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Kratzigel commented on EatTheRich's review of Dark Matter

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Feb 18, 2026

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Enjoyment: 1.0Quality: 0.5Characters: 0.5Plot: 1.0

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I am keeping this as spoiler free as possible because this book has made me such a Blake Crouch hater that I must spread my hate to as many people as possible. take it off your TBRs people!!! I will not rest until you have.

this whole book is a bullet point list of the thoughts, dialogue and plot of a better sci-fi book. This includes a great cast of characters, such as; Man, Wife and Teenager. Later, we are even blessed with Woman and Villain.

Wife: so horny and in love with the MMC. Her only personality trait besides liking art. Her husband is the only thing in her life that means anything, makes no decisions for herself, he is her whole world. Questions nothing and no one. Does what she's told.

Man: Jason is an absolute nothing-burger of an MMC. He is soooooo stupid smart (which we know, because he understands Schrödinger's cat and Crouch dedicated a page in a half for Jason to explain that to us like it isn't the most famous thought experiment in the world) but instead spends this whole book stumbling around and being thrown in one direction on the other by outside forces, never doing anything remotely smart or cunning. I started rooting against him because he annoyed me so bad.

And finally, Teenager:

...that's not a mistake I just can't think of a single thing to describe that character.

The only reason this wasn't a DNF is because it was such an offensively easy read. I had to work for NOTHING in this book.

The writing was...ugh. Everything seems to come back around to sex or lust. Why am I reading page after page dissecting the quality of the sex Wife and Man are having?

It features numerous cringe inducing lines such as:

It felt like the first time you had really seen me. The first time anyone had really seen me. It was the hottest thing

Hottest???? Hottest. Whatever.

Being with Daniella isn't like home. It is home

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There is barely a sentence longer than 6 words in this whole book. And every page, every bit of excruciating internal dialogue from the MMC looks like this:

I go to the shop I miss my wife I am...sad Angry No money Grr

Useless side characters that get written in and out in a line, no imagery, no atmosphere, no....intelligence. If I had written this I wouldnt show it to my postman let alone my publisher. And the fact that this is now a TV show? AND going to be a movie!?!?!? I've seen enough. Blake Crouch I am in your WALLS

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The Only Good Indians

Stephen Graham Jones

The creeping horror of Paul Tremblay meets Tommy Orange’s There There in a dark novel of revenge, cultural identity, and the cost of breaking from tradition in this latest novel from the Jordan Peele of horror literature, Stephen Graham Jones. Seamlessly blending classic horror and a dramatic narrative with sharp social commentary, The Only Good Indians follows four American Indian men after a disturbing event from their youth puts them in a desperate struggle for their lives. Tracked by an entity bent on revenge, these childhood friends are helpless as the culture and traditions they left behind catch up to them in a violent, vengeful way.

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The Fisherman

John Langan

In upstate New York, in the woods around Woodstock, Dutchman's Creek flows out of the Ashokan Reservoir. Steep-banked, fast-moving, it offers the promise of fine fishing, and of something more, a possibility too fantastic to be true. When Abe and Dan, two widowers who have found solace in each other's company and a shared passion for fishing, hear rumors of the Creek, and what might be found there, the remedy to both their losses, they dismiss it as just another fish story. Soon, though, the men find themselves drawn into a tale as deep and old as the Reservoir. It's a tale of dark pacts, of long-buried secrets, and of a mysterious figure known as Der Fisher: the Fisherman. It will bring Abe and Dan face to face with all that they have lost, and with the price they must pay to regain it.

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Mickey7 (Mickey7, #1)

Edward Ashton

Dying isn’t any fun…but at least it’s a living. Mickey7 is an Expendable: a disposable employee on a human expedition sent to colonize the ice world Niflheim. Whenever there’s a mission that’s too dangerous—even suicidal—the crew turns to Mickey. After one iteration dies, a new body is regenerated with most of his memories intact. After six deaths, Mickey7 understands the terms of his deal…and why it was the only colonial position unfilled when he took it. On a fairly routine scouting mission, Mickey7 goes missing and is presumed dead. By the time he returns to the colony base, surprisingly helped back by native life, Mickey7’s fate has been sealed. There’s a new clone, Mickey8, reporting for Expendable duties. The idea of duplicate Expendables is universally loathed, and if caught, they will likely be thrown into the recycler for protein. Mickey7 must keep his double a secret from the rest of the colony. Meanwhile, life on Niflheim is getting worse. The atmosphere is unsuitable for humans, food is in short supply, and terraforming is going poorly. The native species are growing curious about their new neighbors, and that curiosity has Commander Marshall very afraid. Ultimately, the survival of both lifeforms will come down to Mickey7. That is, if he can just keep from dying for good.

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Tender Is the Flesh

Agustina Bazterrica

Working at the local processing plant, Marcos is in the business of slaughtering humans —though no one calls them that anymore. His wife has left him, his father is sinking into dementia, and Marcos tries not to think too hard about how he makes a living. After all, it happened so quickly. First, it was reported that an infectious virus has made all animal meat poisonous to humans. Then governments initiated the “Transition.” Now, eating human meat—“special meat”—is legal. Marcos tries to stick to numbers, consignments, processing. Then one day he’s given a gift: a live specimen of the finest quality. Though he’s aware that any form of personal contact is forbidden on pain of death, little by little he starts to treat her like a human being. And soon, he becomes tortured by what has been lost—and what might still be saved.

