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Blake Crouch

3.73 AVERAGE

queenofgotham's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

kerrymc's review against another edition

3.0

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I love this author but this is my least favorite so far - lots more science and action which he usually does in such a good combination but amping them both up made this read more cartoonish and the characters less interesting

trevorwaldman's review against another edition

4.5

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4.5/5: easily my favorite of the three Blake Crouch books I have read. A very interesting sci-fi theme of genetic enhancement with deep questions into what it means to be human, humanity’s March to extinction in the face of global warming and overpopulation, and what extremes we would be willing to go to to save our species. As with most of Crouch’s books I wish it delved more into science, but he does a great job of writing characters with emotions in the sci-fi realities he creates.

kaybrown3's review against another edition

3.75

dark 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: Complicated

faeryfluff's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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: Complicated

davesmits's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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blake crouch
and his dang
broken
families man

broken
in not a bad way
but like
a 
what's best
for them
kinda way

like
the guy
is like
i've experienced
this insane
life
reality altering event

and it can't get back
to my family

his books
give me like
the stephen king
version of
andy weir

and not
in a bad way
i like
blake's novels
more
i think

it's just
a little
more mind bendy

based in
abstract
theoretical
areas

rather
than
futurism

upgrade was
a great read

recursion
and dark matter

are still my favourites
of his

hannahgannon's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional tense

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I do not recommend reading this in the year of our lord 2025... everything is so bleak...

jackmorris9313's review against another edition

3.0

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Did not even compare to the other Blake Crouch books for me. I didn’t get that itch of confusion and oh my goodness this is so cool. The book was fine. I was disappointed as most of my favourite books are about people who get super powers, this one just did not do it for me.

mikechew21's review against another edition

3.25

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

lillian_wonderland's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging informative mysterious tense medium-paced