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At the Edge of the Universe
by Shaun David Hutchinson
This book was a roller-coaster of emotions and confusion, but i loved every minute of it and it was a book that i just did not want to put down.
One thing i love about SDH's writing is that he writes his characters in such a realistic way. Lua has a bad attitude and says shitty things to his friends some times just because they are in a bad mood or jealous. I also loved how SDH approached the use of a gender fluid character! Ozzie gets annoyed and frustrated that his parents keep telling him what to do and they hide things from him. Calvin deals with his issues in a negative way that only some people understand. What i loved about SDH's explanation of Calvin's 'bad habits' is that he explains it in a way that few people will understand, but once they read the explanation of why calvin does what he does, they just connect and understand him fully. While i do no condone the behaviour, i think this explanation was needed as i feel that due to it being a stigmatised behaviour, not a lot of people fully understand why people do it, and you can tell that SDH understands.
I only have two downfalls of this book. Firstly, there is A LOT of physics talk in this novel, and i just suck at physics so i found it really difficult to understand Ozzie's theories of what was happening. SDH does do a good job of trying to explain it in a manner that at least helped me kind of have an idea of the theory, but it was just an area that i am not familiar with so i struggled. And the last aspect, and to be honest i am just not sure about this one (its good and its a downfall?), was the ending.
**SPOILER**
I am so happy that everything was fine in the end, and that Ozzie got to at least see Thomas again, but really nothing between him and Calvin happened??! I was sad when it just seem to revert back to normal and the relationship that Ozzie and Cal had build had just not existed, because i think the both of them had helped each other throughout the book in their own broken kind of way. Additionally, im just not sure about the ending in that i have no idea why everything in the book happened, happened? Why was Ozzie thinking the world was shrinking? Why did people disappear for him? Why was it just him? I have so many questions and i think it would have been fun for SDH to create a whole new world, or theory or something to explain what was happening.
However, with this being the second book of SDH that i have read, i can say that both of his book gripped me and i cannot wait to read more of his books!!
One thing i love about SDH's writing is that he writes his characters in such a realistic way. Lua has a bad attitude and says shitty things to his friends some times just because they are in a bad mood or jealous. I also loved how SDH approached the use of a gender fluid character! Ozzie gets annoyed and frustrated that his parents keep telling him what to do and they hide things from him. Calvin deals with his issues in a negative way that only some people understand. What i loved about SDH's explanation of Calvin's 'bad habits' is that he explains it in a way that few people will understand, but once they read the explanation of why calvin does what he does, they just connect and understand him fully. While i do no condone the behaviour, i think this explanation was needed as i feel that due to it being a stigmatised behaviour, not a lot of people fully understand why people do it, and you can tell that SDH understands.
I only have two downfalls of this book. Firstly, there is A LOT of physics talk in this novel, and i just suck at physics so i found it really difficult to understand Ozzie's theories of what was happening. SDH does do a good job of trying to explain it in a manner that at least helped me kind of have an idea of the theory, but it was just an area that i am not familiar with so i struggled. And the last aspect, and to be honest i am just not sure about this one (its good and its a downfall?), was the ending.
**SPOILER**
I am so happy that everything was fine in the end, and that Ozzie got to at least see Thomas again, but really nothing between him and Calvin happened??! I was sad when it just seem to revert back to normal and the relationship that Ozzie and Cal had build had just not existed, because i think the both of them had helped each other throughout the book in their own broken kind of way. Additionally, im just not sure about the ending in that i have no idea why everything in the book happened, happened? Why was Ozzie thinking the world was shrinking? Why did people disappear for him? Why was it just him? I have so many questions and i think it would have been fun for SDH to create a whole new world, or theory or something to explain what was happening.
However, with this being the second book of SDH that i have read, i can say that both of his book gripped me and i cannot wait to read more of his books!!