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. Forget Sigourney Weaver chasing alien monsters in space. This plot is much darker and scarier than that. And that kept me engaged until the end, despite the slight petering out of tension once it was clear what was going on (although given the plot that could hardly be helped). I would say though, because of the need to repeat parts like it did (I’m trying to describe this in a non-spoilery way), it seemed to move along in a way that affected the character and relationship development. It’s almost like it needed to cut part one down, and have a few more parts where they don’t yet know what’s going on, just to build more suspense. And to delay the relationship forming.

i hope this was somewhat comprehensible and didn’t scare you away. i hope you’ll read this? if you do i’d love for you to come into my dms and give me your live reactions. it’s a wild time out here. Grasping the full concept of the story feels like a religious revelation somehow. Knowing that mankind starts anew governed by - literally - Adam and Steve, is such a powerful thought. Generations of humans who will wonder where they came from, who will share tales of the epic love story of their same sex parents that will eventually melt into sacred lore, about gods/ancestors who came down from Heaven. 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. so i don’t read a lot of sci-fi. i enjoy it but with the world building and complicated words that sound like static in my head, i don’t often have the cognitive capacity for it. but every once in a while, a book like the darkness outside us comes along, demands to be read, and leaves you feeling a little bit empty, a little bit weird, and very contemplative.

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The Plague has left a population divided between Elites and Ordinaries—those who have powers and those who don’t; now, an Ordinary teen fights for her life. Minerva Cusk, the daughter of the wealthy Cusk family - citizens of Federation, by the way - is in fact the first person to navigate a space vessel to Titan, one of Saturn's moons, intending to establish mankind's first settlement in outer space. This book is truly bringing high quality science fiction content to the MM genre and is a must read for all MM fans. The thing is.... he has blank spaces in his memory. He cannot remember his launch and funny enough, he realizes that he isn't alone on the Endeavor - a fact that he wasn't told about when he prepared for the mission. Apparently, Dimokratia also sent a spacefarer to join the mission: Kodiak Celius.

i’ve talked about how sci-fi scares me. world building threatens my two brain cells. so if you think about it, tdou should not be my top book. I don't want to spoil this book, but I loved what the story explores: What does it mean to live? What does it mean to love? How do we define our existences? 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 My second doubt was: How do bodies conserved in a fluid last for thousands of years? Don't they disintegrate at some point in time? I believe even deep frozen foods will not remain edible for years, let alone millennia. I can’t say a lot about this book except that it went in a direction I was least expecting. When you first read the synopsis you think “oh this is going to be a wholesome and emotional sci-fi contemporary read” it’s not.Regarding the plot, this will be pretty brief, but let me start with the positives. The mystery was very well done. From the end of the first part onwards, the tension was high, the plot twists mostly caught you off guard (I did partly guess one, but I think that was more me spitballing, not because it was blindingly obvious), and I got very involved in reading it to find out what would happen next. 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.

A: Close Proximity, First Times, Pseudo-enemies to lovers, Post-apocalyptic, Grumpy sunshine, Hurt-Comfort But this book isn't only impressive regarding the well constructed plot. It also conveys important philosophical aspects, successfully applying Plato's famous allegory of the cave to Ambrose and Kodiak's unique situation.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). 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.

And then the accumulating hints that one generation leaves for the next, giving them more and more power to outsmart OS. 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. and also quite literally. breathtaking. so often i would be mid-sentence, going about my silly little life, and then kodiak and ambrose would pop into my head asking whether i am truly alive and then “oh no i can’t breathe i must lie down” this was the most breaktaking sci-fi book i’ve read. it’s introspective, thrilling, and very queer. it’s about love that perseveres in spite of true loneliness. that transcends space and time through desperation and unimaginable grief. that remains tender, even when when circumstances threaten to make you harsh.how the human heart perseveres in spite of true loneliness, desperation, unimaginable grief, and has the capacity to remain tender even in the harshest circumstances. at the end of each year, i rank my top 10 books. for weeks, i struggled with the list. where should this book go? shall i bump that book up a rank? but one thing i had no question about, knew right from the start: the darkness outside us is my favorite book of 2021. Her younger brother Ambrose Cusk is assigned the delicate task. On board of the space vessel Endeavor, he is on his way to save his sister. It's through his eyes at this point in time that we enter the story. 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. we first meet ambrose as he awakens on the coordinated endeavor, a spaceship on course to saturn’s moon - titan - where his sister awaits his rescue. he has no recollection of the spaceship’s launch, however, and he soon learns from the ship’s operating system that there’s someone else on board with him - kodiak, a spacefarer from a rival country. things aren’t at all as they seem, though.