I suppose we’re both just trying to come to terms with how horrifying infinity really is. This book made me feel tiny. It was overwhelming and scary, but oh so very gripping too. Dark Matter is the kind of compelling "I must know WTF is going on" book that makes you forget about everything else you had to do that day. You step into this world - this absolute mind fuck of a world that will tug at both your heart strings and your brain cells - and you don't want to come out until you know how i

Best way to sum this up - one of the most unique and original stories I have read in a long time. 75% of this book I cannot give you a similar example of from another story.I can see why others have said it is tough to review without spoiling. EVERYONE SHOULD READ THIS BEFORE IT GETS SPOILED FOR YOU!It is the perfect balance of suspense, action, sci-fi, romance, and WHAT THE HECK!?!? I was enthralled the entire time and did not want to put it down (but we all have to sleep and work sometime, rig...

I really like the concept and the hectic trippy-ness that unfurls in the second half of the book, which makes the tail wind of the story a fast and fun ride. The main thing hanging me up is Crouch's cheesy writing. The characters are trite and formulaic, and the protagonist's inner monologue constantly emphasizes the life lesson that Crouch wants you to walk away with. He doesn't leave much room for interpretation or nuance because he keeps slapping you in the face about how life is precious and...

What, with all due respect, the absolute fuck was this book.How do you even start getting over this? How does that happen to someone? I feel very....mmmmm what's the word....confused? lost? so thoroughly mind-fucked? I swear to god my soul has aged for an entire century since I started this book. I wish I could just hollow out a loaf of bread fresh out of the oven and lay in it for a week. Or maybe just sit on top of a mountain, drink some oolong and not think for a month or two. I don't know. M...

I loved the premise of this story.Are we really happy? What if we made different decisions in life? What if we could live out choices we never made but wished we did?What if we went left instead of right?Straight.Backward.Diagon Alley.Harry Potter.The premise was very interesting. The stuff about the box and the multiverse and even the science at times was interesting.Why couldn't you pull that off, Andy Weir?The plot is so fast-paced and relentless. Even if you aren't fully invested, you want t...

LOVED IT!!! This book is insanity in a box! 5 stars! Believe the hype! Do not read many reviews! If you like sci fi or want something different and can suspend disbelief read or listen to this book!This is the audio version review! The audio narrated by actor, Jon Lindstrom, is as good as it gets! He was the perfect narrator for "Dark Matter". This man was born to narrate books! He's that good!"Dark Matter" starts out pretty simple and then very quickly it turns insane and just keeps getting cra...

*****NO SPOILERS, I SWEAR.*****”What if all the pieces of belief and memory that comprise who I am--my profession, Daniela, my son--are nothing but a tragic misfiring in that gray matter between my ears? Will I keep fighting to be the man I think I am? Or will I disown him and everything he loves, and step into the skin of the person this world would like for me to be?And if I have lost my mind, what then?What if everything I know is wrong?No. Stop.I am not losing my mind.”There is nothing more

Wow. Mind-blown. Amazed. Completely enamored.This book shook me up, made me think and held my heart captive. I’m beyond impressed with Blake Crouch’s writing. The philosophical nature of this story and his ability to paint such a vivid world with his words really got to me. It shook me to my core. “Are you happy in your life?” I’m the first to admit, science-fiction isn’t my thing. Not my go-to genre or even one I read with any type of consistency. In fact, it was seeing sci-fi in the blurb t...

Dr. Mr. Crouch,I was first introduced to your work via my Aunt Janet “The Librarian” years ago; she started me off with your Andrew Z. Thomas/Luther Kite series and I knew I’d found a new favorite author. I branched out on my own and decided to try the Wayward Pines series; somehow I ended up liking that even more than the previous. I was on a roll! Months ago, when I first saw your new book listed on NetGalley, it was vague and sneaky, both things I like in a book, but I decided to wait on requ...

This moment slips past unnoticed.The end of everything I know, everything I love. If there ever was a science fiction story that could appeal to everyone, this is it.Jason Dessen was living the normal happy life with his wife and son when one night, a stranger abducts him and knocks him out. When he comes to, everything has changed. How will he survive and get back to the life and the people he loves?Ok, that's a pretty measly teaser, but it's all I can say without giving anything away.This b

This book, while undoubtedly well written and imaginative, annoyed me on several levels, leading me to not enjoy it nearly as much as I should. It is quite likely not to annoy you in the same way, so don't let me put you off.The science on display is remarkably similar to that in my own upcoming scifi, though employed to different ends. So expect a small smattering of quantum mechanics.The book opens with action and drama after a brief scene-setting happy family bit, and even this comes with exp...

This reread on Audio was good! I enjoyed the narrator! I just read the craziest book and it was so good. I was going along wanting to find out what in the world has happened to Jason! Why has he lost his identity. Who are these people after him! I mean one minute, you have a wife and kid and then you don't. Your in another world .. ish. AND. THEN. IT. WAS. DOWN. THE. RABBIT. HOLE. Just trying to enjoy this book and they lured me right on down that hole! So now. What am I going to say in this rev...

What on Earth can I say about this book? I don’t even know how to describe it. I’m just going to say it was totally AWESOME!!! It's an incredibly unique page-turner, and I couldn't put it down.This was my first read by Blake Crouch, and Dark Matter was literally an action packed roller coaster ride! I was thoroughly engaged and engrossed by the story. I went into this book totally blind and had no idea of the plot. Also, there were surprises along the way, the book is unpredictable, and I remain...

If you liked the film Interstellar, you might like this. I did not like Interstellar.I found the plot to be intriguing, but not particularly original. It felt like a rehashing of many stories. The themes were pretty much exactly what you'd expect to find in a book about multiple universes: life, love, decisions, fate, acceptance, etc. And the dialogue was mediocre at best. There were some lines that had me laughing out loud...and they weren't supposed to be funny. "It felt like it was the first

Click here to watch a video review of on my BookTube channel, From Beginning to Bookend. To describe this book would be to distract from the elements of surprise, mystery and thrilling confusion found within its pages. Dark Matter is best picked up with as little knowledge of the story as possible and its events explored with the same sense of vulnerable astonishment as the protagonist, Jason Dessen. The pacing and structure of this novel are brilliant. Events unfold in evermore enticing ways...