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hoax_meal's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Moderate: Grief, Confinement, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, and Death
Minor: Gaslighting, Genocide, Kidnapping, Medical content, Classism, Excrement, and Homophobia
char42's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
‘The Darkness Outside Us’ is a deeply moving and challenging book, a well-executed and original take on several key sci-fi tropes including <evil AI spaceship> and <clones / regeneration>. Schrefer build the tenfold beautifully and excruciatingly. The romance is believable and tender, without getting in the way of individual character development. I have some small nitpicks in terms of the continuity of character development (due to the central plot twist of the book) but given the unique plot, Schrefer managed to keep the character development mostly coherent and believable (which is a real feat considering the central premise). A beautiful and challenging sci-fi book, which feels miscategorised as Young Adult.
Graphic: Death, Cancer, Vomit, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence
Moderate: Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicide
Minor: Genocide and Child death
laesterlurch's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Confinement, Suicide, Grief, and Death
Moderate: Body horror, Murder, Terminal illness, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Minor: Gaslighting, Genocide, War, and Medical content
aardwyrm's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Medical content, Suicide, Abandonment, Death, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Violence, Cancer, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Child death, Gaslighting, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Death of parent, Xenophobia, Homophobia, War, Sexual content, and Genocide
greatestheights's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Abandonment
Moderate: Medical content and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: War and Genocide