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Recursion by Blake Crouch

41 reviews

gondorgirl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Gore, Grief, Violence, Genocide, Blood, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Gun violence, War, Death, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Alcohol, Dementia, Fire/Fire injury, and Death of parent

casualk's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide

Moderate: Grief and Child death

Minor: Suicide attempt, Mass/school shootings, Blood, Drug abuse, and Death of parent

wanderinglynn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

The time present of things past is memory; the time present of things present is direct experience; the time present of things future is expectation.

St. Augustine

This trippy story is like being in an episode of the Twilight Zone! While I was initially hesitant because the synopsis didn't quite engage me, I picked it up because it was recommended to me and was one of my 12 months, 12 books, 12 friends challenge. So I started the book and surprisingly, found myself quickly getting lost in the story. I couldn't put it down. What a wild ride!

Broken into 5 books, the story flips between Helena's and Barry's POVs, between different times and alternative timelines. I listened to the audiobook and Jon Lindstrom and Abby Craden did a wonderful job narrating the dual POVs.

This book is a crazy blend of science fiction and thriller with a slice of romance. Since I was listening to the audiobook and was doing other things, I would think the story was about to conclude and BAM! Another twist. Another angle. Right up until the end, I was hooked. I wasn't sure Crouch was going to be able to pull it off, but he did. It made me question everything and now I want to go back and reread all the philosophy books I read in college.

Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.

Soren Kierkegaard

This was my first Blake Crouch book but it won't be my last!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, War, and Injury/Injury detail

tallywinkle's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

3.5

I enjoyed it over all. It's funny to me that I did end up finding a book called Recursion a bit repetitive. I think I will probably find this with Blake Crouch's writing in general cause I felt the same for Dark Matter, where it's got this really solid and fast paced beginning that kind of loses steam in the middle. I liked the ending of this book. I wasn't sure how he was going to wrap it all up and I thought it was pretty well done. 

Crouch is very good at making the book feel like an action movie.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Mass/school shootings

sambolin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Recursion is such an interesting premise- when armed with technology that challenges and changes the very fabric of society, how do we as humans react and how far are we willing to go to prevent the mistakes we’ve made. While this technology might never be a reality, it’s a great allegory of our current landscape and how we need to balance advancement and prevention. The characters are engaging and keep you turning pages. It is heavy book- with both themes and the writing. Some passages took a couple rereads to take in the full effect. Overall a super interesting book that challenges the reader. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Violence, War, Grief, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, Dementia, Car accident, Child death, Suicide, Pandemic/Epidemic, Murder, and Gun violence

_fallinglight_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide attempt, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Car accident, Death of parent, and Dementia

Minor: Sexual content

karenreadsbooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Dementia, War, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide attempt

saskiahill's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death, Dementia, and Suicide

Moderate: Self harm, Car accident, and Child death

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

tungstenmouse's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This highly cinematic novel definitely has highs and lows. It’s a fascinating exploration of the connection between time and memory. For a long time I was completely riveted by this but I hit a wall at the 75% mark. One of the main issues the book has is that set up takes so much time and the repetition (yes, that’s in the title but still) get old fast. I found myself almost forcing the reading through some bits. But the overall story is pretty amazing! It was definitely worth the read and I had a much better opinion by the end of the book. If you like movies and/or thrillers you will love this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, Violence, War, Alcohol, Body horror, Child death, Dementia, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, and Suicide

Moderate: Drug abuse and Drug use

katiefurms's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

such an incredible and thought provoking read. i really loved it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Self harm, Sexual content, Violence, War, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Medical trauma, Pandemic/Epidemic, Alcoholism, Body horror, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Car accident, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Dementia, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Gore, Murder, and Suicide attempt