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A review by brandilovesbooks
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
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? It's complicated
4.5
Dark Matter explores the what ifs in life. What if I had done this differently, where would I be now?
Jason is happy- he's married, has a teen-aged son, and a job as a physics professor at a lesser known college.
Then, he is kidnapped while walking home from the store. He is taken to an abandoned factory and drugged. When he wakes up, he is in a lab with people who know him but he doesn't know. His return is being celebrated. Where has he been the last 14 months?
Jason needs to figure out what has happened to him. As he tracks down pieces of his life that are very different, he begins to understand what happened to him and who did it.
Dark Matter is fast paced. I found it difficult to put down because I was so invested in Jason and his story.
The premise of the story is rooted very strongly in physics. Not only the concept of a multiverse - where each choice you make creates a branch where the other choice happens- but the Shrodinger's cat problem - how a cat can be both dead and alive at the same moment. The physics is explained in a way that you understand (mostly) without being boring or feeling like it's being dumbed down for a toddler.
I enjoyed reading Dark Matter. When I have the what-ifs, I don't dwell long. I know that the life I have now, the result of so many choices along the way, is one I wouldn't change or give up. It's fun to wonder what happened to those other versions of myself in the multiverse.
I recommend this book and can't wait to discuss it with my book club.
I wish there was another book to tell us what happened to Amanda, though.
Jason is happy- he's married, has a teen-aged son, and a job as a physics professor at a lesser known college.
Then, he is kidnapped while walking home from the store. He is taken to an abandoned factory and drugged. When he wakes up, he is in a lab with people who know him but he doesn't know. His return is being celebrated. Where has he been the last 14 months?
Jason needs to figure out what has happened to him. As he tracks down pieces of his life that are very different, he begins to understand what happened to him and who did it.
Dark Matter is fast paced. I found it difficult to put down because I was so invested in Jason and his story.
The premise of the story is rooted very strongly in physics. Not only the concept of a multiverse - where each choice you make creates a branch where the other choice happens- but the Shrodinger's cat problem - how a cat can be both dead and alive at the same moment. The physics is explained in a way that you understand (mostly) without being boring or feeling like it's being dumbed down for a toddler.
I enjoyed reading Dark Matter. When I have the what-ifs, I don't dwell long. I know that the life I have now, the result of so many choices along the way, is one I wouldn't change or give up. It's fun to wonder what happened to those other versions of myself in the multiverse.
I recommend this book and can't wait to discuss it with my book club.
I wish there was another book to tell us what happened to Amanda, though.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic