Dark Matter
Ratings697
Average rating4.1
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Ratings697
Average rating4.1
A mindbending, relentlessly surprising thriller from the author of the bestselling Wayward Pines trilogy. “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. Dark Matter is a brilliantly plotted tale that is at once sweeping and intimate, mind-bendingly strange and profoundly human—a relentlessly surprising science-fiction thriller about choices, paths not taken, and how far we’ll go to claim the lives we dream of.
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“If there are infinite worlds, how do I find the one that is uniquely, specifically mine?”
The story is really good, full of quality science fiction, suspense, unexpected plot twists and emotions. I wasn't a huge fan of the writing style, but the book was still impossible to put down.
Action-packed page-turner. A Science Friday interview with the author made the first 50 pages or so a lot less mysterious and surprising than the author intended, but the rest of the book was an exciting, character-driven exploration of a popular interpretation of quantum mechanics.
It was a damn good thrill ride but I guessed the entire plot half-way through the first chapter. On top of that it gets weaker in the middle when they are getting into ridiculous situations - although it's well explained why later on.
Re-read value is low but I definitely recommend this book. I'm really tempted to give it five stars despite all of that but the plot was extremely predictable and situations were getting ridiculous for the sake of drama and thrill all the time. While it adds to the pacing it takes from immersion.
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