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rosesofthespring's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
I didn't realize this was the same guy who wrote The Martian. If you liked that, you'll almost certainly be on board for this one.
Minus a half-star purely because I was disappointed by the ending. I'm sure many (if not most) would disagree with me there.
Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Alcohol and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Child death, Drug use, Gun violence, Sexual content, Excrement, and Murder
bethoconnell33's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
1.0
Graphic: Cancer
Treats cancer patients like second class citizens!mrsori's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
The focus is not on the character-building, but they are decently written, and some minor twists really added to the experience. I think the book lost a bit of its momentum towards the end, but the actual ending is quite enjoyable.
The translation is superb!
Moderate: Confinement and Vomit
Minor: Cancer, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcohol
huntress's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Vomit, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, and Alcohol
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Misogyny, Suicide, Excrement, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
jcshells's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Drug use, Grief, Cannibalism, and War
bjjzoe'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? It's complicated
4.5
Moderate: Death, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Cancer, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Vomit, and Alcohol
violerwolf's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Moderate: Death, Drug use, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Confinement, Suicide, Blood, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Not-really-spoilers about the Suicide tag:corallydeer'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? Yes
5.0
I loved all of the directions the story took and the details; every time I felt like I had a handle on where the story was going it would throw a slight curveball and I'd be glued to my chair trying to figure out what in the world was going to happen. I adored
"The way Grace went from being forced to sacrifice himself for humanity to voluntarily doing it for Rocky [...] "
This book truly left such a wonderful impression and is easily getting categorized into the books I wish I could read again with no memory and will easily be a reread-er for me.
As an additional review for the audiobook: I 100% recommend that everyone try out the audiobook either in tandem with the book or on its own. It's easily one of the best audiobooks I've ever listened to and was so masterfully done. The way that they did
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, and Grief
Moderate: Drug use, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal cruelty, Cancer, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual content, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Cannibalism, Murder, and War
Confinementlunar_witch'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? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexual content, Blood, and Alcohol
Minor: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Cancer, Misogyny, Excrement, and Abandonment
bomenvernietiger's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.5
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 last flaw is clear from his refusal to get into any substantial world politics even though a third of his book is supposed to be about international cooperation, and his _extremely_ half-assed attempt to conceptualise a pitch&harmony-based alien language, which contained mistakes which could only be possible if Weir did not consult a single semi-professional musician or musicologist before publishing.
This could have been an amazing hard scifi that teaches people about physics and astronomy, but it's written in such a way that the science never really matters; 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 looking back, the Martian already contained the cracks in Weir's storytelling which became full-on rifts
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Cursing, Death, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and War
Minor: Cancer, Pedophilia, and Pandemic/Epidemic