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A Complicated Love Story Set in Space by Shaun David Hutchinson

4 reviews

garbutch's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense

• Diverse cast of characters? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, Medical content, Rape, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Confinement, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

sleepykatz's review

adventurous emotional lighthearted mysterious tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual violence, and Death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, and Confinement

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, and Gun violence

phkodee's review

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

girlonbooks's review

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective sad 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

5.0

🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫 (five stars as rated in Nutreesh, Earth's favorite nutritional meal substitution bar and a proud subsidiary of Gleeson Foods) 

How did a group of teenagers wind up alone on a spaceship a million miles from earth AND how in the heck are they ever going to get home? Also, what's with the annoying hologram that won't leave them alone and why does she resemble B-list child actor Jenny Perez? Somebody knows what's going on here. After all, somebody did this to them! And that somebody is going to get punched RIGHT in the face just as soon as Noa, Jenny and DJ can figure out who exactly that face-punch deserving somebody is... 

Listen, it's hard for me to find sci-fi that doesn't make me want to hurl. This is probably my fault for reading unobjectively bad sci-fi. BUT ANYWAY, holy smokes, y'all! This book was a ride! It really is like reading a season of bad outstanding teen TV. The story is told in these little episodes within the umbrella of, "HOW THE HECK DID THESE CHARACTERS GET HERE?!?" This really was so much fun for me. Also, queer rep in all three main characters has me doing those little happy claps every few pages. No joke. It's phenomenal. Read this book next time you're in a rut. You won't regret it. 

I know we've never properly met, so you've got no reason to believe me, but I think you're wrong about love. Love isn't war. Life is the war; love is a truce you find in the middle of all that violence. And I bet there's someone out there who loves you, even if you don't know them yet."

- Shaun David Hutchinson, A Complicated Love Story Set in Space 

✨ Rep in this book: gay protagonist, queer characters, LGBTQ+ 

✨ Content warnings for this book: rape, sexual assault, gun violence, kidnapping, memory manipulation, gas-lighting, brainwashing, death of a partner, violence 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Death, Kidnapping, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

Moderate: Rape and Sexual violence