Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

פרויקט הייל מרי by Andy Weir

24 reviews

carriehaley89's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I absolutely LOVED this book! It’s funny, emotional, and a page-turner. I’m always impressed by Andy Weir’s ability to make seemingly complicated science understandable in his books. I loved this book every bit as much as I loved The Martian. An easy 5/5 stars from me.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing and Death

atomicrobin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Death, and Grief

Minor: Cursing, Drug use, Cannibalism, Child death, Confinement, Violence, and War

lunar_witch's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, and Confinement

Moderate: Sexual content, Alcohol, and Blood

Minor: Abandonment, Cancer, Animal cruelty, Misogyny, Addiction, and Excrement

marioosa517's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Suicide, and Death

Moderate: Drug use, Cursing, Alcohol, War, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement and Gun violence

bomenvernietiger's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.75

There's a really interesting and well thought out plot, but it's massively dampened by the many little mistakes and plot-holes, prose that sounds like it came from a drunk text message, an overly light-hearted and casual tone that doesn't fit the story, a boring main character, events that are often way too plot-convenient, annoying humour, cheesy dialogue, and Andy Weir's stubborn unwillingness to explain or do research into anything that doesn't adhere to his highly specific personal interests.

This could have been an amazing hard scifi that could teach people so much about physics and astronomy, but it's written in a way that the science doesn't actually matter because whenever there's a plot issue Weir's science can't solve, it's either glossed over or splattered with plot convenience sauce (aka 'xenonite'). It could have also been a nice, silly, emotionally deep, feel-good soft scifi, but the characters and the prose are way too dull for that, and anything heartfelt about the book is drowned in constant scientific explanations. Both of these ideas would have been great stories, but they were smashed together and the result is a mess.

This is extra sad considering Andy Weir can write something as good as The Martian. But this is such a downgrade. Everything good about The Martian is missing here, while everything questionable from it is doubled down on.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Violence, Alcohol, Blood, Cursing, Death, Medical trauma, Suicide, and War

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic, Pedophilia, and Cancer

the_real_al_cal's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I had to sit with this one for a bit before I wrote this review, which, for me, usually means the book was an instant favorite. I'm not generally a fan of sci-fi, because I get lost by the "sci" part, but Andy Weir did a fantastic job of making even the most complex science terminology approachable and easy to follow, which is no easy feat! Everything about the story--even the fictional parts--feel solidly believable through the sheer scientific thought put behind them.

Even if you usually swing more towards the fantasy side of the fantasy/sci-fi genre, I HIGHLY recommend this book. The way this book is organized is so impactful, with the main character waking from a coma out in space and unable to remember why he's there. Throughout the book, he slowly recovers his memories, thus discovering that not everything is as it seems.

I'm being a little vague in my review, because this book is fun to read without any prior information. But rest-assured, you won't regret picking up this book about courage, sacrifice, and, ultimately, eternal friendship.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Confinement, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing and Grief

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, and Body horror

amiegold's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Medical content

Minor: Alcohol and Cursing

thesadiestorm's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

In my opinion, one of the best books I've ever read! It gave me everything I wanted from it science-wise and I really enjoyed the use of <revealing memory through flashbacks>. There were funny moments and profoundly serious moments as well. Extremely well written.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcohol, Blood, Cursing, and Suicidal thoughts

edgaranjapoe's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Confinement

Moderate: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism, Vomit, Racism, Cancer, Misogyny, Blood, Sexual content, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, War, Excrement, Medical trauma, Cannibalism, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug use, Sexism, Murder, Gaslighting, Animal death, and Cursing

victoriapatella's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny informative inspiring tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I absolutely love the way Andy Weir writes his books. He has such a great talent for balancing tense plot, humor, and informative science all in one! I love that I’m actually learning science as I’m reading, and he explains things in such a way that anyone can understand. I could really feel the emotions from the protagonist—I laughed and I cried along with them. I could not recommend this book enough to anyone who is a fan of sci-fi! It’s also a great intro into sci-fi for someone who is new to the genre and wants to try it out—it’s very realistic, scientifically accurate, and had me on the edge of my seat for most of it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Cursing