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sapphicbookoftheday · 1 year

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Favorite Non-Sapphic Books

Hey, everyone! Although this is a blog for sapphic books, I thought it might be nice to share some of my other favorite books. (By the way, this is a really long list.)

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farenheit-451 · 3 months

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YALLLLLLL I canNOT recommend this book enough:

It was so fucking good. Im not good at giving reviews, but basically, if you like reading about gays trapped in space together, you'll love it. The characters are interesting and all that, and the ending had me GRIPPED. seriously, the premise of this story is so interesting. I recommend reading it the whole way thru, even if youre not feeling it at first, because the payoff is just incredible. It was so good. (it is over 400 pages.. but I was still eating it up pretty quickly, and Im a slow reader)

I can't advertise it (not sponsored lol) like I want to because it involves spoilers but PLEASE trust me when I say the premise is so brain scratchy.

I hope you like it if you do end up reading it!!!

-Faren ♪♪

#book recommendations #sci fi #lgbtq books #queer books #faren opinions #books #a complicated love story set in space #shaun david hutchinson

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razreads · 5 months

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Love is chemical warfare. It’s your body responding to their pheromones by juicing you with feel-good hormones and then spraying your own cocktail of pheromones into the air.

Shaun David Hutchinson, A Complicated Love Story Set in Space

#razreads #book quote #shaun david hutchinson #a complicated love story set in space #love #pheromones #relationships #queue have a good day now

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bookcoversonly · 8 months

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Title: A Complicated Love Story Set in Space | Author: Shaun David Hutchinson | Publisher: Simon Pulse (2021)

#books #A Complicated Love Story Set in Space #Shaun David Hutchinson

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mossy-addison · 8 months

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Hey has anyone read “A Complicated Love Story Set in Space” by Shaun David Hutchinson? I just finished it and I need book buddies because I’m literally on the verge of tears.

#booklr #shaun david hutchinson #a complicated love story set in space

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c-dollar · 2 years

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i will NEVER be normal about shaun david hutchinson’s a complicated love story set in space NEVER

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here-there-be-drag0ns · 10 months

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A Complicated Love Story Set In Space 🤝 Generation Loss: The Social Experiments

more than you would fucking think???

#dragons chatting #generation loss #a complicated love story set in space #i read that book like a year ago and it only hit me recently how many similarities it has with genloss #theyre not even the same genre wtf???#anyway #genloss tse

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madlovenovelist · 1 year

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Book Review – ‘A Complicated Love Story Set in Space’ by Shaun David Hutchinson

A space romance that didn’t sell the romance. Genre: Y/A, Science Fiction, LGBT, Romance No. of pages: 450 When Noa closes his eyes on Earth and wakes up on a spaceship called Qriosity just as it’s about to explode, he’s pretty sure things can’t get much weirder. Boy is he wrong. Trapped aboard Qriosity are also DJ and Jenny, neither of whom remember how they got onboard the ship. Together,…

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carosbooksandreviews · 1 year

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Currently reading "A Complicated Love Story Set in Space" by Shaun David Hutchinson.

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queer-and-dear-books · 2 years

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Title: A Complicated Love Story Set In Space

Author: Shaun David Hutchinson

Content Warnings: Death | Sexual Assault

Overall Rating: 10/10

Personal Opinion: An absolutely mind-blowing book. You will not anticipate the plot twist whatsoever. The title also tells you everything you need to know about the book. It’s a love story between Noa and DJ, and unfortunately, it’s incredibly complicated and they happen to be in space. What could be more exciting than that? Seriously, I really don’t think I can say much without spoiling anything, it’s just such a good book.

Couple Classification: Noa North X DJ Storm = Goth (?) X Nerd

Do I Own This Book? No but I would not mind.

Spoilers Below For My Likes & Dislikes:

Likes:

- I am shooketh. I never would have seen that plot twist coming in a million years but it makes so much sense. The way DJ had been acting from the very start was suspect. Why was he so obsessed with Noa who kept pushing him away? Why didn’t he seem to want to go home as badly as Noa did? Why did he talk about Noa like he knew Noa better than him when they had just met? Why did Noa feel like they met once before? It’s because they had! They were already in love in the past! My god, when we learned that they were all just puppets for Production, I was just in shock. It’s such a good twist too! It explains Kayla’s whole existence and why she said Noa should’ve died. It also explains why the monster had suddenly appeared despite the fact that none of them noticed it before. Like, this book just utterly blew my mind.

- Noa, in the beginning, felt like a trial to endure. He was not that likeable and I absolutely did not understand what DJ thought was so appealing about him. But mostly, I just could not understand why Noa was so determined to push DJ away. Why was he so bitter about love and why did he seem repulsed by DJ’s touch? And then we got the reveal of his traumatic backstory and I just wanted to hug him so bad. And also beat Billy with a bat. Whoever he actually did that to, I hope you’re thriving. And I hope Billy is rotting somewhere or someone made good on DJ’s promise and broke his arms.

