Dark Matter
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- Author：Blake Crouch
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Summary
'Are you happy in your life？'
Those are the last words Jason Dessen hears before the masked abductor knocks him unconscious。 Before he awakes to find himself strapped to a gurney， surrounded by strangers in hazmat suits。 Before the man he's never met smiles down at him and says， 'Welcome back。 '
In this world he's woken up to， Jason's life is not the one he knows。 His wife is not his wife。 His son was never born。 And Jason is not an ordinary college physics professor， but a celebrated genius who has achieved something remarkable。 Something impossible。
Is it this world or the other that's the dream？ And even if the home he remembers is real， how can Jason possibly make it back to the family he loves？ The answers lie in a journey more wondrous and horrifying than anything he could've imagined - one that will force him to confront the darkest parts of himself even as he battles a terrifying， seemingly unbeatable foe。
Dark Matter is a brilliantly plotted tale that is at once sweeping and intimate， mind-bendingly strange and profoundly human - a relentlessly surprising thriller about choices， paths not taken， and how far we'll go to claim the lives we dream of。
Those are the last words Jason Dessen hears before the masked abductor knocks him unconscious。 Before he awakes to find himself strapped to a gurney， surrounded by strangers in hazmat suits。 Before the man he's never met smiles down at him and says， 'Welcome back。 '
In this world he's woken up to， Jason's life is not the one he knows。 His wife is not his wife。 His son was never born。 And Jason is not an ordinary college physics professor， but a celebrated genius who has achieved something remarkable。 Something impossible。
Is it this world or the other that's the dream？ And even if the home he remembers is real， how can Jason possibly make it back to the family he loves？ The answers lie in a journey more wondrous and horrifying than anything he could've imagined - one that will force him to confront the darkest parts of himself even as he battles a terrifying， seemingly unbeatable foe。
Dark Matter is a brilliantly plotted tale that is at once sweeping and intimate， mind-bendingly strange and profoundly human - a relentlessly surprising thriller about choices， paths not taken， and how far we'll go to claim the lives we dream of。
Reviews
Desiree
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Typically not a sci-fi fan but Dark Matter sat well with me。 I could not put it down！ Do yourself a favor， read it， but don’t read it at 3am。 Your Google algorithm is going to be completely messed up！！！
FoodxHugs
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Written in the style of the novel。FoodxHugs1: Did you enjoy this book？FoodxHugs2: Not really。 Was a bit of a drag， actually。FoodxHugs3: Guys， inititally I started this many months ago and got up to 5% before just abandoning it unfinished on my kindle。FoodxHugs4: Did we ask for your opinion？FoodxHugs5: You shoulda left it unfinished， to be honest。 The novel was dumb。FoodxHugs6: Agreed。FoodxHugs7: I mean， totally。FoodxHugs8: Damn straight。FoodxHugs9: It read like a novel composed by a reddit user。 Written in the style of the novel。FoodxHugs1: Did you enjoy this book？FoodxHugs2: Not really。 Was a bit of a drag， actually。FoodxHugs3: Guys， inititally I started this many months ago and got up to 5% before just abandoning it unfinished on my kindle。FoodxHugs4: Did we ask for your opinion？FoodxHugs5: You shoulda left it unfinished， to be honest。 The novel was dumb。FoodxHugs6: Agreed。FoodxHugs7: I mean， totally。FoodxHugs8: Damn straight。FoodxHugs9: It read like a novel composed by a reddit user。FoodxHugs10: My guys， do you think Blake Croach is a redditer？FoodxHugs11: Probably。 The book reeked of it， everything from the hipsterish references to the 21C lingo。 Very modern way of writing。 Soy latte anyone？FoodxHugs12: This wasn't sci fi。 Or it wasn't anything ground-breaking。 I thought this was all done before in Back To The Future？ And， more recently， Netflix's Dark？FoodxHugs13: Is Jason supposed to be the annoying hipster physics professor version of Marty McFly？FoodxHugs14: Beats me。FoodxHugs15: The ending was shit though。 HOW THE HELL WERE THERE SO MANY JASONS？FoodxHugs16: Quantum physics， my friend。 Or at least a convoluted version of it， where the events of the book pretty much added up to nothing。 FoodxHugs1: Ahh。FoodxHugs3: Yes。FoodxHugs4: Uh-huh。FoodxHugs7: Bingo。FoodxHugs12: MIND BLOWN。 。。。more
Inas
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3。5 stars rounded upWell I was able to predict what the fuck was going on after 10% of the book when the MC figured it out in 40%。 It drove me insane。 Besides that， after the 40% threshold， I pretty enjoyed this book。 I couldn’t put it down。 The writing is nothing special tho。 Kinda feels like a Young Adult book， tbh。 If you enjoyed Midnight Library， I’m sure you’d like this one。 It has a similar concept。 Regrets。 Choices。 That sort of thing。
