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4.36 AVERAGE
4.36 AVERAGE
I don't read a lot of science fiction, but I loved this book. It has heart and humor and I couldn't stop thinking about the story and wondering what would happen next.
adventurous
funny
hopeful
inspiring
fast-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
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
mysterious
sad
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:
Complicated
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
tense
medium-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
I am reviewing this before I even finish the last 7%. Resolution isn't important anymore.
A perfect end of the year score, Mark is a hilarious, witty, and brilliant lead. The science is challenging but never impossible to follow. The alternating narrative always kicks in prior to anything dragging. The imagery is surprisingly strong given the desolate setting and minimal cast. Happy to be reading before seeing the movie.
A perfect end of the year score, Mark is a hilarious, witty, and brilliant lead. The science is challenging but never impossible to follow. The alternating narrative always kicks in prior to anything dragging. The imagery is surprisingly strong given the desolate setting and minimal cast. Happy to be reading before seeing the movie.
nice read, i love all the details, but after a while it all just got redundant
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
Holy shit. I didn't actually expect this to make me cry? It was just...wow.
Mark Watley is an amazing protagonist. I loved his dark humour. His tenacity. The rest of the crew of Hermes was great too, I feel like we got to know them all pretty well. The science went way over my head, but still. It was obvious that a lot of research went into this, and that Andy Weir knows what he's writing about.
What stood out to me, though, were the last few pages. Just the imagery of billions of people rooting for one cause, coming together to save one man. It gave me chills.
Mark Watley is an amazing protagonist. I loved his dark humour. His tenacity. The rest of the crew of Hermes was great too, I feel like we got to know them all pretty well. The science went way over my head, but still. It was obvious that a lot of research went into this, and that Andy Weir knows what he's writing about.
What stood out to me, though, were the last few pages. Just the imagery of billions of people rooting for one cause, coming together to save one man. It gave me chills.
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This is a book about an astronaut stranded on Mars who needs to figure out a way to survive and maybe get rescued.
It is scifi in the sense that it's fiction and people haven't actually gone to Mars (yet), but all the technological aspects are very plausible so that the story could be set in a not too far off future.
I really liked the setting of this story, alone on a planet covered in sand, rocks, and dust. It does a good job of conveying the loneliness, and the vastness of danger of space and a barren planet.
Mark Watney's defining trait is being resourceful, and I loved reading about all the troubles and dangers he faced and the way he he solved or overcame each of them.
I enjoyed the narration in the form of the character's logs and the character's humor and positivity even during hardships.
The movie adaptation is pretty solid and sticks mostly to the story of the book, though it glosses over the more technical aspects and also skips a few problems that Mark encounters in the second half of the story. I imagine it would be quite hard to compress a book into a 2 hour movie and I do think they did a great job conveying the most important aspects of it.
It is scifi in the sense that it's fiction and people haven't actually gone to Mars (yet), but all the technological aspects are very plausible so that the story could be set in a not too far off future.
I really liked the setting of this story, alone on a planet covered in sand, rocks, and dust. It does a good job of conveying the loneliness, and the vastness of danger of space and a barren planet.
Mark Watney's defining trait is being resourceful, and I loved reading about all the troubles and dangers he faced and the way he he solved or overcame each of them.
I enjoyed the narration in the form of the character's logs and the character's humor and positivity even during hardships.
The movie adaptation is pretty solid and sticks mostly to the story of the book, though it glosses over the more technical aspects and also skips a few problems that Mark encounters in the second half of the story. I imagine it would be quite hard to compress a book into a 2 hour movie and I do think they did a great job conveying the most important aspects of it.