Reviews tagging 'Death'

Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

154 reviews

samgyupsal's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Interesting take on the multiverse concept. I do wish there was an epilogue of some sort as the ending was too abrupt, especially with the multiverse factor.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Abortion

dani794's review against another edition

3.5

spiderman meme: the book

i thought it was an interesting premise

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death

xeroxi's review against another edition

adventurous tense 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? Yes

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Death, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Stalking and Death of parent

brandilovesbooks's review against another edition

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. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

tabea1409's review against another edition

adventurous challenging informative mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

creature_81's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Murder, and Pandemic/Epidemic

cloud_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Blood, Stalking, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

amberreads12's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.75

Interesting concept that I know a lot of people loved but I wish the characters had been more fleshed out. Even with all the

timey-wimey adventures

, I found I just didn't care that much about where the story was going. It just wasn't for me but I understand why other people enjoyed it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Blood

micaelamariem's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

This book was mind-blowing. I’ve always been interested in string theory on a very basic level and that’s what this book plays around with. What if there’s a version of us for every decision we make? What if there is an infinity of universes out there? I loved the thrill of watching the character grapple with this. The characters were multifaceted. And there’s a word limit on here now so I guess that’s it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

calliebuczkowski's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Stalking, Abortion, Murder, and Pandemic/Epidemic