Cassie
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“All you can do is live the best version of yourself。”Jason Dessen was on the path to becoming a legendary physicist when he gave it all up for a life dedicated to family。 Nearly 15 years later， on his way home from the corner pub， he is abducted， drugged， and wakes up in a world that is not his own。Told between the world as he knows it—with a wife， son， and professorship at a local college —and the multiverse of endless realities where his family doesn’t exist， Jason must risk it all to get bac “All you can do is live the best version of yourself。”Jason Dessen was on the path to becoming a legendary physicist when he gave it all up for a life dedicated to family。 Nearly 15 years later， on his way home from the corner pub， he is abducted， drugged， and wakes up in a world that is not his own。Told between the world as he knows it—with a wife， son， and professorship at a local college —and the multiverse of endless realities where his family doesn’t exist， Jason must risk it all to get back to the life he once took for granted。 Sci-fi mixed with romance， I wouldn’t consider this my typical genre of choice， but while it was a bit heady at times， I was at the edge of my seat throughout the entire book。 。。。more
Ruby
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Wtf did I just read 😅Honestly amazing。 Had to google a lot of words and theories regarding quantum physics and parallel universes （Schrodinger amirite？） But a really interesting concept and makes you question some real deep philosophical questions while maintaining a great science-fiction story。 Honestly some parts of this book were too smart for me but I enjoyed it nevertheless。
Linde
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This was a super original story and it immediately started really exciting。 The whole world building was so interesting and I definitely couldn't stop reading。There are no real slow moments in my opinion which was great because the chapters are quite long。 The characters could've been described a little more in detail though。4 out of 5 stars！ This was a super original story and it immediately started really exciting。 The whole world building was so interesting and I definitely couldn't stop reading。There are no real slow moments in my opinion which was great because the chapters are quite long。 The characters could've been described a little more in detail though。4 out of 5 stars！ 。。。more
Dominika Ciołek
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Co ja właśnie przeczytałam 。。。 😳To było tak genialne！！！！！Po 1 - bardzo podobał mi się pomysł。 Niech pierwszy rzuci kamieniem， kto nigdy nie zastanawiał się nad słusznością swoich decyzji i nie rozmyślał nad tym jak potoczyłoby się jego życie， gdyby dokonał innych wyborów。 Wiecie， trawa jest zawsze bardziej zielona po drugiej stronie， nie？ A co jeśli jakąś decyzją utraciliśmy szansę na tę najzieleńszą zieleń？Po 2 - ludzie， ile tam się działo！ Wartka akcja， zaskakujące zwroty akcji， historia trzym Co ja właśnie przeczytałam 。。。 😳To było tak genialne！！！！！Po 1 - bardzo podobał mi się pomysł。 Niech pierwszy rzuci kamieniem， kto nigdy nie zastanawiał się nad słusznością swoich decyzji i nie rozmyślał nad tym jak potoczyłoby się jego życie， gdyby dokonał innych wyborów。 Wiecie， trawa jest zawsze bardziej zielona po drugiej stronie， nie？ A co jeśli jakąś decyzją utraciliśmy szansę na tę najzieleńszą zieleń？Po 2 - ludzie， ile tam się działo！ Wartka akcja， zaskakujące zwroty akcji， historia trzyma w napięciu i nigdy nie wiadomo co nas czeka na następnej stronie。Dodatkowo ciekawe wytłumaczenie historii od strony naukowej - naprawdę dające do myślenia， a do tego napisane językiem zrozumiałym dla osób， które nie mogą pochwalić się zbyt obszerną wiedzą z fizyki kwantowej 😬I choć w pewnym momencie przeszło mi przez myśl czy fabuła nie zahacza już o absurd to jednak wszystko było wytłumaczalne i spójne z ogólnym zamysłem książki。 Nawet jeśli w rzeczywistości ciężko byłoby nam w to uwierzyć。 Podsumowując - podobało mi się BARDZO 。。。more
Mikala Deck
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Took me a little bit to get into this book but HOLY COW it was INSANE。 What a wild ride
Animekh Misra
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 This is an excellent book to absorb， and get yourself entertained over a weekend。 The first chapter is enough to get you hooked。If you are accustomed to fiction， you will know the main plot-line pretty early on。 But that is not what this book is about， no twists， no misdirection。 Instead， this book pushes your imagination of what could have been， the endless possibilities。 It is an emotional wreck， and I can sympathize with the narrator。That is not to say that there are no cliches in the book。 B This is an excellent book to absorb， and get yourself entertained over a weekend。 The first chapter is enough to get you hooked。If you are accustomed to fiction， you will know the main plot-line pretty early on。 But that is not what this book is about， no twists， no misdirection。 Instead， this book pushes your imagination of what could have been， the endless possibilities。 It is an emotional wreck， and I can sympathize with the narrator。That is not to say that there are no cliches in the book。 But I can live with that。Chapter 10 is my favourite， a healthy mix of action， emotion and apocalypse。 The first half of Chapter 14 was probably the most unoriginal， and the second half a battle royale。I will definitely recommend this book to my Sci-Fi reader friends and colleagues。 。。。more
