Reviews tagging 'Death'

A Complicated Love Story Set in Space by Shaun David Hutchinson

23 reviews

vagaybond's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense

• Diverse cast of characters? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, Medical content, Rape, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Confinement, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

duntothewood's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

I won't write a lot as it is a book you need to go in blind to, to fully enjoy. 

The play really only starts about 100 pages in and it is a mass of story beats from there. The main character Noa starts off as an arsehole and you will be amazed that anyone likes him. This being side does have very good character development  as he is a redeemable character by the end of the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Violence, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, and Death

deanbaghdadi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Hutchinson always likes to add twists to his stories and he didn’t forego his pattern with this book. The tense situations mixed with lighthearted comedy strung together a beautiful story about overcoming past trauma and understanding how to love. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Sexual assault and Rape

augustar14's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

If you like stories that feel like multiple stories with the same characters in one book...
If you like sci-fi stories where something's not quite right, but you're not sure exactly what...
If you like gay romance combined with mindfucks, the most irritating AI you'll ever meet, and figuring out how to send a big 'ol middle finger to The System...
You'll enjoy A Complicated Love Story Set in Space.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Violence, Child abuse, Vomit, Panic attacks/disorders, Cursing, Sexual assault, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Rape, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Abandonment, Gun violence, and Mental illness

Minor: Murder, Suicide, and Medical content

About the death CW

as you learn relatively early on, death is frequently impermenant in the world of this book

abimartin's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Death

bootrat's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Death, and Rape

sleepykatz's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted mysterious tense slow-paced

• 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual violence, and Death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, and Confinement

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, and Gun violence

klara42's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Gaslighting and Blood

Minor: Medical content, Vomit, and Suicidal thoughts

stopthesun's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Death, Confinement, and Grief

Minor: Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, and Alcohol

wormariwood's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.75

This book promised me a romance and then threw me into a psychological thriller.  And I loved every moment of it.  I finished the book in a day (never took any breaks to even eat...).  I will say that I do not recommend reading if you are psychotic or have episodes of dissociating and/or delusions.  For me I found it to be more exciting that way though, but I get some people can't handle it.  Anyway, I give it a 4.75 because it was definitely enjoyable but just because some of the dialogue is a little meh in the sense that I know it was meant to be funny but just wasn't.  The characters will still very enjoyable, and I loved the development even if I was conflicted at first.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, and Slavery

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

The adult/minor relationship mentioned is in our main character's backstory, so I marked it as graphic since it's traumatic for him and we see him mention it several times throughout the book.