'𝑴𝒂𝒚𝒃𝒆 𝜤 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒈𝒐 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒏, 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒔𝒏'𝒕 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝜤 𝒂𝒎. 𝜤𝒕'𝒔 𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒎'

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I've been led to expect great things from Dark Matter and it certainly delivered on break neck action. It was also kind of horrifying to read, super claustrophobic. The idea of multiverses and the infinite really freaks me out. It provided opportunity to mull on gratitude, on living in the moment and taking time to reflect on what we have and how we experience what we have.

The writing felt a bit simplistic to me, the characters didn't feel well drawn in any way, Charlie and Dani didn't have much in the way of substance.

But the premise and the themes carried through the story were interestingly explored. I was carried along, thinking that the plot was kind of obvious but a great vehicle for exploring regret and identity. I didn't see the inevitable twist coming, though if I'd thought about it enough I should have. I thought the end spiralled a bit, and lent much more to the thriller genre that this is supposed to be. Which is fine if that is what you're after. I'd have preferred a slower more intentional study of the ideas, rather than what we had here.