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m_hates_reading's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
A beautiful story about love and family, with a healthy amount of murder and intense action.
Graphic: Death, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Drug use, Confinement, and Cursing
Minor: Gun violence, Abortion, Child death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Suicidal thoughts
mateoj's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
the thing about this story is that it hinges on the narrator/protagonist being just some guy; of course, you could write a multiverse story about someone wildly successful, but that's not the story Dark Matter is telling. unfortunately, he's just a little too much Just Some Guy. you root for him because he is the narrator, but i found his narration/internal monologue deeply irritating (this may have been compounded by the fact that i kept picturing him as my writing professor). the women in the story, even Jason's wife, didn't feel like actual people, just props to hold the story up; Jason's love for his wife and son is the driving force behind his actions, but who ARE they? all we get is how he feels about them, which is emotional but doesn't quite flesh them out enough. there was also
add to that some aspects of the plot that were genuinely laughable—
Graphic: Kidnapping, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, Gun violence, Death, and Violence
Moderate: Confinement, Kidnapping, Alcohol, and Sexual content
Minor: Abortion and Stalking
rosaelise's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Moderate: Murder, Death, and Blood
Minor: Abortion
s__'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.0
The main question the protagonist (Jason) has about who kidnapped him (& why) can easily be predicted by chapter 4 at most. However, what made this story great was the second half of the book. As Jason figures out a way to get back to the life he knew, the author leaves a bit of uncertainty to keep the reader guessing if that will really happen. The fast-pace of the second-half really saved this book from being drawn out and at times the scientific facts were not that easy to grasp, but....
Moderate: Blood, Murder, Sexual content, and Stalking
Minor: Abortion, Child death, Cursing, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Pregnancy
colleenward_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Okay, I loved this book so much! I’m going through a period in time where the message of this plot really hit home and I appreciated it a lot —> What if you could do your life differently?
Blake Crouch delivers a mind-bending plot which moves the story along and keeps you wondering how everything will play out. 10/10 recommend!
Graphic: Blood, Violence, Murder, and Death
Moderate: Torture, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Child death
Minor: Vomit, Stalking, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Cursing, Drug use, Car accident, Cancer, Animal death, and Abortion