Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

At the Edge of the Universe by Shaun David Hutchinson

5 reviews

kmac20's review

dark emotional lighthearted mysterious reflective sad 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

4.75

This book was really good but towards the end was confusing. I think it's like you try to figure out what it meant towards the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Homophobia, Bullying, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Toxic relationship and Alcoholism

ninaevan's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.25

Short story:  Amazing pitch, strong stakes, great writing- not to young but also appropriately angsty, a little dragged out but the ending was worth the wait. Wow this was a rollarcoaster… CW- a lot of unexpected sensitive content, check warnings. 

Long story: my feelings abt it changed so much throughout the book- for the first half I was totally obsessed by the concept and griped by the mystery and then it took so long to reach to reach resolution that for a minute I thought it wouldn’t. From about the half way point til about 50 pages til the end I thought it was a flop because it almost felt like an entire book about the first half of a story… I just expected more lead chasing and clue uncovering. When it opened with the plane crash mystery, it felt like the start of something and then he just never got another lead and I really thought it would be irredeemably undeveloped but those last 50 pages really pulled everything together and it ended up  blowing my mind. I do think that something more could have happened in the 200-400 page section or that it could have been cut down cause it was a little long and felt like it was loosing track of the original plot and going off into some other plot but not fully committing to the switch… but again, it pulled thru and achieved the “above 4 star” rating.  

My scoring: 
5.00 | = everyone in the world must read this book 
4.75 | = between 4.5 and 5
4.50 | = dessert island book
4.25 | = between 4 and 4.5
4.00 | = great, solid, recommendable book
3.75 | = almost a 4, but not quite 
3.50 | = not a 4, but I had a good time
3.25 | = rough patches, but not bad
3.00 | = meh, read-able but nothing to write home about
2.75 | = between a 2.5 and 3
2.50 | = there’s something I liked here but it wasn’t enough to be good 
2.25 | = between a 2 and 2.5
2.00 | = not good and there was nothing I liked 
1.00 | = bad

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Blood, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

ohanaaa's review

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

I'm so glad I read this book... and not just because it really reminds me of a situation I've been processing as of late and almost felt like I got tricked into a therapy session. Definitely worth the read. By far the best book I've read so far.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Self harm

Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Sexual content

Minor: Gaslighting, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, and Homophobia

readingsomebooks's review

emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.0

This book covered some heavy topics but was a good read, but I’m not sure I’d read it again. I found the main character’s view of the universe shrinking interesting and I liked how it could, in some ways, add layers to the book. But it just wasn’t for me. This book does have lots of representation. Also, I found the main character to be frustrating at times and not super relatable.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Grief, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual content, and Self harm

Sorry if I forgot any important content warnings it’s been a while since I read it

mxfahrenheit's review

dark emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Transphobia

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Blood, and Sexual content