So… I don’t want event spoilers, but does the protagonist ever stop being a cowardly moron whose journey I can get behind? Because right now I just feel annoyed with him.
I figure he’s in a parallel universe, though I’m not sure why, as a quantum mechanics genius, he hasn’t figured that out yet, but he is now on his second escape from the well meaning people (yes, I know he had a traumatic abduction, during which I felt more disgusted and annoyed by his cringing than anything) without trying to glean any information from them, and I’m frustrated.
I’m easy. I LOVED Project Hail Mary (so I’m not against nerdy fiction starring someone with a lack of a certain degree of intestinal fortitude), but everyone has been talking up this book. If this gets into something other than a cat and mouse chase to avoid the protagonist and therefore the audience being informed, I’m down, but if he stays like this, I’m out.
Thoughts?
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It’s been a while since I’ve actually read the book, but I remember not liking the protagonist for a good chunk of the book but he becomes a lot better by the ending imo
So, you’re saying if you were abducted at gun point, drugged, and woke up in a strange lab full of people who want information from you then you would quickly realize you were in a parallel universe?
I find that incredibly difficult to believe.
> does the protagonist ever stop being a cowardly moron
I never found him to be cowardly or a moron, so maybe he won’t in your perspective.
The short answer is no.
Dark Matter is just a darker version of The Midnight Library so do with that as you will.
Book gets better! Just suspend your belief a bit. Are you reading it or listening to audiobook? I listened it and it was a good listen, gave me less time to think about all the details and had me more immersed in the story. I read/listened to some of his other works and all got better in the second half, as the world is built.