Reviews - Interesting Facts About Space

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Interesting Facts About Space

Emily Austin

4.06 AVERAGE

anafurjan's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional funny inspiring slow-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

catherineisa's review against another edition

1.0

dark emotional tense

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

rachaellaurenpotts's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense 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

I absolutely loved this book! Hopefully I’m not the only one who finds Enid a very relatable character!

goforangela's review against another edition

4.0

the awkwardness of the main character is refreshing and relatable.

abbystrawberry's review against another edition

3.0

dark reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The middle third of this book was not my favorite, I kept wondering how they were going to resolve everything and then it happened so fast I was pissed.

bitterlyenthusiastic_books's review against another edition

4.0

Interesting Facts About Space is one of those books that manages to be deeply unsettling and deeply comforting at the same time, which is honestly kind of a magic trick. It’s a series of vignettes following Enid, a neurodivergent 20-something who’s afraid of bald men, obsessed with true crime podcasts, and deeply unsure whether someone is breaking into her apartment or if she’s just breaking down. You know, light stuff. Somehow, this anxiety-drenched spiral is also funny, warm, and occasionally so relatable it made me want to stare at a wall for a while.

The story unfolds in fragments—snapshots of Enid’s present and past that slowly sketch out the shape of her trauma, her family history, and the ways she’s trying (and sort of failing) to become a person. There’s queerness, complicated family dynamics, unresolved grief, and plenty of painfully human moments. Enid’s voice is raw and strange and oddly comforting. Honestly kinda like following a serial over-sharer on literally any social media platform.

This isn’t a book that’s driven by plot—it’s more about Enid’s inner world, her slow (and slightly chaotic) movement toward connection and self-acceptance. I didn’t expect much going in—BookTok hype usually turns me off of non-horror—but this one caught me off guard. It’s weird in all the best ways: equal parts gut-punch and group hug, with a narrator who made me laugh and ache in equal measure.