Apesar de ser uma história arrastada, a gente simplesmente precisa saber o que vai acontecer !
Vamos acompanhar um professor universitário que um belo dia é sequestrado e acorda em um lugar completamente estranho, ele não lembra de muita coisa , mas sabe que aquele não é o seu lugar, ele não é quem todo mundo pensa.
Acontece que ele foi parar em um universo paralelo, um lugar exatamente igual ao que ele estava, mas com algumas diferenças importantes, ali ele é um famoso e premiado cientista, o homem responsável pela criação de uma tecnologia capaz de te levar para realidades paralelas, mas na verdade ele não é nada disso, ele é um professor universitário, pai de um adolescente e casado com a Daniela.
Os três são felizes e vivem muito bem, mas nessa realidade nada disso é real, e ele vai tentar de tudo pra provar que aquele não é o lugar dele.
E a gente vai acompanhar isso, até que ele descobre que só existe uma maneira de resolver essa situação e apesar dele achar que só ele pode fazer isso, isso não é bem verdade.

3.5/5
Compelling concept, I liked the scientific approach to the topic. The last 30% got really interesting (with multiple Jasons in one world) but it felt rushed.
In an attempt to show the urgency of some situations, the book completely failed to convey the sense of time passing. Almost a month passed in the story, Jason said it felt like years for him; but it felt like days for the reader (or to me, at least).
I found the writing style very annoying; the short paragraphs, the List-like paragraphs made me almost give up. Up to a point, I thought it could make sense - it could be justifiable - because of the 1st person pov; we don't always think in coherent sentences/paragraphs after all. But then the 3rd-person pov chapters had the same style. And the frequency of the list-like paragraphs, almost like bullet-points, seemed to increase as the story went on.
There was barely any characterization for anyone other than the main Jason - Daniela and Charlie felt like shells of what they were supposed to be, like stand-ins.
I would've loved more 3rd person pov chapters, maybe on the other Jasons, to see them interact with each other, etc.

I don't know how else to describe it, but this felt like a book written specifically to turn into a movie.
It lacked heart, it lacked life despite the multiple attempts made to make characters matter. The settings, characters, etc were not descriptive enough; everything was described vaguely enough, everything was generic enough so it could be made into a movie easily. It almost felt like just the plot-line written down; as if an adaption is supposed to fill in the gaps, to bring the story and the characters to life.

4.5

Really enjoyed this book. My first by Crouch. I was locked in for the last 100 pages or so. I thought I had the ending figured out, but I was wrong. I really enjoyed the story and the idea behind it. I would recommend to anyone that likes sci-fi and pretty much anyone else for that matter.