Jenia
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 It was a thrill， definitely。 I also enjoyed the subtle "law of attraction" theme intertwined during the time spent in the corridor。 The importance of family and how much Jason loved his wife was also very heart warming。 The beginning was so strong， I was very engaged and intrigued。 The abduction， the waking up in a different world， the characters， everything was promising。 But， it felt like it left the sci-fi genre at some point and there are two questions that I was left unanswered with that bo It was a thrill， definitely。 I also enjoyed the subtle "law of attraction" theme intertwined during the time spent in the corridor。 The importance of family and how much Jason loved his wife was also very heart warming。 The beginning was so strong， I was very engaged and intrigued。 The abduction， the waking up in a different world， the characters， everything was promising。 But， it felt like it left the sci-fi genre at some point and there are two questions that I was left unanswered with that bother me specifically:1） how was Jason 2 able to send the original Jason into his world exactly？ Because in the way the mechanism of the box was explained， I think that the original Jason was supposed to enter the corridor and choose a door。 But what happened to him was that he just woke up in Jason 2's world。 Doesn't make sense and ruins the story because so much of it's focus is finding the right door。 2） Why Jason 2 didn't encounter the same problem with the doplegangers？ It was implied that he too had to search out the world that he wanted so why were there not other versions that found that same world？ 。。。more
Lauren Foster
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I’ve read books with mentions of different lives resulting from different choices， but never to the scale of this book。 The thought that every choice could make a branch in reality is mind bending。 The number of possibilities for your life are endless and I enjoyed his postscript dedicating the book to anyone who wondered where there life would be if they had chosen a different path。 Chloe， I didn’t think it was too sci-fi-ee， there was a lot about family， and adventure。 I’m not sure I would rec I’ve read books with mentions of different lives resulting from different choices， but never to the scale of this book。 The thought that every choice could make a branch in reality is mind bending。 The number of possibilities for your life are endless and I enjoyed his postscript dedicating the book to anyone who wondered where there life would be if they had chosen a different path。 Chloe， I didn’t think it was too sci-fi-ee， there was a lot about family， and adventure。 I’m not sure I would recommend it out of the blue， but since you’ve thought about reading it， I don’t think you’d regret it！ It was good as an audiobook and pretty quick to get through。 。。。more
Adam
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Wow， what a trip。 Literally。 Prepare to have your minds blown with this story。** Potential spoilers below **=========================Throw together science fiction， quantum physics， quantum realities， multiverse theory， and elements of horror， and you get a thriller worthy of Blake Crouch's name being on the cover。 This story did not disappoint。 From one long chapter to the next， the reader/listener is taken for a glorious ride， and makes one wonder about their own place in reality -- any realit Wow， what a trip。 Literally。 Prepare to have your minds blown with this story。** Potential spoilers below **=========================Throw together science fiction， quantum physics， quantum realities， multiverse theory， and elements of horror， and you get a thriller worthy of Blake Crouch's name being on the cover。 This story did not disappoint。 From one long chapter to the next， the reader/listener is taken for a glorious ride， and makes one wonder about their own place in reality -- any reality。 。。。more
Mike Cornell
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For someone that wasn't a go-to thriller type of reader Crouch has captivated my imagination。 The characters are fairly well fleshed， the defining aspect for me however is the giant scope of his ideas。 When I reached a twist it was as if I saw it coming but deliberately ignored it until it was too big to miss。 Well worth a quick read！ For someone that wasn't a go-to thriller type of reader Crouch has captivated my imagination。 The characters are fairly well fleshed， the defining aspect for me however is the giant scope of his ideas。 When I reached a twist it was as if I saw it coming but deliberately ignored it until it was too big to miss。 Well worth a quick read！ 。。。more
