Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

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

10 reviews

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

Spoiler

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

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

stopthesun's review

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Death, Confinement, and Grief

Minor: Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Injury/injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, and Alcohol

woodenrust's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

This book promised me a romance and then threw me into a psychological thriller.  And I loved every moment of it.  I finished the book in a day (never took any breaks to even eat...).  I will say that I do not recommend reading if you are psychotic or have episodes of dissociating and/or delusions.  For me I found it to be more exciting that way though, but I get some people can't handle it.  Anyway, I give it a 4.75 because it was definitely enjoyable but just because some of the dialogue is a little meh in the sense that I know it was meant to be funny but just wasn't.  The characters will still very enjoyable, and I loved the development even if I was conflicted at first.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, and Slavery

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

The adult/minor relationship mentioned is in our main character's backstory, so I marked it as graphic since it's traumatic for him and we see him mention it several times throughout the book.

olivia9024's review

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Rape

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

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

Spoiler

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

sweetpotatofries's review

adventurous dark lighthearted tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Gore

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.

Spoiler

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

cindespair's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault and Gun violence

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Panic attacks/disorders

rachelditty's review

adventurous mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

Shaun David Hutchinson roped me in with the synopsis and kept me interested until the very end. A lovable read, as always.

Spoiler

There is so much I could say about this book. I loved Noa, the pessimistic jerk of a narrator. He was a great perspective to read from - a selfish main character was a breath of fresh air. I fell in love with DJ's character with every page; his kindness, his wit, and how thoughtful he was toward both his friends and shipmates. Their dynamic was the classic trope of angry, mean character falls for the blushy, kind character, and I was here for it. Jenny was kick-ass, and I loved her more and more as the story went on. The plot was a bit predictable - I figured out where it was (relatively) going during the time-loop section, but it was still pure fun to read. Hutchinson always reminds me how FUN it is to get into a book, and with how full of tropes and clichés this one was, it was impossible not to enjoy it. I don't know how I'm going to fit all the quotes I marked down into my reading journal. And looking back on what I've marked, I already know I'm going to love re-reading this piece and seeing all the foreshadowing and double-meanings to what DJ says to Noa and Jenny. I know Hutchinson isn't one for sequels, mostly writing stand-alone novels, but I really, really hope we get to see Noa, DJ, Jenny, and Ty again in a future story, kicking ass and taking names blowing up the high schools around the galaxy, learning to accept themselves and their pasts while loving their present and looking toward a bright future, and falling even more in love. I always deeply enjoy Hutchinson's works, but this has jumped to my top three by him. It makes me want to re-read all his works again. I can't wait to see what he comes up with next.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Death, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Minor: Grief and Toxic relationship

There is a trigger warning at the beginning of the novel, but just to reiterate - there is a depiction/character description of sexual assault in the fifth section of the book in the chapter titled "Fifty-Four." The main character also references this assault multiple times in the story, as well as the relationship he was in when the assault occurred.