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A review by angry_bun
At the Edge of the Universe by Shaun David Hutchinson
5.0
"Do we create reality by interaction and observation, or does it only appear that way because we're incapable of seeing the whole prism?"
The Universe is shrinking, and Oswald Pinkerton, better known as Ozzie, is the only person on Earth aware of this slowly impending disaster. And, honestly, right now it's the least of his problems. His boyfriend, Tommy, has suddenly vanished into thin air, and nobody even remembers him, his parents are divorcing and his stupid older brother is joining army. And to top it of (as if it's not enough already) he is paired with the silent and reclusive classmate, Calvin, for a physics project.
"I'd never been so sad to be so happy."
Shaun David Hutchinson has once again managed to create an amazing and diverse cast of well-developed characters! All of them are incredibly and painfully real. Each of them has their own flows and problems, which they mostly overcame. At the beginning of the story our main character, Ozzie, appeared to be self centered, ignorant and a bit too rude (but I still love him). He was fully engrossed in his own problems and feelings. But as the story kept going and the Universe continued to shrink, his vision kept broadening, until he was looking at the edge of the universe and was forced to realize that he "was just a boy chained in a cave, too stupid to know I'd been staring at shadows in a wall while the real world was happening behind me".
To be completely honest, the first hundred and something pages were quite hard to get through because it felt like I was reading same things over and over again. But as I proceeded forward, all this repetitions actually made perfect sense (well, at least to me), and it completely blew my mind.
The Universe is shrinking, and Oswald Pinkerton, better known as Ozzie, is the only person on Earth aware of this slowly impending disaster. And, honestly, right now it's the least of his problems. His boyfriend, Tommy, has suddenly vanished into thin air, and nobody even remembers him, his parents are divorcing and his stupid older brother is joining army. And to top it of (as if it's not enough already) he is paired with the silent and reclusive classmate, Calvin, for a physics project.
"I'd never been so sad to be so happy."
Shaun David Hutchinson has once again managed to create an amazing and diverse cast of well-developed characters! All of them are incredibly and painfully real. Each of them has their own flows and problems, which they mostly overcame. At the beginning of the story our main character, Ozzie, appeared to be self centered, ignorant and a bit too rude (but I still love him). He was fully engrossed in his own problems and feelings. But as the story kept going and the Universe continued to shrink, his vision kept broadening, until he was looking at the edge of the universe and was forced to realize that he "was just a boy chained in a cave, too stupid to know I'd been staring at shadows in a wall while the real world was happening behind me".
To be completely honest, the first hundred and something pages were quite hard to get through because it felt like I was reading same things over and over again. But as I proceeded forward, all this repetitions actually made perfect sense (well, at least to me), and it completely blew my mind.