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meopushkin 's review for:
Dark Matter
by Blake Crouch
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
A textbook case of male wish-fulfilment masquerading as sci-fi, with female characters written so badly it’s almost parody.
Yes, it’s fast-paced, and if you turn your brain off, maybe entertaining but the author can’t resist mansplaining Physics 101 in excruciating detail while hand-waving away anything that might actually require rigour. And tellingly, all this “explaining” only ever happens to women, never men. Because obviously, women don’t do science.
The female characters exist purely as devices: infantilised, brutalised, sexualised, then conveniently reset with sex (the wife suspects something’s off, but one good fuck from the wrong Jason and oh!, all forgotten 🤢).
The final straw came with the female multiverse companion, fresh from a life-or-death escape, chirping:
"You know what I’m thinking? A bottle of wine, ridiculous amount of food, every dessert on the menu. I haven’t been this skinny since college!"
"You mean the multiverse diet?"
Cue laughter. Because of course, what else would women talk about but food, diets, and how thin they are.
DNF at 68% and just nope. Nope. Nope.
Yes, it’s fast-paced, and if you turn your brain off, maybe entertaining but the author can’t resist mansplaining Physics 101 in excruciating detail while hand-waving away anything that might actually require rigour. And tellingly, all this “explaining” only ever happens to women, never men. Because obviously, women don’t do science.
The female characters exist purely as devices: infantilised, brutalised, sexualised, then conveniently reset with sex (the wife suspects something’s off, but one good fuck from the wrong Jason and oh!, all forgotten 🤢).
The final straw came with the female multiverse companion, fresh from a life-or-death escape, chirping:
"You know what I’m thinking? A bottle of wine, ridiculous amount of food, every dessert on the menu. I haven’t been this skinny since college!"
"You mean the multiverse diet?"
Cue laughter. Because of course, what else would women talk about but food, diets, and how thin they are.
DNF at 68% and just nope. Nope. Nope.