Pixie Dust
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Nowhere near as good as Recursion。 The science is less well developed， the emotional relationship between the protagonist and his wife not as moving， and the story a lot less gripping。 On the whole， it feels like a much thinner book （in terms of substance， not the number of pages）。 The pace is very slow at the beginning。 The reader easily grasps what takes Jason many chapters—that his assailant is his own self from an alternate multiverse。 （view spoiler）[I found the various worlds that he enters Nowhere near as good as Recursion。 The science is less well developed， the emotional relationship between the protagonist and his wife not as moving， and the story a lot less gripping。 On the whole， it feels like a much thinner book （in terms of substance， not the number of pages）。 The pace is very slow at the beginning。 The reader easily grasps what takes Jason many chapters—that his assailant is his own self from an alternate multiverse。 （view spoiler）[I found the various worlds that he enters tedious to read。 Unlike Recursion， where the many iteratives of the characters’ lives were engrossing to read， the worlds that Jason enters feels simply functional—just to show us that he has to make many attempts before finding the correct one。 The pace only improves when Jason starts encountering other versions of himself—the Jasons from the multiple branches that split off from the original one where he was abducted by Jason2 （his original doppelganger）。 The ending was also less than satisfactory。 So Jason manages to reunite with his wife and son and they make their escape into some random world where none of the other Jasons can find them。 But there is already an infinite number of Jasons roaming the worlds， not to mention that in Jason2’s world （and a good number of others）， the technology to travel the multiverse still exists。 That means loads more people could be doing what the Jasons were doing。 Jason and family may have escaped his murderous doppelgangers， but they have left the multiverse in chaos！ （hide spoiler）] 。。。more
Ali
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Contrary to everybody， I knew Crouch by his latest book， Recursion which was magnificent。 but this one deserves every claim it received。Exciting， brilliant and a real page-turner。
Marybeth Sanders
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This sci fi really got my attention and I couldn't put it down。 Strong language warning though。 This sci fi really got my attention and I couldn't put it down。 Strong language warning though。 。。。more
Emma W
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I honestly don’t have the words for this one。 What an absolutely riveting， wild ride of a book。 I absolutely devoured this in a couple of days。 This is a fast-paced， sci fi exploration of what would happen if you had the chance to re-do your regrets， and what would happen if multiple possibilities/dimensions conflicted。 Thoroughly mind-blowing， would totally recommend。 Exceptional。
Rick Claeys
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How many versions of me are there？ Is one of them writing a different review of this book？！ He probably gave it 5 stars。 He wouldn't be wrong。 Welcome to the multiverse。I'll keep this short。 Blake Crouch can write sci-fi。 Period。 This was a fun， wild ride。 It will make you think about all the choices you make in a day and all the possibilities of making different choices。The author throws in a couple mid/late surprises that keep this book interesting right up until the last sentence。 Definitely How many versions of me are there？ Is one of them writing a different review of this book？！ He probably gave it 5 stars。 He wouldn't be wrong。 Welcome to the multiverse。I'll keep this short。 Blake Crouch can write sci-fi。 Period。 This was a fun， wild ride。 It will make you think about all the choices you make in a day and all the possibilities of making different choices。The author throws in a couple mid/late surprises that keep this book interesting right up until the last sentence。 Definitely recommend ！ 。。。more
Jeremy
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Really fun read！ I was surprised by the ending。
Imrann
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Amazing Si-fi thriller。 At the time of death would regret for your past life？？
Yonatan
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2。5The writing was one that kept you reading even after you sort of lost interest。 The story was incredibly fast paced。 However， I just didn’t love it very much。 I never dealt fully in the world。 So it’s a 2。5
Rae
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Quantum mechanics。 Multiverses。 Set in Chicago。 Love wins。 What a ride！
Kathy Johannes Rytter
