Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

A Complicated Love Story Set in Space by Shaun David Hutchinson

32 reviews

duntothewood's review

adventurous emotional mysterious tense 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

3.25

I won't write a lot as it is a book you need to go in blind to, to fully enjoy. 

The play really only starts about 100 pages in and it is a mass of story beats from there. The main character Noa starts off as an arsehole and you will be amazed that anyone likes him. This being side does have very good character development  as he is a redeemable character by the end of the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Violence, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, and Death

voidstar's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

Oh, this was a really fun and sweet and kind of meta story. I enjoyed playing with reality and feel like any time I thought I had an idea of what was going on, I was wrong! This book really could have been its own trilogy, I would have loved to dive deeper into

Spoiler

the way Noa and DJ always find each other and fall in love, carrying and honoring somebody else's missing memories, and the exploitation they faced by having their actual lives manipulated and recorded for entertainment content.

Overall, really enjoyed this book~

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault

deanbaghdadi's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful tense fast-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

Hutchinson always likes to add twists to his stories and he didn’t forego his pattern with this book. The tense situations mixed with lighthearted comedy strung together a beautiful story about overcoming past trauma and understanding how to love. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Sexual assault and Rape

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

bootrat's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Death, and Rape

krisalexcole's review

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

1.5

Spoiler

I'm not a fan of "and it was all a dream/TV show!"-type plots.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault and Rape

thisisfini's review

adventurous emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Rape

thelostlarrikin's review

adventurous funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This book kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time. There are so many plot twists that I didn’t see coming, but still felt narratively satisfying. The climax was very high stakes and I think the ending honoured those stakes and didn’t undermine them in their resolution. It explores themes of nihilism and finding your own meaning in life, which I wasn’t expecting going in. 
There is also a scene depicting sexual assault but the book has a content warning at the start saying which chapter it is in. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault

locke_reads's review

emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault

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