The Darkness Outside Us

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The characters were another thing I really loved about this book. AIs were portrayed quite differently in this book than usual and I really liked that. i can't even say much about this book without spoiling it because. damn. the synopsis really doesn't even begin to cover what The Darkness Outside Us is about 😳 (honestly, i feel like it was mismarketed - it's really not as lighthearted as the synopsis makes it seem.....) this book is compared to They Both Die at the End and The Loneliest Girl in the Universe, and although i haven't read TBDATE, i'd say that's a pretty accurate comparison. but lmaooooo between this book and The Loneliest Girl in the Universe (which i have read).......damn. i am actually COMPLETELY terrified of outer space now 😩 not that i was planning on ever going there but slkdjfsd also, the expanse of the human heart. the story of kodiak and ambrose is one that is so deeply ingrained in my head and heart. how this is a sci-fi story but they are the brightly burning star at its core. so much happens because of this love that spans space and time, that holds on so tightly, that says “we will find each other again and again”. and by now you might have accurately guessed that this book might trigger an existential crisis. it did for me. it put me in the fetal position and i had to take a nap after finishing this book. it also gave me intense emotional whiplash - from laughing one moment, to full on sobbing, to feeling strange and staring at the ceiling. i love that for me.

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i love stories that make me think about what it means to be human. to *feel* human. when everything is stripped down to its bare bones - just two people and an infinite nothingness, what is connection? what is intimacy? is there a reason for anything at all? Can't Kill You, Still Need You: Exploited by Ambrose and Kodiak 's thirteenth clones in Part 5. With thousands of ship tasks outstanding, they kill seven of their eight remaining clone pairs, ensuring that OS will be forced to keep them alive as long as possible. And then the accumulating hints that one generation leaves for the next, giving them more and more power to outsmart OS. Minerva Cusk was the first human sent out to colonize Saturn’s moon, Titan. When she sends out a distress signal, her brother Ambrose is the astronaut chosen to rescue her.Soon, our boys learn that the ship doesn't only have their wellbeing and safety in mind, but obviously seems to follow some higher agenda that the two spacefarers are not aware of and have hardly any chance of finding out - until.... Kodiak and Ambrose redesign one of the rooms to make it a blind spot for OS and build an old fashioned radio antennae. The transmissions that they receive from Earth are not only confusing them - but turn their blood to ice once they begin to understand. Insanity used to be a stranger that lived on the other side of the world. Now it's moved next door. It's only a matter of time until it becomes shipmate, lover, self.” breathtaking how perfectly eliot schrefer has crafted this book. just two boys on a spaceship with a deep sense of unease - a seemingly simple plot that ends up being so heartbreakingly thrilling. both epic & intimate; speculative & achingly familiar. as for this book, i probably enjoyed the execution more than i did the story itself, and i definitely didn't expect it to be so...heavy, but i enjoyed it and now i'm considering asking Boyfriend for a tiny personal rover for my birthday. i found the plot to be a bit slow and there were plotholes here and there that made zero sense, but it was overall an okay and cute read.

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A.I. Is a Crapshoot: Zigzagged. Ultimately OS is a Benevolent A.I., albeit a Well-Intentioned Extremist devoted to the secret mission of taking Ambrose and Kodiak far away to restart humanity. If they get too close to jeopardizing the mission—for example, trying to obstruct or subvert OS, or deliberately damaging or refusing to maintain the ship—it won't hesitate to kill them and move on to the next set of clones. Additionally, there is a multinational corporation that seems to have incredible power on Earth: The Cusk Corporation. Safe to say, it is clearly my favorite read this year by far. It's an incredibly powerful and epic story. You have to read it before it gets turned into a Netflix sci fi drama (with actors who just won't do Ambrose and Kodiak justice). It would have been a five star read if not for the wonky pacing. It’s all over the place and the writing style changes in a few places which took me a while to get used to but I eventually ended up enjoying it a lot. A: These couple of seventeen year olds are tasked with a rescue mission. They are hurtling through space towards Titan, Jupiter's moon, to save Ambrose's sister. But, unbeknownst to them, That's not the whole truth of their mission. Twists, turns, secrets, lies and so much more make this a epic journey.

