Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Projekt Hail Mary by Andy Weir

105 reviews

black_cat_iiix's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

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

sarah_tani's review against another edition

adventurous funny inspiring tense fast-paced

• 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? No

4.5

I would’ve liked a bit deeper character development for Grace, although it would likely have interfered with the pacing a bit. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cannibalism and Alcohol

abhirupa's review against another edition

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

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

4.5

“The sun is dying” is a crazy premise for a sci-fi novel but this book executed it so so well. I was surprised by how quickly Weir was able to establish the problem and get the plot rolling, especially bc of how complex and detailed the science was. I did think a lot of this was far fetched and best case scenario-y, but it made for an overall wholesome story about the indomitable human spirit and the universal nature of friendship and love. 
Also this is just a me thing, but Stratt was the most compelling character in this book and I need a story about her life on Earth after the book starts. Although I think that book would be a fundamentally different genre, I’d read tf out of that book. Or even a story about Rocky prior to meeting Grace bc Rocky was the best part of this story.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical trauma and Fire/Fire injury

cnannery19's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

froggiebog's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny medium-paced

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

5.0

This book has it all: loveable and relatable characters, witty dialogue (internal and external), an engaging storyline, and a gripping writing style, all with digestible but real science! Highly recommend for soft-hearted scifi nerds :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content

Moderate: Body horror, Suicide, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Sexism, Vomit, and Alcohol

donttouchmyfeet's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Body horror, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

puali's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny 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? Yes

4.25

This was a surprisingly heartwarming story about friendship, and self discovery. It’s all about the journey, not the destination, you know? 

I’d only ever read Artemis from this author, so I wasn’t sure if I would enjoy Project Hail Mary. I’m glad I followed my friend’s advice and picked up a copy, because this was way better than Artemis.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Excrement, Vomit, and Fire/Fire injury

jennypenny1014's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Minor: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Terminal illness, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic