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bsparx's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Medical content
Moderate: Death and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Confinement and Forced institutionalization
copalo's review against another edition
- 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
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.
Moderate: Death, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, and Vomit
morris42's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
5.0
Graphic: Death and Dementia
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Confinement, Drug use, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Medical content, and Cannibalism
brynalexa's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
Just a couple notes, one chapter used “stupid” more than a dozen times which is completely unnecessary (cloudy, tired, drugged, distracted, not 100% were all perfectly fine options) I also disagree with the author’s choice
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol
Minor: Ableism, Sexism, Sexual content, Vomit, and Cannibalism
sarah_amy's review against another edition
- 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? No
3.75
Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail
Lone survivor on a space craft saving humanityjodean's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Sexual content, and War
brookey8888's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
readundancies's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
This one was not at The Martian level, but we can't have it all.
The first couple of pages into this I was hit by the realization that I completely forgot how much I loved Andy Weir's sense of humour. It just hits so well for me and I appreciate that to no end because no one likes when humour is attempted and then subsequently fails.
I don't want to get into the plot too much, because I think it's something that you really need to experience without any prior info. But I will say I was fully engaged, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed throughout, and I sped through it because I really wanted to find out how everything would pan out. I didn't want to ever put it down, but alas, real life had other ideas, so I was really happy that it was easy to slip back into when I picked it back up again.
Getting to watch the relationship between Ryland and Rocky was a treat. I enjoyed everything about it. I'm not really sure how believable the progression was with respect to the pacing because time and relativity were definitely wreaking havoc on everything plot related, but I enjoyed it, so really I don't think it matters much if it made sense or not because I was 110% invested.
I would've preferred the ending to give a little more info as to what happened on Earth. I understand that circumstances couldn't exactly allow for that to happen but I still wanted to know.
The full circle teaching moment though? Perfection.
All in all, I think that this delivered everything as expected in terms of my expectations going into it, which is all you can really ask for with a new release from an author you enjoy, so kudos to Mr. Weir for that.
I definitely recommend this one if you enjoyed The Martian, or if you're just in the mood for a solid sci-fi adventure where the stakes are ever high, death is inevitably around every star that surrounds our solar system, and friendship is just as important as saving the human race.
Moderate: Death, Forced institutionalization, and Grief
hamohero's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Minor: Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Medical content, and Cannibalism