A review by kiiitasticbooks
The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer

5.0

 

It’s been weeks since I’ve read this book, and I still don’t think I’ve calmed down enough to talk about it.

I’ve had The Darkness Outside Us on my TBR for a while, but I hadn’t yet gotten around to it before my friend read it. I asked to borrow their copy, and they warned me that the book was a trip.

I don’t think I’ll ever recover from this book.

The Darkness Outside Us follows Ambrose and Kodiak as they travel through space in order to save Ambrose’s sister. Immediately, I could tell there was something wrong with the details both the characters and I knew of their situation. I think this aspect is one of the more compelling reasons readers will get sucked into this story, and I really enjoyed the way this mystery was shown to both the readers and the characters throughout the story. It never felt like the reader or the characters had more information than the other, and I never felt frustrated by not knowing what was going on. Every secret was revealed in a perfect timeline of information.

I also really loved the characters themselves and seeing them interact with each other. Ambrose and Kodiak should be rivals, and both their amnesia and the details they know about their situation should have them afraid to seek each other out, but I enjoyed seeing these two work together throughout the book to figure out what was happening. Seeing them prioritize each other and get into a relationship throughout this book was another aspect I really enjoyed in this story!

However, one of the biggest things I took away from this book was just an awe of what I had read. I had my ideas, of course, of what was going to happen, but nothing could have prepared me for reading the actual ending to this book! I definitely really recommend The Darkness Outside Us if you are in need of a book to absolutely wow you, and I know for a fact that I will be picking up my own copy of this book to read again in the future!