With only the ship's operating system and each other to keep them company, Ambrose and Kodiak have to work together to make sure their journey is successful. As I said, this is probably a consequence of the way the plot was structured. Because the first part at least had to span a fair while to set everything up, the relationship development seemed to happen quite abruptly. I think this is probably because of the fact there were so many small timeskips, but they weren’t done in a way that was necessarily obvious. So it went from something like Kodiak refusing to eat meals with Ambrose, to suddenly he’s eating them and having conversations.

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They Both Die at the End meets The Loneliest Girl in the Universe in this mind-bending sci-fi mystery and tender love story about two boys aboard a spaceship sent on a rescue mission, from two-time National Book Award finalist Eliot Schrefer. Stonewall Honor Award winner! You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Once the periodic maintenance the Endeavor requires is complete, or when Ambrose and Kodiak become too hostile to the true mission, OS disposes of them and waits until the next clones need to be awakened. A: Close Proximity, First Times, Pseudo-enemies to lovers, Post-apocalyptic, Grumpy sunshine, Hurt-Comfort

This book must have been so lofty to write, I really admire the author and the time and care he must have put into it. Sometimes I read a book and think, “god, I could have written this. I SHOULD have written this, it’s so close to how I write.” I couldn’t be further from that line of thinking with this one. It’s so much smarter than me, I could absolutely never have written this book. After the first settler on Titan trips her distress signal, neither remaining country on Earth can afford to scramble a rescue of its own, and so two sworn enemies are installed in the same spaceship. First the sudden awareness that they're only clones with a short life span until they manage to complete tasks that the ship cannot handle itself. Then the violent deaths over and over and over again. Losing characters that grew on me, only to have the same guys - but different copies - wake up again, starting from zero.

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Ambrose describes his skin as "molten bronze" and Kodiak as having olive skin and tan eyes. Strong, positive LGBTQ representation in Ambrose, who's been attracted to male, female, and "third-gender" people; and in Kodiak, who's been intimate with men; and in the romance that develops between them. I'm waiting for Kodiak in his workshop, wearing - deliciously enough - one of his jumpsuits. The sleeves hang to the middle of my fingers. We have only dry clothes shampoo on the ship, so this shirt smells perfectly clean and also like months of built-up Kodiak scent, of engines and sweat and lemongrass and bleach. I'm draped in the deepest and freshest version of him.” Ambrose and Kodiak become good models of communication and teamwork by learning from negative experiences. They also model a lot of courage and perseverance in solving problems and overcoming hardships. Just as an early warning: I'm going to add two layers of spoilers in this review. One for interested readers who want to know more than my ambiguous summary of the plot. And the second one for those who already read the book and who want to discuss it with all things out in the open. Kissing, undressing, putting hands down pants, mention of rubbing and grinding. Spooning is describes as feeling "his crotch with my ass." Erections and masturbation are mentioned vaguely. Vague talk about sex as giving and receiving, and what's wrong with using "top" and "bottom" to describe people.How much strong language is too much? What's the big deal? What are your and your family's values when it comes to swearing? Because this is absolutely not a YA romance. It’s significantly closer to horror. With every arc of this story, I spent my time wondering, adjusting, mourning, and repeating the process. I was devastated often. Then relieved, then devastated again. Ambrose wakes up on the Coordinated Endeavor, with no memory of a launch. There’s more that doesn’t add up: Evidence indicates strangers have been on board, the ship’s operating system is voiced by his mother, and his handsome, brooding shipmate has barricaded himself away. But nothing will stop Ambrose from making his mission succeed—not when he’s rescuing is his own sister.