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The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1)

S.A. Chakraborty

Nahri has never believed in magic. Certainly, she has power; on the streets of 18th century Cairo, she’s a con woman of unsurpassed talent. But she knows better than anyone that the trade she uses to get by—palm readings, zars, healings—are all tricks, sleights of hand, learned skills; a means to the delightful end of swindling Ottoman nobles. But when Nahri accidentally summons an equally sly, darkly mysterious djinn warrior to her side during one of her cons, she’s forced to accept that the magical world she thought only existed in childhood stories is real. For the warrior tells her a new tale: across hot, windswept sands teeming with creatures of fire, and rivers where the mythical marid sleep; past ruins of once-magnificent human metropolises, and mountains where the circling hawks are not what they seem, lies Daevabad, the legendary city of brass, a city to which Nahri is irrevocably bound. In that city, behind gilded brass walls laced with enchantments, behind the six gates of the six djinn tribes, old resentments are simmering. And when Nahri decides to enter this world, she learns that true power is fierce and brutal. That magic cannot shield her from the dangerous web of court politics. That even the cleverest of schemes can have deadly consequences. After all, there is a reason they say be careful what you wish for...

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Kratzigel

Feb 15, 2026

3.5

Enjoyment: 4.0Quality: 3.5Characters: 4.0Plot: 3.0

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Spannende Geschichte über generationale Trauma, über eine Familie, die, so wie viele andere, lieber schweigend darauf warten, dass die Probleme sich von alleine lösen und dadurch einen neue Generation an Menschen großzieht, die ihre Emotionen nicht ausdrücken können. Geht’s Psychotherapie, das tut gut 🙂‍↕️

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Kleine Monster

Jessica Lind

Pia und Jakob sitzen im Klassenzimmer der 2B, ihnen gegenüber die Lehrerin ihres Sohnes. Es habe einen Vorfall gegeben, mit einem Mädchen. Pia kann zunächst nicht glauben, was ihrem siebenjährigen Kind da vorgeworfen wird. Denn Luca ist ein guter Junge, klug und sensibel. Sein Vater hat daran keinen Zweifel. Aber Pia kennt die Abgründe, die auch in Kindern schlummern, das Misstrauen der anderen erinnert sie an ihre eigene Kindheit. Sie lässt ihren Sohn nicht mehr aus den Augen und sieht einen Menschen, der ihr von Tag zu Tag fremder wird. Bei dem Versuch, ihre Familie zu schützen, wird Pia schließlich mit ihrer eigenen Vergangenheit konfrontiert. Ein fesselndes psychologisches Drama über die Illusion einer heilen Kindheit.

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Myung and Laleh are keepers of the whale of babel. They roam within its cosmic chambers, speak folktales of themselves, and pray to an enigmatic figure they know only as 'Great Wisa'. To Laleh, this is everything. For Myung, it is not enough. When Myung flees the whale, she stumbles into a new universe where shapeshifting islands and ancient maps hold sway. There, she sets off on an adventure that is both tragic and transformative, for her and Laleh. For at the heart of her quest lies a mystery that has confounded scholars for centuries: the truth about the mad sisters of Esi. Fables, dreams and myths come together in this masterful work of fantasy by acclaimed author Tashan Mehta, sweeping across three landscapes, and featuring a museum of collective memory and a festival of madness. At its core, it asks: In the devastating chaos of this world, where all is in flux and the truth ever-changing, what will you choose to hold on to?

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Artificial Wisdom

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It’s 2050, a decade after a heatwave that killed four hundred million across the Persian Gulf, including journalist Marcus Tully’s wife. Now he must uncover the truth: was the disaster natural? Or is the weather now a weapon of genocide? A whistleblower pulls Tully into a murder investigation at the centre of an election battle for a global dictator, with a mandate to prevent a climate apocalypse. A former US President campaigns against the first AI politician for the position, but someone is trying to sway the outcome. Tully must convince the world to face the truth and make hard choices about the future of the species. But will humanity ultimately choose salvation over freedom, whatever the cost? An enthralling murder mystery with a vividly realised future world, forcing readers to grapple with hard hitting questions about the climate crisis, our relationship with Artificial Intelligence and the price we'd be willing to pay, as a species, to be saved. Perfect for fans of Blake Crouch, Harlan Coben, Neal Stephenson, Philip K. Dick, Kim Stanley Robinson and RR Haywood.

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Transference (The Narrator Cycle, #1)

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Nicholas Fiveboroughs is a Sicko, someone that takes on others' illnesses. In a city where diseases can be transferred, the rich buy longer lives without pain, and the poor get a short life of constant sickness. Maybe it was fate, or maybe someone is looking out for him, but after Nicholas barely survives his latest affliction, he gets the chance to try and change things. To finally stop the whole disease transfer network. Tensions escalate as Nicholas infiltrates a higher society he doesn’t understand, and starts to fall for the very person he needs to manipulate to be successful. And between run-ins with a talking animal and genetically modified humans, the world around him just keeps getting stranger. Can Nicholas tear down the disease transfer architecture? And can he do it without losing his own humanity along the way?

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Kratzigel

Feb 13, 2026

5.0

Enjoyment: 5.0Quality: 5.0Characters: 5.0Plot: 5.0

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"Because those who are good question themselves. Because those who are good always wonder if there was a better way, a way that could have helped more and hurt less. That feeling is why you are good."

It’s my third mythic retelling and I’m at that point of time, where I think that this genre can’t disappoint me. Sometimes I read reviews of people, who only read romance and romantasy and I’m in disbelief because how the f*** is it possible that every book is a 5 star rated masterpiece? But now I’m at the exact same point, I guess. 🫣

Now back to the book itself, I really enjoyed it a lot, strong female character, fascinating story, you simply can’t put it down and that’s a good book for me. 🥹

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