A review by euthalia
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

Reading this book is like opening your mind to a whole new world of infinite possibilities. The love story that transcends through all possible universal space and time, and the key getaway is that all it takes to change the course of your life is one right step at the right time. Jason and all versions of him really represents all forms of human psyche. The way we are defined depends on the choices we make, the decisions we take and the way we react to different life scenarios. There is a fork at every road and infinite paths to follow, but choosing the right path is what makes all the difference. This book makes us wonder what if we did that instead of this? What would life be then? It takes us on a journey of self exploration and makes us wonder the infinite probabilities of events that defines our future. It makes us question our truest selves and what really makes you YOU. One way to understand this is imagining making a sandcastle by the sea shore in the daylight, only it to be destroyed by the sea in the night. The sandcastle is what we believe our beliefs, our values, our morals are that defines us. We build these values in a way that our society what wants us to. We define ourselves our character, our personality based on these values and live with it, keeping those values close and believing that these values represents oneself. But the truth is nothing stays and how much ever bigger castle you build, it is destined to be destroyed by the wave, the wave of the universe, a radical of change. Our truest self is the one who has the courage to lose oneself, lose every version of you. Lose yourself into the abyss of this universe and go with its flow. To know that our sandcastle will be destroyed by the wave, but still picking up the shards of broken hope, we try, we try again and again. We improvise and try to be a better version of ourself, because there is always room for improvement and evolve. This way one can truly achieve the definition of what makes you 'YOU'.