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Dark Matter: A Novel

“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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368 pages

Average rating: 7.74

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jhwarren
Jan 29, 2025
8/10 stars
My first Blake Crouch read. Loved the book; great writing and excellent storytelling. The rating could have been even higher, but I found myself too frustrated with the main character taking so very long to realize his initial situation. This became a significant distraction until the 42% mark where he finally figures it out and we can start enjoying the story.
Lisa P
Jan 10, 2025
6/10 stars
Second book I’ve read in the past few months that came highly recommended but was just “alright” for me. Wasn’t really impressed with the writing, sometimes cliche dialogue, and some of the scenarios were a bit weak. I gave it 3 stars because it wasn’t awful awful; I think my expectations were too high though.
LukeAntThomas
Jan 04, 2025
6/10 stars
It's Narratively fantastic. Great idea. But there's something about the way Blake Crouch writes that gives me a bit of an ick. I really am not a fan of the obvious male gaze that this book has. And if it was more focused on his relationship with his son, than the desperate need to own and fuck his wife. It would have been a much higher rating.
mmarco2121
Dec 26, 2024
10/10 stars
Excellent and thrilling read!
Anonymous
Dec 11, 2024
10/10 stars
Loved this! Really good character development, fascinating and provocative story that got to the heart of multiverse complexity and challenge far better than what Deadpool and Wolverine could do in two hours. I really enjoyed this.

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