Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Matéria Escura by Blake Crouch

160 reviews

michael_richter's review against another edition

emotional tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Stalking and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abortion

cardanrry's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

butcherlibrary's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Blood

megwatrin's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

4.5

Loved it, except for the ending and the plot hole: 

How come did Jason2 send Jason1 back to his world? They had no explanation for it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Pandemic/Epidemic

amsswim's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This is science fiction I would recommend to everyone. Great read. Makes you reflect on everything you have done in your life as well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Drug use, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Stalking, and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Car accident

annaka's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

3.75

Not the best multiverse book I’ve read(that honor goes to Micaiah Johnson and an honorable mention to Claudia Gray), but engaging and difficult to put down. It was interesting to explore the hypotheticals and the various parallel worlds (and ways into them). I felt like the scientific explanations were a bit lackluster but I can see the argument that too much explanation might take away from the pace and main story. It felt like the only character we got to know much was Jason, which I felt was a real loss especially with Amanda and Daniela’s potential characters. I did like the hint of what was to come with one scene with Amanda.

Having him imagine a universe where another him kissed Amanda and stayed with her happily foreshadowed the idea of the other Jasons being created and having to be dealt with at the end. The ending felt uncomfortable to leave all the other equally him Jasons behind, but you can see why he did. Daniela not being given more decision making power seemed like a waste. It seems like having her (or their son) make random decisions would have been even harder to predict than having him make decisions that other hims might figure out. Ultimately I do like that they got to decide what to do and which Jason to choose.

This telling of the multiverse is uncomfortable at times but overall I enjoyed the read. I’m not sure it’s as deeply philosophical and wonderful as Crouch seems to think it is.

Would I read something else by the author? Probably. 

Would I re-read this? Probably not. A good one time read. 

Would I recommend? Yes, to those who like speculative fiction/multiverse literature but I’d probably recommend Johnson or Gray’s works first. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence and Violence

Minor: Abortion

matchamarimo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Terminal illness

rheagoveas's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Blood

alsira98's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Abortion and Death of parent

genorgana's review against another edition

dark sad 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? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexism, Violence, Kidnapping, and Pandemic/Epidemic