UPDATE: IT'S OUT!! Go read it so we can all gush about it!!(4.5) As always, Crouch knows how to keep you on your toes and does a great job at mixing thriller and sci-fi genre.A mysterious disease starts affecting people’s memory, giving them memories of a life they never lived. NYPD detective Barry Sutton is trying to investigated how the False Memory Syndrome is spreading and ultimately will come to face Helena Smith a neuroscientist who invented a device that’s changing the world.Recursion wil...

me: *finishes reading any book by Blake Crouch*me: hey what the fuck…..me: [on the train] what the fuck…me: [at dinner] what the fuck…me: [trying to sleep] what the fuck….me: [in the shower] what the fuck….me: [breathing] whAt tHe FuCk

Ticking away the moments that make up a dull dayFritter and waste the hours in an offhand way.Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home townWaiting for someone or something to show you the way.Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain.You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today.And then one day you find ten years have got behind you.No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun.Pink Floyd - TimeI am just going to say it – Blake Crouch is t...

Recursion has become the first sci-fi standalone to be included in my favorite shelves.As many readers probably did, my first experience with reading Crouch’s work was for Dark Matter. I was super impressed by it and after hearing that the author has a new sci-fi thriller that’s highly recommended for readers who loved Dark Matter gave me so much joy; it would be insane for me to not take a look at Recursion. Do note that taking a look at Crouch’s novel can be surmised as reading the novel non-s...

Creative. Though-provoking. Emotionally-charged. Memorable.Whether you’re a reader that frequents the sci-fi genre, or one that only occasionally takes a risk when it comes to the suspension of disbelief (hello, that’s me!), recognizing and appreciating the level of creativity behind Blake Crouch’s work takes little effort. Time and again, Crouch has proven just how rewarding it can be to take a chance on something different. Something totally outside of my typical. With Dark Matter (one of my a...

FIVE MIND-BENDING STARSBook readers tend to throw around words like “addictive” and “unputdownable”. But, I'm dead serious about those words. And guys, I’m here to tell you, I read RECURSION straight through dinner last night until I finished at three am this morning. What an intelligent and freakin’ addictive thriller!The first half sets up the rest of the book and it is crucial to read carefully and try to understand the very simple quantum physics necessary to travel around in time. LOL.😂I fi...

Oh gosh, I'm slightly shocked that I didn't love Recursion. I've been looking forward to this ever since I read Dark Matter, so to say I'm a bit disappointed is an understatement.(Note: As usual, this is a 100% spoiler-free review. However, I couldn't talk about the book without referencing some events in it, so I've very carefully spoiler-tagged everything. You are safe to proceed if you haven't read the book. Just don't click on the spoilers.)The premise is certainly intriguing enough. Detecti...

3 Stars. What can I say about Blake Crouch’s new book Recursion? Well, it’s got “a Whole Lotta Crazy Going On!” Can you say, do-over? Are your memories to be trusted? What happens if your memories are replaced with new ones and you keep re-living your life over and over? Just ask NYPD Detective Barry Sutton, whose life has been in tatters for the last several years, ever since the death of his daughter Meghan. When he is called to the scene of a potential suicide, he learns of something called

The past, the present, and the future walked into a bar. It was tense.That’s an editor’s joke and it always cracks me up; I love how clever it is. Well, with this book, the past, present, and future walked into my head, and it was tense, all right, but not a good tense. It was tense because I was friggin’ confused. And nothing about it cracked me up or made me think it was clever.Well, I lie. At the beginning I was all gung-ho. The opening scene is a killer—a likeable cop, Barry, is trying to ta...

A Neuroscientific Thriller for the record books. I feel like I just awoke from a fever dream. Recursion, wow!What in the actual heck just happened?!The possibility of this fictional scenario playing out in a future world is utterly terrifying to me. Can you even imagine?Maybe you don't know what Recursion is about. Honestly, I am not sure I am the person to tell you what it's about, but I shall give it a whirl.Basically, this novel follows two characters, Helena Smith and Barry Sutton.Helena is

Blake Crouch's latest science fiction thriller is a complex mind messing of a thought provoking read. It is intense, time shifting and asks profound questions of identity, memory, and what it is that makes us human. Just be prepared to find yourself buffeted all over the place. I understand that the novel is going to be filmed, and I am not surprised by this, this is a twisted story that just fizzes with energy and vitality. NYPD police officer Barry Sutton tries but fails to prevent a woman lea...

I'm looking forward to reading more books by Blake Crouch because I enjoyed Recursion so much. We follow NYPD Barry Sutton and neuroscientist Helena Smith through decades and decades and decades of memories. They know the world is being destroyed due to Helena's invention and they try over and over to stop the destruction, with heartbreaking results, each time. Helena invented a "memory" chair that was intended to allow a person to save memories for later when they might be suffering from dement...

"He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past." - George Orwell, 1984This was a book I had to sit and think about before writing my review, mainly because I had to let it sink it. What would it be like to live your life over again? What would it be like to go back and change past events? How would this action affect your future? How would it affect the future of others? This book is deep and is thought provoking.Blake Crouch has written a very ambit...

A dark, sci-fi thriller that had my mind bending in many directions! From the author of  Dark Matter , which has been on my reading list for some time, but still haven't read it yet. Would you like a do-over of your life?   Hmm, that seems like a loaded question and it is! This was quite an edge of your seat, genre crossover that had me needing answers and quick.A brilliant neuroscientist Helena Smith, has developed technology that will redefine how we think about time and memory.  Play

Many thanks to Crown Books for sending me a copy in exchange for an honest reviewThis book was sent to me by the publisher! If you would like to know how to get ARCs and review copies, feel free to watch my video, Advanced Reader Copies 101! ----------[12/10/19] - Congratulations, Blake Crouch, on winning the 2019 Goodreads Choice Award for Science Fiction!---------- re·cur·sion/re-ker-zhun/nounthe repeated application of a recursive procedure or definition. Have you ever had one of th...