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An intense， mind-blowing， what-if read！
Manuel de Legarreta
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 I’m a bit of a sucker for multiverse/alternate perspective science fiction narratives， so this easily roped me along。 I wouldn’t say it was the most compelling read emotionally。 The characters did feel a little bit flat at times， with most of the action coming from Jason’s inner monologue。 Overall， very solid sci-fi thriller that i would recommend to anyone who liked movies like Interstellar and even Inception
Aya Kias
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3。5☆Read this in a buddy read we hosted at byzans （the online social media of bookworms， buddy reads， book discussions， and a lot of fun ）enjoyable yet not that good definitely could have been better， and DEFINITELY DOESN'T WORTH THE HYPE！！ yet it is so fast-paced and enjoyable --------------------------------------------------------------Jason is so dumb， like sooooooo dumb; the end could have been so much better someone in the buddy read was able to come up with an end so much better than this 3。5☆Read this in a buddy read we hosted at byzans （the online social media of bookworms， buddy reads， book discussions， and a lot of fun ）enjoyable yet not that good definitely could have been better， and DEFINITELY DOESN'T WORTH THE HYPE！！ yet it is so fast-paced and enjoyable --------------------------------------------------------------Jason is so dumb， like sooooooo dumb; the end could have been so much better someone in the buddy read was able to come up with an end so much better than this end; I wish the science had more depth， also i could understand his obsession withe Daniela 🤦🏻♀️ 。。。more
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The beginning was a little slow， but the part where he is trying to find his way back， and the solution of choice was really thought provoking。But it is something quite similar to other books。 If you already read Midnight library， then you will see a similar train of thought。
Adam
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Read on a recommendation of a more scifi version of Michael Crichton。 Was very good。 Would give 4。5 stars if I could but I'll err on the positive。 Such a cool concept and well executed。 A couple of things were apparent possibly a chapter before they happened but that's fine。 Loved the story and wish on some level there was more exploration but it would have taken away from the narrative。 Read on a recommendation of a more scifi version of Michael Crichton。 Was very good。 Would give 4。5 stars if I could but I'll err on the positive。 Such a cool concept and well executed。 A couple of things were apparent possibly a chapter before they happened but that's fine。 Loved the story and wish on some level there was more exploration but it would have taken away from the narrative。 。。。more
V
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Not sure what to say but it's really good。I usually only listen to audio books at work， I had to finish this at home on my day off。You think you know what's going to happen。。。。。 But do you？ Not sure what to say but it's really good。I usually only listen to audio books at work， I had to finish this at home on my day off。You think you know what's going to happen。。。。。 But do you？ 。。。more
Griffin
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this book is like recursion meets midnight library。 i also kept thinking that all blake crouch books are basically the same book but damn it they are all so good。。。。
Sebastian
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From a regular family night to being attacked by strangers， this Book hauled Jason to the curse of his life。 We travel along the metaverse with Jason with hopes he doesn't get killed。 Most times， we would feel bad for him。 This book outlines the simple fact that if there were a metaverse like the one Jason was in， our lives would be precious。 We， like Jason， would kill to get our lives back。 And others would want our original lives。 This book makes one realize that no matter the peripherals of o From a regular family night to being attacked by strangers， this Book hauled Jason to the curse of his life。 We travel along the metaverse with Jason with hopes he doesn't get killed。 Most times， we would feel bad for him。 This book outlines the simple fact that if there were a metaverse like the one Jason was in， our lives would be precious。 We， like Jason， would kill to get our lives back。 And others would want our original lives。 This book makes one realize that no matter the peripherals of our lives， all we need is the authentic connection we have with our loved ones。 I recommend this to everyone who geeks out to the idea of time traveling and spacetime warping。 During this reading， I realized that time could be interpreted as we want， and no matter the importance of experiences， they could be modified by our brain。 。。。more
Reference
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