Dark Matter in WACKY READING CHALLENGES

May 20, 2018 Pamela rated it did not like it

Shelves: science-fiction

I'm in a universe by myself here with this one since virtually every other review I've seen loved this book. I really, truly disliked it and thought it was the silliest thing I've read so far this year - or maybe any year. Jason Dessen is a supposedly former brilliant physicist who gave up this promising career to marry his then-pregnant equally fantastic artist girlfriend so they could raise the baby. No explanation is ever given as to why they both had to give up promising careers and take med ...more

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Feb 21, 2019 Marina rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: science-fiction, 2019

In another dimension I probably loved this one. In this dimension... not so much!

To be fair science fiction isn't really my thing, but I had to give it a go after all the attention this book has gotten.
The science fiction part just wasn't for me and I felt the writing was poor but that may be the translation.
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Mar 25, 2025 Chrystal rated it really liked it

In this is Sci-fi novel we follow Jason, a physicist who chose a life path that may have been seen by others as less than his potential but to him was the perfect life with his beautiful wife and son.
But that all changes one night when he is kidnapped and wakes up in a completely different world.

This was a gripping sci-fi novel of time travel and the idea that each decision a person makes produces a completely different world. The book also dives into the concepts of the meaning of life, what we ...more

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Jan 28, 2021 Alicia rated it liked it

Shelves: 2021-popsugar

This book is entertaining! I was sucked in from the first chapter and was easily able to picture the characters and surroundings of Chicago (even if it sometimes felt random where they ended up - from someone that lived in Chicago for a couple years). However, my biggest issue was that although I could imagine what the characters looked at, they felt flat and one-dimensional to me.

Dark Matter is based on the idea that every choice we make (such as me writing this review instead of working - oop ...more

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Jul 18, 2019 Vir rated it really liked it

I loved the concept of this story.
I totally felt for the main character and rooted for him, even though I was secretly hoping for a bad turn of events.

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