- Jenny is the best. She’s so hilarious, first of all. She’s got sass, she’s spunky, she’s a good friend to boot. I love that she forgave her killer and also made out with him. But also her saying, “Every family needs one” in response to Noa saying, “You’re the weird guy who killed Jenny,” had me in stitches. Jenny, overall, is just a fantastic character because she’s just an overall badass with a decent heart. Not to mention, her skulking around the Qriosity really proved to be genius on her part. I see why she was meant to be the main character originally.

- DJ and Noa are an adorable couple once they actually got together. Their first date in the oxygen garden, their first kiss in the radiator room, their first time in the shuttle, the way they both tried to sacrifice themselves for each other, ugh, they have my whole heart. I was just on the edge of my seat with the way DJ tried to do everything to help Noa and watching Noa slowly but surely open up to him. It was just beautiful to witness.

- It’s too real that the majority of students that died were all queer side characters. Bury your gays indeed. So I love that the show with ratings gold ended up being the one DJ hijacked into being about a gay love story. Fuck Production and their scripts! I don’t know how realistic it is for a queer program to have such high ratings but I’d like to believe in it. Especially since all three main characters are queer.

- I adore the formatting of this book. The way the time loop section was split into chapters of exponentially increasing numbers to show what number loop we were in was genius. It also made it easier to follow the loops. I also think it’s so real that Noa would start by trying to make it as fun as possible before essentially going crazy trying to stop the loops. And even though it was a simulation, it made me proud to see him going to therapy in Bell’s Cove. It also made me proud that Jenny was the one to suggest it.

- The cover is genius too. At first, I did not understand why it was a bucket of popcorn. Of course it’s a nod toward the plot twist! It’s clever without giving too much away and I think that’s what makes it a genius book cover.

- I’m not over the way DJ had acted toward Noa at the very beginning. When he said, “You don’t believe that,” when Noa said love isn’t real, I was so confused. I was like, bitch, who are you to tell a stranger how they feel? But it’s because DJ already knew him. As Nico! The way DJ describes being in love with Nico is just tragically romantic and the way he had listed out Noa’s good points was so captivating. But mostly, I just love that whenever DJ describes Noa, it is always Noa. Not Nico. He separates them so easily but he also still loves them both so fiercely. I mean, let’s be honest, that is just peak romance.

Dislikes:

- Bro, screw Production. I do wish I understood what Jenny Perez meant when she said that they had signed to do this voluntarily. If there’s a “season two” of this book, I hope it gets explained in that. But I don’t think I’m actually too mad about the holes that were left behind in this novel because I’m just so hyped up on that twist.

- Someone throw Billy into a ditch. I know it didn’t actually happen to Noa but it happened to someone and therefore, throw him in a ditch. Break his arms and then throw him into a ditch.

- Jenny Perez having fans that counted down until she was 18 to openly lust after her is too real. I honestly feel bad for her. She’s sadly just another puppet of Production.

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thumbedpages · 9 months

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Shaun David Hutchinson - A Complicated Love Story Set In Space

#shaun david hutchinson #a complicated love story set in space #books read 2021

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blood-loving-leech · 2 months

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amazing queer authors:

Shaun David Hutchinson (he has so many books i love them holy shit it’s like a whole collection)

Hal Schrieve (currently reading one of hir books and it’s amazing)

Andre Joseph White (i’ve read one of their books and can’t wait to read the second one i got for my birthday)

also for graphic novels i want to nominate Molly Nox Ostertag as an AMAZING illustrator and author her art style is one of my faves

and also Tilly Walden for a similar vein of queer graphic novels with amazing art

#SERIOUSLY ALL THESE AUTHORS ARE LIKE #THE SAME QUEER WEIRD FUCKED UP GENRE #SO SPECIFIC #BUT ITS THIS #SOMEONE READ THEIR BOOKS AND GEEK WITH ME #the epitome of queer existence and i love their works sm literally SO MUCH #esp “a complicated love story set in space” by Shaun David Hutchinson #holy shit that was such a mindfuck in middle school #need to find spaces that will fangirl over these niche books because they aren’t popular enough for people to know #˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ jasper jabbers ˚ʚ♡ɞ˚

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atlantic-riona · 5 months

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big fan of things ending. for good, even.

