Dark Matter

This book makes you appreciate the mundane aspects of life that you take for granted. Did anyone else get a Mr. Meeseeks vibe with all the Jasons? Similar to Recursion, Dark Matter has fast-paced, anxiety-ridden scenes that made me fly through the pages. The minute details that change in the other worlds Jason visits, reminds me of the disorientation I feel when I see storefronts that are different while driving down streets in LA I haven't been to recently. My one and only comment would be that there is no way a 15 year old boy wouldn't throw the biggest tantrum and sass the life out of his parents if he had to uproot his life. Even if it was life and death. Blake's characters make me want to be his friend. Not in a creepy way, but he just seems like good people. I now need to pick up his older books.

This is the second book I've read this year by Blake Crouch. A few things I've now come to know about him as a writer:
He is more romantic than any domestic fiction author I've ever read.
His fascination with quantum physics makes me wish he had some sort of science based conspiracy theory podcast. (He doesn't. I checked.)
He has an ability to make it impossible to guess at a resolution because the story sucks you in and makes you experience it in seemingly real time.
He has sidled into the top spot of my favorite authors along with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. (Even though they are wildly different.)