Dennis Christie

This book made me more appreciate the beauty of our Nature; how grande and elegant they are. Every species are connected by space (ecosystem) and time (evolution). Dawkins beautifully explains evolution in a way that you really respect the beauty of how nature works, truly the greatest show on earth.

One side note, Dawkins likes to oppose creationism, for me it does not really matter, but I think I can't recommend this to my hardcore creationism friends, as they might easily drop off the book.

4 star experience for me. I love the world building; I like how detailed the description of the scenes is; and of course, I really love the science behind every incident in the story. It is “so Andy Weir.” I kinda understand why there are a lot of negative reviews. It is basically a heist story, so people will compare it to other heist stories and to other Weir's novels.

The main character, Jazz, I like her personality, I don't really understand why a lot of people don't like her. Yes, she is arrogant and childish, but that is the main idea of her character. I think her behavior is realistic, as a girl who lives her life in a difficult environment.

Overall, i enjoyed the book, and it is a 4 star experience for me.

This book is very good for people who is starting to learn about cosmology. It is very light for me, then i give it to my father, and he loves it.

First of all, it is a loop, not a recursion. As a programmer, the definitions of the two words are very different. But, if you use “Loop” as the title, it will be not as catchy as “Recursion”, so, that is okay.

It was starting with a very promising unique non-mainstream sci-fi story. A machine that can record and simulate the memory immersively where you can live and enjoy the moment and full sensory stimulation based on your memory. At the same time, there is a new disease called False Memory Syndrom, as the reader, we will try to guess what is the connection between these two phenomena. The story was very promising, until, somehow, it turns out to be another time-traveling story.

To be fair, Recursion still gives a unique non-mainstream time-traveling story. I define mainstream story as repairing the time paradox or multiverse creation (a very meh story). But Recursion, since the main theme is about memory, introduces a unique concept: a Dead Memory, that everybody can remember a timeline before the user goes back to “memory” (time) and changes the history. It gives fear and nightmare to people because from their perspective, they are living two lives and both memories are as real to each other.

There are several other rules, as this concept will give another implication. At first, I need time to adjust the concept as it never appears in another story. However, after you are used to this concept, the story flows as a usual time-traveling story.

I still enjoy the rest of the story, as the actions and the problem-solving are very intriguing. But I think I can't give more than 4 stars, 3.5 is the max.

First, there is nothing to do with Dark Matter, I would title the book as Superposition. But, I guess, if the title goes like that, it is a bit spoiler and is not as catchy as Dark Matter.

Second, the real review. I read Recursion first, then Dark Matter, and I would say I like Dark Matter more than Recursion. The two books have a similar theme. A protagonist invents a breakthrough, state-of-the-art machine, that when used, turns into dark outcomes. Dark matter has more technological consistency than Recursion.

What made me engaged in the story is the “thriller” feeling, it permeates throughout the book, and gets more and more intense towards the end. You can feel the desperation of the protagonist and you can't guess how he can solve his problem. To be honest, for me, the problem that is faced by the protagonist is literally impossible to solve, to the point that I still can feel the injustice with the solution at the end.

The author uses our current understanding of quantum mechanics, my favorite interpretation, to reveal the ultimate plot of the book. But, of course, one can't make the actual physics to be the foundation of the story, there are some parts that just don't make any sense, but it goes for the plot's sake. I don't mind since the author wrapped up the story smoothly.