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פרויקט הייל מרי by Andy Weir

297 reviews

sxndaze's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful 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? No

4.0

a page turner for sure! has a lot of the elements from the martian that kept me interested and the premise is intriguing. ryland can be a bit annoying as a narrator at times, but the fast pace nature of this thinking helps move you along.

rocky is lovely and the ending is a bit of a weird delight.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Medical content, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

Minor: Drug use, Cannibalism, and Alcohol

bsparx's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content

Moderate: Death and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement and Forced institutionalization

axiomer's review against another edition

adventurous funny tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, and Kidnapping

Minor: Cannibalism

starlitpage's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Andy Weir is at his best when he can write a nerdy guy making jokes and doing math and dealing with situations. And oh, the situations! The number of twists was a bit high, but everything falls into place and I don't grudge it... I think. I worried about the ending, especially as I got near the end and things. Kept. Happening. But, yeah, the ending is one worth getting to. I'm not sure if I'll read it again,  but it's DEFINITELY one I recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Confinement, Suicide, Vomit, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body horror, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

pantslint'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

Project Hail Mary is the kind of book that makes you remember how incredible humanity is and how kind people are, at their core. It's funny, snarky, and inspiring—somehow finding ways to be lighthearted in the face of a literal world-ending event. Because that's what people do.

I really admire how Weir approaches exposition. Throughout the novel, you're constantly getting barraged by new information... but you don't feel it. Incorporating the need for exposition as a plot device (

Ryland's drug-induced amnesia, learning about a different species/environment

) is so clever; as a reader, I don't feel like I'm force-fed by the constant info dumps because it's happening organically to the characters as well. 

It's been so long since I've read non-dystopian sci-fi, so I automatically assume the worst. I mean, a literal apocalyptic event is happening.

It's also a suicide mission. And I knew he and Rocky had to part ways eventually.

It couldn't end badly with the positive tone of the book though, right? This is a hero's journey, right???? I had to know, so I couldn't put this book down at all. And I gotta say... what a great ending. There's so much to say about

the relationship between Rocky and Ryland (I fucking love them)

, but that will be for another time. What a great book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide and Medical content

Minor: Alcohol

nadia's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful medium-paced

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

4.0

A super fun read that raises some ethical/moral questions! Although some of the dialogue felt a little cheesy and there were parts that got too bogged down in the science, I really appreciated how clever this book was and how much research and attention to detail Weir put into it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Kidnapping and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol

rceparski's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.5

Audiobook. I wanted to like this one so much more than I did because I really do enjoy space/sci-fi. Loved the narration and all the different voices for the characters (Dr. Stratt is 100% Edna Mode), but I did not really connect to this story or the characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Medical content

Moderate: Death, Suicide, and Injury/Injury detail

copalo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

This story had me laughing, crying and rooting for our besties in space. I highly suggest going into the story blind, please don’t spoil it for yourself. The tension/suspense that Andy Weir crafts is worth experiencing. 
Project Hail Mary kind of reminded me of reading The Hatchet by Gary Paulson, I think it was the way Weir describes the day to day life of surviving in space. 
Read this twice, had to experience the audiobook as well. It was good good good! Amaze! 👊🏼🪨 I really hope Ray Porter is involved in the movie adaptation some how.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, and Vomit

peregrinwho's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny inspiring medium-paced

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

4.75

What a wonderful hook to a story, and what a great example of "I know how this is going to end but I'm excited for the fun while getting there." Perhaps a bit too much explaination of the science in parts, as near the end of the book I ended up tuning it out a bit. However, if you're as interested in space as I am you'll likely still find it interesting, and a charming sci-fi style, since you can learn some things and explore other concepts.

I was so in love with Rocky, and I choose to read the queer subtext and headcanon Rocky and Grace were in love, too. The imagery of Grace hurtling toward the blackness of Rocky's ship because the starlight couldn't reach it in order to save his life was extreme poetic beauty. The idea that an entire planet came together to keep this human alive and he used it to teach again I'm getting emotional.

This book is about the terror of natural disaster, and the incomprehensible ingenuity and compassion that life will exert to overcome the fear of death and save itself. An uplifting tale for those who enjoy a bit of realism in their fantasy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Medical content

ladybug12793's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful informative inspiring tense slow-paced

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

4.0

Rocky ❤️ 

I really enjoyed this book. It is definitely slow-paced for a majority of the book but ultimately worth it. Whoever says it’s medium or fast paced is lying. I like the ending, but was a little disappointed. This was my first serious, sci-fi novel and I look forward to reading more. I’m going to read The Martian next.

Also those putting suicide as a content warning on here are incorrect. Look at info under my content warnings that goes into greater detail. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Medical content and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Death, Drug use, Excrement, and Alcohol

There is NO suicide in this book. Dont reject this book for that reason. There is talk of assisted suicide due to this being a

suicide mission

but no one is suicidal and the act never takes place. Those putting suicide as a content warning are wrong. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Detailed specifics below: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Towards the middle, the astronauts are asked how they would like to die in specifics. One person chooses to die from nitrogen, another chooses a heroin overdose (she’s never done heroin before and just wants to try it), and the last one chooses a gun. None of these actually happen. During the mission the most suicidal thoughts only happen probably a handful of times at most and it just is that the character says “I’m going to die” because it is a suicide mission, but never wants to or tries to. All the deaths are natural causes and no suicides