Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

16 reviews

emmarosep's review

4.25

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use

Moderate: Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Confinement, Cursing, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Alcohol

keimre734's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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This book follows Jason, a science professor at a community college in Chicago, who gets kidnapped and sent to another world in the multiverse. He must use his brain to figure out how to stay safe and get back to his life safely. 

This book really caught me by surprise. I did not vote for it in my book club but it was picked so I gave it a shot. I started reading it and after the first chapter I was hooked. I couldn’t wait to see what happened and if Jason got back to his world or not. I actually read this book in 36 hours. I suggested it to my fiancé and now he is reading it. 

4 out of 5 stars

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, Stalking, Murder

Minor: Animal death, Confinement, Gore, Blood, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

faythefae's review

4.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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SO COOL! I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. The past few years, I’ve been reading safely medium paced books, this was very excitingly fast paced. Really great plot twists, I was rooting for the main character, and loved the ending. I want another book. I do with both female characters were more developed, especially Amanda. Overall- pretty epic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Animal death, Cursing, Medical content, Alcohol

emiliac95's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Animal death, Death of parent

acovington's review

5.0

adventurous emotional reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I was really afraid this would turn into a typical male fantasy book where the man runs off on an adventure because he doesn’t love his family, but it ended up being a great take on the trope of “I could’ve been great if I didn’t become a family man.”
Genuinely good writing turned a couple of common tropes into meaningful plot points that weren’t just one-dimensional.
As a queer woman, I’m normally hesitant of how I’d enjoy a story centering a straight man, but this one really impressed me.
Definitely read if you enjoy multiverse stories and men who love their families.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Animal death

manders_panda's review

4.0

adventurous dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Stalking, Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Confinement, Sexual content, Abortion, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Alcohol

abbiechron's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book WRECKED me. Incredible.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Stalking, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Cursing, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Abortion, Pregnancy

mindoftheraven's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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It was fine. The whole idea and concept is great, but sadly the execution wasn't satisfactory. If you like simply written, short and straight to the point sentences, this book is for you. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Minor: Animal death

_david_'s review against another edition

2.0

dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Oof to me, every part of this book missed its mark. In general I found everything in the book a bit over the top. 

First of all, Jason is supposed to be a genius. Yet it takes him ages to even think of the theory which can be figured out as a reader very quickly. If you've figured it out before Jason, there's not much joy in reading the story until he has figured it out too. You're just waiting and turning the pages until he does and you can finally continue. The way he acts is so hard to relate to. It's very hard to imagine the situations he encounters so it's hard to emphasize with his choices. However, at least after it all goes wrong once you'd think he change his behaviour right? 

Secondly, I'd like to discuss the science behind it. To me, it's very noticable that what we're reading has been written by an author who wanted to tell a story and then looked up the physic theories which would fit it best. The logic is not consistent and some of it almost works like magic. Yet the characters in the book use big words and existing theories to clarify the science behind it all. This is a very personal ick, I've barely ever encountered a piece of media that manages to do this well. The only ways I have seen this be pulled off, is to make up your own very clear very consitent rules or just pretend it's magic and do not explain it beyond what is necessary. 

My favourite part of the book beyond the very first chapter, in which Jason only talks about his family night and life choices, are the final few chapters. Yet I wish they pushed a little further. Let Jason be a little more selfish or a little more existential. I've read another review which points out a major flaw related to the inconsistent physics which did ruin these last chapters for me as well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Drug use, Mental illness, Police brutality, Car accident, Abortion, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Drug abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy

appletreeapple's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Animal death