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The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer

90 reviews

perhappiness's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, Blood, Vomit, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Cancer, Confinement, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, War, and Classism

downtown_kb's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• 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

“It's a programming affectation I've always disliked, when a computer program says it's "glad." Here, isolated in space, it's especially unnerving. This operating system, which has no limbic system and therefore no emotions, and which has my life in its hands, can lie.”

 

Earth is in its death throes, space travel is a reality, and Ambrose is on a mission to one of Jupiter’s moons to try and rescue his sister after her distress beacon goes off. He assumes his mission is solo but he soon finds out there is another spacefarer on his ship.

This is a hard review to write because it’s one of those books that makes you question things and have deep thoughts and if I could verbalize such thoughts they probably wouldn’t affect me so much.

This is an epic space adventure with nail biting suspense that will keep you guessing and on your toes. Then once you figure out what’s going on things don’t let up: those deep thoughts start to come. 

I loved Ambrose as a narrator. He’s kind, sarcastic, and a bit reckless. I liked his cavalier attitude and yet he is very self-aware. There is definitely a strong romance subplot that is very sweet at times. This helps to balance some of the existential dread! I found the plot clever and fascinating and great for sci-fi space lovers. This is YA strictly because the characters are 17 years old and the it doesn't get too in-depth. 

I highly recommend this book and it is one of my favorite reads this year! I will be thinking about it for a while to come.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide

keya_caivalur's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Terminal illness

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , War, and Classism

stellastallion's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Gaslighting

Minor: Cancer and Medical content

ghostlyprince's review against another edition

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Vomit, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Bullying, Sexual content, Suicide, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Murder, Abandonment, and War

Minor: Addiction, Blood, Excrement, and Grief

summermorning's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, and War

avacadosocks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Body horror, Cancer, Confinement, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gore, Suicide, Vomit, and War

michmoo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I mean, what can I say about this goddamn book? 

I was drawn in by the premise and captivated by the possibilities of where the underlying mystery would take us, and then promptly smacked in my soul with the beginnings of the plot twist which only further stressed me out when I realised that we still had a big chunk of the book to go.

Overall, I would say that while this is a sci-fi mystery thriller, it is also at its core, a love story. Watching the love blossom between the two protagonists was a gift in spite of the heart wrenching moments it led to, perhaps because of them.

I definitely recommend giving this book a chance if you are at all interested.

The author did an amazing job, I am emotionally compromised. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Vomit, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, and War

mandaraffe's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Xenophobia and War

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

linnea1801's review against another edition

dark emotional tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

this book gave me trust issues

when the first Ambrose and Kodiak died I was screaming and crying

I am very glad that this is fiction.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer and Vomit