Item: Dark Matter
Rating: 5.00
Author: boghunden

by Blake Crouch

From Blake Crouch, the author of the bestselling Wayward Pines trilogy, Dark Matter is a New York Times bestselling tale that is at once sweeping and intimate, mind-bendingly strange and profoundly human - a relentlessly surprising thriller about choices, paths not taken, and how far we'll go to claim the lives we dream of.

'Are you happy in your life?'

Those are the last words Jason Dessen hears before the masked abductor knocks him unconscious.

Before he wakes to find himself strapped to a gurney, surrounded by strangers in hazmat suits.

Before the man he's never met smiles down at him and says, 'Welcome back, my friend.'

In this world he's woken up to, Jason's life is not the one he knows. His wife is not his wife. His son was never born. And Jason is not an ordinary college physics professor, but a celebrated genius who has achieved something remarkable. Something impossible.

Is it this world or the other that's the dream? And even if the home he remembers is real, how can Jason possibly make it back to the family he loves? The answers lie in a journey more wondrous and horrifying than anything he could've imagined - one that will force him to confront the darkest parts of himself even as he battles a terrifying, seemingly unbeatable foe.

*THIS REVIEW INCLUDES SPOILERS, READ AT YOUR OWN RISK*

Not sure how to even begin to describe this rollercoaster ride of a book!

At first, I thought this was a thriller. I hadn't read the synopsis, because I like going in blind. And boy am I glad I did. I suggest you do the same, if you haven't read this book yet.

I loved the quantum physics, it made my head spin, especially around the middle part of the book, when Jason explained the theories to Amanda. I felt so smart, when I understood what he talked about.

Amanda was a great sidecharacter. I'm glad she chose her own path, but I would've liked to hear more about her; Where did she go? I kind of think she went back to her world and embraced her fate. If you could call it that.

Then there's Daniela and Charlie. Now, I get that this was a hard part to get right, but I honestly think it was a little too easy. How come Daniela trusted him that fast? Who knows if it was even the "right" Jason? I was sure they would get mixed up somehow, but I didn't catch it if they did.

This is easily one of my favorite books this year. In fact, I think it's the best book I've read since I read [b:The Martian|18007564|The Martian|Andy Weir|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1413706054s/18007564.jpg|21825181] back in January 2015.

I don't know what to say, really. This book...a masterpiece for sure. I have to go get my hands on more of [a:Blake Crouch|442240|Blake Crouch|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1479398727p2/442240.jpg]s books.

Dark Matter

by Blake Crouch

Reviewed by boghunden on Aug 13, 2017

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