy, and Stalking

Minor: Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Self harm, and Fire/Fire injury