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Mar 26, 2024DanglingConversations rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
A great Sci-fi novel with a complicated and satisfying plot.
Mar 07, 2024wayoflife rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
So, the premise is interesting. But the characters... dear God, they're horrible The protagonist is the only character anywhere nearly fleshed out. All the women are cardboard cutouts, and the wife is not only a caricature but has no…
Jan 26, 2024barryblue rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I really enjoyed this book I wanted more its ideas still run in my head years after reading a realy page turner
Jan 08, 2024NedSu rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This was another excellent attempt to make hard science entertaining. I may still be a little vague on the science, but I thoroughly enjoyed the story. Describing the multiplicity of realities is hard; reading how one of the Jason tries to…
Nov 16, 2023Sanwich rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Dark Matter was completely riveting. It felt like watching a really good action movie. Thrilling, suspenseful, and smart. I think I found a new author to follow.
Oct 08, 2023RosaReads2 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Very entertaining. Jason was such a great character. I loved the sci-fi premise. One of my faves along with time travel. I think I wanted more from the ending, but it was still satisfying.
Oct 06, 2023
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Sep 21, 2023AbigailDee rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I will die on the hill that this is the most beautiful, terrifying, haunting love story of all time!
Sep 02, 2023shortgal rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Deeply enthralling book. Kept me at the edge of my seat! Blake Crouch's writing was a unique style, short paragraphs creating a cinematic reading experience. I saw some reviews saying that they found that this pulled them out of the…
Aug 15, 2023cyndivandyke rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This book was a page turner. Found myself a new author to read! I haven't sat up and read books til 3 in the morning for a long time!
Aug 12, 2023
One night after an evening out, Jason Dessen, forty-year-old physics professor living with his wife and son in Chicago, is kidnapped at gunpoint by a masked man, driven to an abandoned industrial site and injected with a powerful drug. As…
Aug 05, 2023rclane rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I would have enjoyed this more if I'd read it before Midnight Library by Matt Haig. They're kind of the same story but with the present novel being more dystopian.
Jul 29, 2023MCC55 rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
This didn't all fit together for me. Too many unanswered questions, too many classic thriller countdowns (ampoules, money, time). And sorry, I found his obsession with his first-world wife overplayed to the point of nausea. I won't read…
Jul 14, 2023Jenny3D rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Absolute must read. It's a short read too but worth every page. One of my favorites.
Jul 09, 2023Hbocks rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Underwhelming. I expected something that would really blow my mind, and instead I got a pretty brainless action movie. That being said, I do think this would make a good movie. Also Why Is this book Written Like this? The emphasis is…
Jun 28, 2023HPL_Teen_Volunteer3 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Dark Matter was probably one of my favorite books ever. An almost Marvel-esque story, Dark Matter is a mind-bending science fiction thriller that explores the concept of the multiverse and the consequences of the choices we make. For…
Apr 10, 2023isupreme1 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
I would have use spoilers to tell how this book impacted me. Suffice it to say the story can make you think about how you approach each day.
Mar 17, 2023BritCrimeDramaFan rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Entertaining page turner which speculates on "the road not taken". Brings into focus the idea of a multiverse, but the human story is what keeps the reader focused.
Feb 21, 2023Benton_Chelsea rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This science fiction thriller was entertaining and engaging. Our protagonist is taken to another reality and fights to make it back to his own while finding a few others along the way. If you're into science fiction and the science behind…
Feb 15, 2023pacl_teens rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Written by Blake Crouch, Dark Matter is an intriguing, mind-boggling, science-fiction thriller that follows the journey of an ordinary man. The book opens with Jason Dessen, a devoted husband, and father, walking home from a night out with…
Jan 30, 2023QuinnM_2 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This is a mind bender. An astrophysicist is kidnapped and pulled into a different dimension of his life. The story revolves around him trying to get back to his original life.
Dec 23, 2022niewegec rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Holy smokes! 10/10. A fantastic thriller based on the concept of what ifs. If you had made different choices, how would your life end up? Is there a way to manipulate the choices to go back to what could have been? And in a multiverse of…
Nov 30, 2022hschuler15 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
This was the first book I read by Crouch and I LOVED it! Read recursion after this and loved that one also.
Oct 03, 2022tjdickey rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
A dazzling and thrilling ride into what-if country, with the entire infinity of choices in the multiverse at play. We exist in multiple facets, with every choice in our life a possible branch, but only one set of choices making the person…
Aug 25, 2022carolwu96 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
“The path not taken isn’t just the inverse of who I am. It’s an infinitely branching system that represents all the permutations of my life between the extremes of me and Jason Two.” ⁣ ⁣ I had listened to @blakecrouch1 ‘s Recursion as my…