Hey, guys!
I'm Adauto and today I'll be talking about
the book called "Dark Matter", by Blake Crouch.
Dark Matter is the story of Jason Dessen who
is a college Physics Professor, who goes out one night
with his friend for a drink and on his way
home he gets abducted, knocked out unconscious,
and then wakes up to a different reality.
So, when he wakes up he's no longer married
- or at least he never was married - he never
had a kid and he's not a college professor.
So the question here is: what happened?
Um, that's about all I can say without spoiling
anything.
This is what the story revolves around -- the
mystery of what happened and why is everything
so different.
This is the first book I read by Blake Crouch
and I enjoyed it so much that I'm actually
gonna look into his other books because he
has a sense of writing that makes you understand
things that are actually a little more complicated
than what he makes it seem.
This book does have a scientific sense to
it, it goes into an area of science, and,
like, physics that I have no idea, like, where
do you even, like, begin to-- to think.
In a sense it reminded me of "The Martian",
which has that scientific aspect and it's
really believable even though you don't understand
what it-- what it means, um, and it doesn't
take you out of the story, it doesn't ruin
anything for you but it still explains to
you, like, "oh this is why this happens",
or, "this is-- this makes sense".
I also liked how it was based in Chicago--
not only Chicago, but Logan Square which is
right by where I live.
I enjoyed getting a-- a, um, more vibrant
image of-- of where things were happening,
like when-- when, uh, Jason is walking down
a street, I'm just like, I could-- I could
feel it I could picture it.
Uh, when he's getting on, like, the Blue Line,
I can see it because I'm on the Blue Line
all the time.
The only problem I had, though, was a part
where Blake Crouch writes that it was TOO
quiet for Chicago, and knowing, heh -- I mean,
I'm born and raised in Chicago I know that
that's kinda, like... not true, heh, It's
like, you think it would be true but there's
times here in the city where you just -- you
just -- it's like super quiet, especially
up here in the NorthWest side of the city
where some people consider this a "suburban-like"
area, um, there's-- there's times where--
where it gets really quiet, um, even, like,
super dark.
So, like, that's the only thing that kinda,
like, drew me out of the moment; I'm like
"mmm, no.", other than that his depiction
of the city is actually really great.
What I also really liked about this book was
that it makes you think about your personal
life and all the "what ifs" that you-- that
you have in your head.
It makes you wonder if your life would be
worse-off based on the decisions you made
or that you didn't make, or-- or would they
be better off?
For example: you got offered a job in New
York and you didn't take it, you're living
your whole life wondering "what if I did?
What if i did?" uh, or, like, what if you
didn't get married to your high school sweetheart?
Or what if you-- you... you decided to date
that guy who liked you -- or that girl who
liked you?
Our lives are full of all of these "what ifs"
and the majority of us-- the majority of the times--
we like to assume that-- that, um,
things would be better, we'd be better off
having made these decisions differently in
our pasts.
This book makes you realize that that's not
always the case.
It really makes you appreciate the moment
that you're in, the life that your living, um,
and-- and it makes you really think about,
um, how-- how well off you are in this reality.
Things could be worse-- yes things could be
better, but things could be worse.
So I really liked that part of the book, even
though, um, it's more of a personal analysis
of the book than, um, a real, like, aspect
of the book, I guess.
So overall I really enjoyed this book, it
was a really fast read, it was a really entertaining read.
I am a very, um, impatient person, so a lot
of the times thrillers really, like, test my patience.
This book caught my attention, it really made
me wanna know what happened, but it didn't
frustrate me in the of sense of, like, "Oh
my God!
Come on, just tell me what happened!" uh,
no, this book actually really entertained
me in, like, the best ways.
So, I gave it four out of five stars on.
I think it's a book that is worth the time
and investment of-- of, of your whole self
and attention.
So that's my opinion on this book, let me
know yours, if you've read it or if you've not
or if you want to read it.
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