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A Complicated Love Story Set in Space by Shaun David Hutchinson

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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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olivia9024's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional 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? Yes

3.5

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autumnrh's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional lighthearted mysterious medium-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

2.75

I don’t really know about this one. For one thing it wasn’t completely terrible, there were some parts that I really enjoyed. On the other hand there was so much I didn’t like about this book. It just felt like it was full of lazy writing so half of the plot points didn’t make any sense. For example, in the case of when

the alien attacked the ship

it was completely pointless and had no use in the story at all in my opinion. I also wasn’t tooooo fond of the ending, it was a bit underwhelming and we were left learning pretty much nothing. Overall it was an alright read but not something I personally would read again.

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macroscopicentric's review against another edition

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adventurous funny fast-paced

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

3.0

Douglas Adams-esque worldbuilding, of the cheerfully absurd variety, although here it’s an updated version that’s more about the excesses of capitalism than bureaucracy.

It takes a while to get to the payoff (I think I was 77% of the way through the audio book), but very worth it. The book revels in its ridiculous yet dystopian worldbuilding the entire time, which makes for an entertaining read even when you don’t know what’s going on, but really picks up and becomes a lot more cohesive 3/4 of the way through in a way that very satisfactorily explains the first part. Ridiculous fun.

I think my only major hesitation in recommending/reviewing this is the

rape subplot, which felt more unnecessarily cruel once you learn what’s going on. I understand the point in-universe is that the backstory provided _is_ unnecessarily cruel, but I don’t think that justifies its usage within the story, and I think something else could’ve been used as an effective substitute without losing the emotional depth or meta discussion. In the end, the big reveal felt like it inadvertently trivialized the rape.

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