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A Complicated Love Story Set in Space by Shaun David Hutchinson

9 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

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.

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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 CW

as you learn relatively early on, death is frequently impermenant in the world of this book

klara42'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

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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

autumnrh's review

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Death, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Panic attacks/disorders, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pedophilia

kaitielou's review

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious tense 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? No

4.0

An interesting read. The main characters are interesting and I loved seeing them change through the book.

The ending is a bit ambiguous which is ok since it allows you to form your own ideas about what will happen next

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, Blood, Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Confinement, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

imstephtacular's review

adventurous lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Sexual assault, Medical content, Medical trauma, Gore, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Homophobia, Grief, and Death

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

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.

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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.