Review: Dark Matter

Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

***NEW FAVORITE****

DROP EVERYTHING AND READ THIS BOOK IMMEDIATELY!!!

Can I give this more than 5 stars? It feels too petty for a book like this to receive a mere 5 stars. It deserves all the stars in the galaxy and more.

Wow!!! I am so blown away!! I haven't felt this way about a book is a long time and it feels so good! I'm in love with everything about this. I couldn't sleep without thinking of it, I couldn't stop reading and when I was forced to put it down, my mind didn't stray too far from this story as it's ALL I WAS THINKING ABOUT! It's heart pounding, action packed, and extremely thought provoking

No one tells you it's all about to change, to be taken away. There's no proximity alert, no indication that you're standing on the precipice. And maybe that's what makes tragedy to tragic. Not just what happens, but how it happens: a sucker punch that comes at you out of nowhere, when you're least expecting it. No time to flinch of brace.

I'm not too sure what I can telling you without giving away anything big but I will tell you this: it's about a man who ponders what his life would have been on the road not taken. One night, he's wrenched away from his wife and son and thrown into a different world that's not his. And he'll do anything to get to back to the people he loves. That's all I'm telling you. Go into this without knowing anything and you won't be disappointed!!

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious.

I loved the writing. The writing was very fast paced and direct. It's so action packed that I found myself glued to my book, I couldn't get through the pages fast enough..but at the same time I wanted to soak it all in and absorb everything that I was reading. My mind was racing right alongside our protagonist, Jason and his desperate search to get back to his life. There were times when I was terrified, my heart hurt for him, and then swooned over the love he felt for his wife. This is a love story that transcends universes. However, as much as I LOVED the romance in it, it's also a lot about self discovery.

"As long as I'm with you, I know exactly who I am."

How many times if our own life have we wondered about a decision? Struggled on choosing differently? What would have happened if we picked a different choice and how would that affect who we are today and the life we lead? This book seriously messed me up in the best way!! And it's backed up with such great evidence that I found myself googling at 5AM, with burning eyes from lack of sleep: is Dark Matter real?( For your future information, it is in fact real, HOLY CRAP I KNOW)

Honestly, just read this .

It's worth all the enormous hype it's received and more. I am so ridiculously pumped for the movie. This played out in my mind as a movie, and I'm so happy that it's actually happening! This is book that will stay with you for years to come. Absolute and utter BRILLIANCE

We're more than the sum total of our choices, that all the paths we might have taken, factor somehow into the math of our identity.

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