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4.07 AVERAGE
4.07 AVERAGE
This book was so good I wanna rip my face off
It reminded me why I still love YA novels so much
Diverse set of characters of all different races/genders/sexualities = 👍👍
It reminded me why I still love YA novels so much
Diverse set of characters of all different races/genders/sexualities = 👍👍
I was one of the few people that didn't love We Are the Ants. It wasn't all bad but I didn't plan on reading more of his books. Then Riveted Lit had it free to read with a bunch of books.
I fell in love with the characters, no surprise. The world building was unsettling and kept me guessing, of course. It's the ending that slayed me. It's the resolution and meaning I was missing from We Are the Ants.
I fell in love with the characters, no surprise. The world building was unsettling and kept me guessing, of course. It's the ending that slayed me. It's the resolution and meaning I was missing from We Are the Ants.
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
Its rare, but every once in a while you come across a book that changes your life. I just finished reading At The Edge of the Universe by Shaun David Hutchinson and this novel is what I wish I had 10 years ago when i went through my abuse.
Never have I related to a character the way I did to Calvin. Everything he thought and said were things I told myself when I was being abused. I went through a period where I still loved my abuser the way he still loved Coach Reevy. Granted, i wasnt a minor when it happened.
I laughed at points, cried at others and I love the way the shrinking universe serves as a metaphor to never forget about your individual happiness. To me, Ozzie and the shrinking universe represents the fear of the unknown anf what if's in life.
Ozzie was so stressed over the possibility of Tommy returning and the inevitable shrinking universe that he was losing sight of the people and things right in front of him and letting it stop him from pursuing his happiness.
I can go on and on about this book and how much it impacted me. Shaun David Hutchinson has a true gift with words and i want to read everything in his repertoire. Pick this one up. You'll laugh, you'll cry and you will get all the feels.
Never have I related to a character the way I did to Calvin. Everything he thought and said were things I told myself when I was being abused. I went through a period where I still loved my abuser the way he still loved Coach Reevy. Granted, i wasnt a minor when it happened.
I laughed at points, cried at others and I love the way the shrinking universe serves as a metaphor to never forget about your individual happiness. To me, Ozzie and the shrinking universe represents the fear of the unknown anf what if's in life.
Ozzie was so stressed over the possibility of Tommy returning and the inevitable shrinking universe that he was losing sight of the people and things right in front of him and letting it stop him from pursuing his happiness.
I can go on and on about this book and how much it impacted me. Shaun David Hutchinson has a true gift with words and i want to read everything in his repertoire. Pick this one up. You'll laugh, you'll cry and you will get all the feels.
Shaun David Hutchinson is doing fascinating things with teen angst, romance, mental health, gender identity, sexual orientation, family, friendship, drugs, alcohol, and sex, all through the lens of mind bending science fiction. I like it.
Wow, every time I read one of Hutchinson's books they keep getting better!
(Heads up that trigger warnings for this book include domestic abuse & sexual assault.)
(Heads up that trigger warnings for this book include domestic abuse & sexual assault.)
I am now starting to believe that Shaun David Hutchinson could write nothing but splendid books. At the Edge of the Universe is fast-paced and diverse. It's different from We Are the Ants in that the latter is much more existential, while the former is a blend of literature and hard science, the edges ran jagged.
I hate that I read this book but I love it. I cried for the entirety of it but mainly in the second half. I listened to it and full on wept. The idea of reality and things like that really freaks me out but the whenever Ozzie spoke of Tommy and his certainty of his existence my heart broke. Whenever a Tommy chapter came about I had the feeling Tommy knew more than we were lead to believe. What he knew was however not what I was expecting. But I don't know what I expected. The book contains heavy topics, the physics is a little out there but I liked it. I am glad it ended the way it did, I think it would have broken me if that last chapter had been left out. But part of me also wanted an uncertain ending.
I feel like I give all books 4 stars lately. But they have also been very good adventures.
I feel like I give all books 4 stars lately. But they have also been very good adventures.
slow-paced
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
This was so boring.
The universe is shrinking.
And it's boring.
It never really grabbed my attention, and I felt like several of the same scenes were repeated with minimal variation. Maybe it's just me and sci-fi. Or maybe it's the fact that I skipped 150-or-so pages of the middle and didn't miss much.
Someone more into this genre might like it more.
The universe is shrinking.
And it's boring.
It never really grabbed my attention, and I felt like several of the same scenes were repeated with minimal variation. Maybe it's just me and sci-fi. Or maybe it's the fact that I skipped 150-or-so pages of the middle and didn't miss much.
Someone more into this genre might like it more.