Dark Matter by Blake Crouch on July 26, 2016
Genres: Fiction / Science Fiction / Action & Adventure, Fiction / Thrillers / Suspense, Fiction / Thrillers / Technological
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback
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“It’s terrifying when you consider that every thought we have, every choice we could possibly make, branches off into a new world.”
Jason Dessen is walking home through the chilly Chicago streets one night, looking forward to a quiet evening in front of the fireplace with his wife, Daniela, and their son, Charlie, when his reality shatters. “Are you happy with your life?” Those are the last words Jason Dessen hears before the masked abductor knocks him unconscious. Before he awakens to find himself strapped to a gurney, surrounded by strangers in hazmat suits. Before a man Jason’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.
Holy crap! What the heck did I just read?! **Mind Blown! ** How does one even come up with these thoughts!? I felt connected to the book on a personal level because I shared Jason’s horror and the fear that he would never make it back to the family he loves. So it was emotionally engaging. But it was also thought-provoking. I could feel my eyes getting wider as I read further into the story. Basically this book is physics and sci-fi and it’s a little confusing but not in a brain-hurt-y way.
Four stars for this mind-bending novel. That said, this book is great. It does horrible, irreversible things to your psyche, but it’s great. Awesome, actually. You should like, definitely read it. I think. The only reason I dropped down a star was the ending.