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lets_b_libros's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Cancer, Confinement, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Vomit, and War
annikaa's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Xenophobia and War
Minor: Misogyny
augustar14's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gaslighting
Moderate: Cancer, Confinement, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Sexual content, Suicide, Transphobia, Medical content, Colonisation, and War
schnaucl's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
And the embryo reveal up just as I was thinking and the point of all this is...? since two men obviously can't reproduce. Although I suppose if there's cloning technology maybe there is a way. But the point is, sending only two people who we've already seen will probably die early deaths from radiation poisoning to raise a bunch of embryos on a completely unknown planet just seems like too fragile a hope to pin the survival of humanity on.
I did like the rest of it though. It was genuinely shocking when they were murdered the first time, and when they murdered the rest of their clones.
Graphic: Death and Murder
Moderate: Cancer, Homophobia, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Sexual content, Xenophobia, and War
rabidkermit's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Blood, and Medical content
Moderate: Cancer
Minor: Suicide
rey_therese07's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Cancer
mxdegroot's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
The first hundred or so pages were quite slow to me, but once the story gets going it is absolute insanity to the very end and you cannot put it down anymore. Schrefer tricks his readers as much as
I do have to say that the romance felt a bit forced or too fast at times. Maybe it is because I found both Ambrose and Kodiak hard to connect to. Don't get me wrong, I loved it once the plot really got going, but if we'd had the chance to learn a bit more about our spacefarers' past, especially Kodiak, even though
I've seen The Darkness Outside Us be described as a story that "smashes your heart and puts it back together" and ultimately, I agree with that statement and have nothing else to add to it.
Rep: queer MC, poc MC, non-binary mentioned character
December 24th, 2022 - January 2nd, 2023
"When adoration is selfish, it's not going anywhere." - Ambrose Cusk, part 1.
"Welcome to Minerva."
"I couldn't have written about the love of a lifetime without first experiencing one with [my husband]." - Eliot Schrefer, acknowledgements.
Graphic: Cancer, Death, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Minor: Death of parent and War
anil's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
I've also seen it described as smashes your heart then puts it back together but I'm still waiting on that second one must've missed it.
I'm not saying it's a bad book it's kind of great I just hated it.
Graphic: Cancer and Death
Moderate: Medical content and Injury/Injury detail
Main character deathsunshinesyst3m's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Death and Medical content
Minor: Cancer and Suicide
galleytrot's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Cancer, Death, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical trauma, and Gaslighting