Dark Matter in Around the Year in 52 Books

Feb 13, 2017 Maryam rated it liked it

Shelves: science-fiction, scifi-fantasy-2017

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May 26, 2017 Nadine in NY Jones rated it did not like it

Shelves: suspense-thriller, authors-i-don-t-ever-want-to-read-a, psych-psych-psych, everyone-loved-it-except-me, fantasy-and-sci-fi, dick-lit

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. This was Not Good. I kept reading, because soooooo many rave reviews had me hoping it would get better. (It did, but it never really attained "good." Was it worth reading? I don't know. There was a moment when I had set the book down, and was puttering around my desk, and I wondered - for a second - if I was me. And that was kind of a cool out-of-body-reality moment that I would not have otherwise experienced. So, yes, I guess it was worth reading. But I probably won't read anything else by this ...more

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Jun 04, 2016 Ryan Mac rated it really liked it

Fantastic, mind bending, (sorta) science fiction book that I finished in two sittings. Jason Dessen has a quiet life in Chicago with his wife and teenage son until he is kidnapped at gunpoint by a masked man. Jason is brought to an abandoned building, injected with some drugs and knocked unconscious. When he wakes up, he is surrounded by people in hazmat suits and eventually comes to realize that this isn't the world that he was in before being knocked out. Now he has to figure out how to get ba ...more

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Dec 11, 2020 Lucinda rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I was about halfway through this book when I woke up this morning to no power or internet so I got comfy and started reading. Even when the power came back on, I could not stop reading until I found out how this book ends!

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Feb 24, 2017 Katie rated it really liked it

Shelves: adult-fiction

One of those books where the storytelling catches you from the first page and it's almost impossible to put down until it's over. Didn't dwell on the science so much that I got freaked out, thankfully. :-) ...more

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Aug 02, 2024 Prashant rated it really liked it

Shelves: fiction, sci-fi

Choices. Choices. Choices.

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Aug 08, 2016 angeleen rated it it was amazing

Shelves: netgalley, favorites

I received this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I really liked this book! I'm not much of a science fiction or mystery reader, but this book features my favorite aspects of the best books/films/shows of those genres with great, "literary fiction"-style writing.

"Dark Matter" is a book I couldn't put down. I raced to the end. Once or twice, I thought I guessed the ending, but I believe Crouch wants readers to realize certain plot twists just before they are presented outright. There were mor ...more

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Sep 09, 2019 Jana rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: scifi, x2019-reading-challenge

This was the best book I have read in a while. I didn't want to put it down. Recently I read a short story by Jorge Luis Borges (The Garden of Forking Paths) that kind of reminds me of this, as well. Weird how you can stumble on the same ideas from completely different sources within a short time of each other. ...more

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Jan 28, 2024 Celeste rated it really liked it

Intense! Mind-bending and high action, but good. I am relieved to be done reading it because it was exhausting and stressful, but it makes you appreciate your own life.

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