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augustar14's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
If you like stories that feel like multiple stories with the same characters in one book...
If you like sci-fi stories where something's not quite right, but you're not sure exactly what...
If you like gay romance combined with mindfucks, the most irritating AI you'll ever meet, and figuring out how to send a big 'ol middle finger to The System...
You'll enjoy A Complicated Love Story Set in Space.
If you like sci-fi stories where something's not quite right, but you're not sure exactly what...
If you like gay romance combined with mindfucks, the most irritating AI you'll ever meet, and figuring out how to send a big 'ol middle finger to The System...
You'll enjoy A Complicated Love Story Set in Space.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Violence, Child abuse, Vomit, Panic attacks/disorders, Cursing, Sexual assault, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Rape, and Pedophilia
Moderate: Suicide attempt, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Abandonment, Gun violence, and Mental illness
Minor: Murder, Suicide, and Medical content
About the death CWklara42's review
adventurous
challenging
funny
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Gaslighting and Blood
Minor: Medical content, Vomit, and Suicidal thoughts
cameronjames's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
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? It's complicated
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault, Death, and Vomit
Minor: Sexual content and Confinement
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Death, Kidnapping, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit
Moderate: Rape and Sexual violence
hungryandhappy's review
adventurous
emotional
funny
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Well, this didn't go at all how I expected. I loved it, though. It was weird, complicated, fun, and it had many little details that reminded me of a few movies. It was really a peculiar little complicated story.
Noa wakes up in space with absolutely no recollection of how he got there and he's already in danger and being helped via radio by DJ, a cute guy in his same position. Together with Jenny, who they find stuck in a toilet, they must understand what the hell is going on and get back home before it's too late.
There are many mysteries, many things we don't know as readers that the characters also don't know. We are almost in the same boat (in this case spaceship) as them and we have to have a bit of fun trying to solve the mystery. I loved all the elements that made this story, and I loved the growing romance between Noa and DJ, how it wasn't rushed but neither too slow burn.
I had many theories and one came really close. I was surprised by every twist and turn this story took. I was really invested in what was happening! I needed to know! I really liked how the book ended! Very entertaining even with its flaws and heavier content of certain parts. (the CW/TW are listed at the beginning of the book/audiobook)
I recommend it for fans of YA sci-fi books that focus a lot in romance without having the sci-fi parts be less present.
Noa wakes up in space with absolutely no recollection of how he got there and he's already in danger and being helped via radio by DJ, a cute guy in his same position. Together with Jenny, who they find stuck in a toilet, they must understand what the hell is going on and get back home before it's too late.
There are many mysteries, many things we don't know as readers that the characters also don't know. We are almost in the same boat (in this case spaceship) as them and we have to have a bit of fun trying to solve the mystery. I loved all the elements that made this story, and I loved the growing romance between Noa and DJ, how it wasn't rushed but neither too slow burn.
I had many theories and one came really close. I was surprised by every twist and turn this story took. I was really invested in what was happening! I needed to know! I really liked how the book ended! Very entertaining even with its flaws and heavier content of certain parts. (the CW/TW are listed at the beginning of the book/audiobook)
I recommend it for fans of YA sci-fi books that focus a lot in romance without having the sci-fi parts be less present.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Vomit
Moderate: Blood, Confinement, Medical content, Rape, and Grief
The rape/sexual assault in the content warnings before the start of the book, does not happen in the storyline, it's a memory the mc is telling another character.
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