#I forget if I made this post already but sometimes things are good because they cannot be repeated #like yes are there stories we tell again and again: Gilgamesh the Odyssey Macbeth Romance of the Three Kingdoms etc etc #but crucially 1) they are reinterpretations of a pre-existing text or story #Homer is not out here churning out Odyssey II or Iliad: the Endless Reboot #like we know the story but it's told to us in a different way because there's some new way to look at it #and 2) they're actually significant stories to culture that have layers and meaning and portray something meaningful about humanity #and when they're told to us again and again they're COMPLEX #so there's generally something new for each new audience #and like #I am not saying that superheroes or Star Wars cannot have something meaningful to say #like I genuinely think they do #Star Wars has a story to tell that is fascinating it's a traditional fantasy set in space and the villain is the father #And what does it mean to love and forgive someone? these are fascinating to explore #and superheroes are basically the modern equivalent of demigods and legendary heroes except limited by the fact that #their stories have to make money so they actually can never grow or come to a satisfying conclusion #but the current stories being told and retold are shallow and endlessly repeated until they become stale #(and don't get me started on spoilers and how that's ruined a lot of people's perceptions about storytelling)#like not every adaptation or retelling of say Pride and Prejudice or the Iliad or Hamlet is going to be good #but at least there's something there relevant to the complicated lives of people?? and it's not simplistic?? I mean yes sometimes it can be #a little simplistic #but in their simplicity they reveal layers of humanity more obviously #whereas when I see a lot of the reboots and sequels they're just about making money #getting laughs #the story they tell is shallow so it can appeal to the broadest group of people but in a way that doesn't make anyone think too deeply #COULD these stories be deeper?? yes absolutely #some of them are quite good #The Winter Soldier was good and even if I didn't like everything in the Nolanverse the second Batman movie was also good #so the potential is there #but once again it's limited by people who 1) want to make money 2) want to write a simple story so people like it without thinking and #3) I hate to say it but not everything in pop culture is actually that deep so any reboots or sequels are probably not

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razreads · 10 months

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But that’s tomorrow, and I’ve got to live in today.

Shaun David Hutchinson, A Complicated Love Story Set in Space

#razreads #book quote #a complicated love story set in space #shaun david hutchinson #tomorrow #today #time #seize that tuesday #live in the moment #queue have a good day now

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flower-zombie-rob · 2 years

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Markipliers space journey still just isnt doing it for me im sorry

#i loved it it was great but i think seeing the egos in this one showed me that its not just their appearances that made me like the others #production was amazing once again set costume all that is fantastic and award worthy #but iswm still feels like something where i wouldnt be able to go through it again on a casual viewing umline heist and date #idk #im just not a fan of the super complicated story line where you have to go through the same video like ten times to figure out if its a-#different route #i dont know im still not feeling this one and space as a location gets tired quickly for me. i loved the hee hoo bit and the wilford bit #and the bomb defusal bit and the spy bit and the yancy bit and the camping bit and the hotel room bit because i love location changes #maybe its the space thing maybe i just dont find space as a setting as interesting as others find it and maybe i miss the simple charm that #i feel like heist and date excelled at while this one doesnt give me time for with the whole wormhole thing.#idk i just do be sad that i still dont love it like i want to even after part 2 #iswm part 2 spoilers #iswm spoilers

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cassaloopa · 6 months

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I love thinking about the fact that when you romance Astarion, like, actually start to romance him, you don’t have sex with him. At all. And it comes up in other interactions later on, like if you get propositioned by Halsin, Astarion checks if his lack of participation is a factor in your consideration? And if you mess with Mizora, similar thing. So it’s clear that since he confessed his true feelings, that part of your relationship pauses, as he requested. Because he’s got trauma and needs a gentle loving space to work through that to be intimate in a healthy way that doesn’t repulse him or taint your bond.

And I love that he gets that narrative because it’s such a rare option for a masculine character to experience sexual abuse and trauma and be allowed a chance to work through and heal from it. Especially if they’re young and gorgeous and virile like he is. He’s only 39 at his death/turning, he was so young, and Cazador treats him like a boy in so many ways while simultaneously using his adult sex appeal as a lure and a weapon to control him and destroy other lives through his body. It’s such an integral part of his abusive enslavement and I appreciate that choice for his story rather than a simple one of monstrous violence, murder, etc which is a more common trope for male characters.

So he’s coming from that place, and then he meets you and his default setting is to fuck you to secure his safety, his worth in your eyes. But if you show him true love and care, he starts to see a way to return that which is something he’s never been able to do before, but the sex complicates it suddenly. And you can just back off from it, give him the space he needs, make him feel safe to trust love and security isn’t bound to what he can offer you physically. It’s not bound to his body, his functions. It’s his personhood that you desire, his essence without strings attached, and he gets to learn that and trust it and grow it without pressure or judgement. Even the times after where you ask to kiss him feel so sweet, to check in with him on such a simple act of intimacy, where he gets his autonomy to consent.

And then, at the end of his storyline in the graveyard, when he’s reclaiming his life in symbolic and literal ways, that’s when he feels the most safe and in love with you, trusts you the most to care for him completely, and that’s when he initiates physicality again. And I just fucking love that for him. So much.

As a person who’s struggled with physical intimacy and learning I could have boundaries and need to take my time with stuff and my partner wouldn’t abandon me over it? Would stay even if I couldn’t promise to ever fulfill that part of our relationship again? The safety of that reassurance is everything, and it helps you find a way back to your body again, to loving it and wanting to share it with another. Because you get to choose when and how and anything offered is received with pure gratitude and admiration. And I love that Astarion gets that chance because he deserves to heal and feel whole again, to live fully without barriers. And you get to help him find that. It’s beautiful.

#cass says random shit #baldurs gate spoilers #bg3 spoilers #astarion #bg3 astarion #baldur’s gate 3 #astarion ancunin #astarion bg3 #bg3 #astarion baldurs gate #baldurs gate astarion

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