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melethwi's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
This book made me laugh then cry then laugh again. Ended exactly how I wanted it to. Though the stakes were extremely high, it felt extremely heartwarming and I had complete faith in the competence of our MC to save the Earth. I 100% recommend this book.
The only note I can give this book is that you have to suspend disbelief to accept how much science the MC knows- but that's pretty much par for the course of an Andy Weir book, and didn't bother me too much.
The only note I can give this book is that you have to suspend disbelief to accept how much science the MC knows- but that's pretty much par for the course of an Andy Weir book, and didn't bother me too much.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Medical content, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Death, and Excrement
Moderate: Vomit and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Blood, Drug use, War, and Grief
pata's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
mysterious
reflective
slow-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
4.25
No se lleva las cinco estrellas porque me sobra mucha, mucha ciencia (que se explica en profundidad para que lo entienda cualquiera y por tanto ocupa muchas, muchas páginas), pero me ha encantado.
La sinopsis oficial hace mucho spoiler, porque nada más empezar el libro estás en blanco -con el protagonista- y vas descubriendo -recordando- cosas, pero si has leído la sinopsis te sobra casi el primer tercio del libro, la verdad.
Me sobran también ciertos detalles de los flashbacks. Hay personajes que parecen payasos, no sé si el autor quería hacerlos peculiares o únicos, pero a mí me sobran completamente esos "quirks" (y no son nada creíbles).
Lo mejor es sin duda Rocky, alias "la araña culona" (nunca un error de traducción caló tanto en la sociedad). Soy muy, muy, muy fan de Rocky. Se gana el libro.
Poco más que añadir. El final me ha encantado, una maravilla, gracias. Me han faltado algunas cosas ahí (explicaciones, tal y cual) pero es de lo mejorcito que he leído.
La verdad es que estuve a punto de dejarlo al principio, porque se parecía demasiado a otro Marciano y no quería leer otras 500 páginas de eso. Pero me alegro de haber seguido.
Resumen: genialidad con exceso de ciencia. No leas la sinopsis si puedes evitarlo.
La sinopsis oficial hace mucho spoiler, porque nada más empezar el libro estás en blanco -con el protagonista- y vas descubriendo -recordando- cosas, pero si has leído la sinopsis te sobra casi el primer tercio del libro, la verdad.
Me sobran también ciertos detalles de los flashbacks. Hay personajes que parecen payasos, no sé si el autor quería hacerlos peculiares o únicos, pero a mí me sobran completamente esos "quirks" (y no son nada creíbles).
Lo mejor es sin duda Rocky, alias "la araña culona" (nunca un error de traducción caló tanto en la sociedad). Soy muy, muy, muy fan de Rocky. Se gana el libro.
Poco más que añadir. El final me ha encantado, una maravilla, gracias. Me han faltado algunas cosas ahí (explicaciones, tal y cual) pero es de lo mejorcito que he leído.
La verdad es que estuve a punto de dejarlo al principio, porque se parecía demasiado a otro Marciano y no quería leer otras 500 páginas de eso. Pero me alegro de haber seguido.
Resumen: genialidad con exceso de ciencia. No leas la sinopsis si puedes evitarlo.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug use, Confinement, Death, Suicide, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicidal thoughts
atamano's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
tense
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, and Alcohol
Minor: Sexual content
crunchylettuce's review against another edition
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
1.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug use
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Cancer, Excrement, Medical content, and Suicide
Explicit discussion of planned assisted suicide - one of the methods that are discussed would be drug overdose.vif's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
sad
tense
medium-paced
- 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
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Death, Suicide, Drug use, and Kidnapping
Minor: Cannibalism, Vomit, and Alcohol
amiegold's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
tense
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
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Medical content
Minor: Alcohol and Cursing
lindsbian's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
- 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? Yes
5.0
Absolutely love this book. It was hard to resist staying up all night to finish, but ultimately had to pause even with how difficult it was to put it down - but as the book points out, we humans do need sleep! Project Hail Mary has so much of the fascinating sci-fi that made The Martian so successful, but the development of alien phenomena has led to such more creative worldbuilding. I love how the story realistically didn't tie up every single loose end, but it still had such a wonderful satisfying conclusion. Love how it can be bittersweet but still fulfilling and feel like a very good, complete story. I would love it if Weir revisits this plot, possibly in future generations I would absolutely love to see Earth get to learn more about the Eridians! I imagine that one planet or the other would launch a deep space expedition to meet the other, either Eridians with their greater resources due to less catastrophe from the astrophage, or Earth once they have the means to do so, since of course they would have such burning curiosity about what Dr. Ryland Grace discovered! But my desire for more is because it's such an amazing story that has additional potential, but not because I feel the potential was underused or wasted. Weird nailed the story he was telling, and whether or not he has another one to tell as a sequel, this book is just exemplary. Five stars.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Grief, Suicide, and Medical content
Moderate: Alcohol and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Drug use, and Kidnapping
bigteo's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
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
5.0
Oh my god. I LOVE this book! I love it so much, if anyone’s reading my review stop what you’re doing and go read it I BEG.
I’m not too great at writing positive reviews. It’s much easier (and more fun) to pick apart things and criticise them. So what I’ll do instead is address my thoughts on some criticisms I’ve seen in some reviews.
Firstly, I’ve seen people say that they could not understand the science talk in this book, even to the point of DNF-ing. I understand that some people struggle with this and I’m not here to argue with that or call anyone stupid or something. I will simply say that in my opinion, you don’t really HAVE to understand the science side of it. I don’t really get the specifics of how a centrifuge works, but the book explains that it affects gravity, and why that’s important to the characters, and therefore that’s the all information you really need. I feel like the author does a great job at “dumbing” down concepts like these but also explaining how it works and why it’s relevant. For example, I don’t fully understand time dilation. I’m not a scientist, I don’t have a phd in anything. But I understand that going near the speed of light means that relative time to you is, like, longer to someone on earth. That’s all I need. And it makes sense for the character to explain that to you. He’s a scientist himself, why wouldn’t he? He also has amnesia, and he’s trying to piece together what’s going on at the same pace as the reader. It doesn’t take me out of the story at all, in fact, it makes me feel really interested. I personally really enjoy learning alongside reading. Maybe it’s a personal preference but it makes me really appreciate how much time and research the author has obviously put into the story.
Another criticism I’ve seen floating around is that the female antagonist character is sexist. Well, yeah, she’s an antagonist, and she’s called out on it? It doesn’t really matter. This book doesn’t really have a diverse cast of characters because, by nature of the plot, it can’t. So I’m not too bothered about that. The characters that do exist (especially a certain character that appears in the second half of the book) have excellent dialogue.
So there are some slight criticisms I have. Maybe the main character IS a bit bland, and that’s probably because book is in first person, which isn’t my cup of tea. And for the first half of the novel, the main character has no-one to say anything to. Those things are literally the only thing I can say that are even remotely negative.
Aside from that, the book literally made me cry at the end and books don’t often do that to me. I am IN LOVE with a certain character that appears in the second half. The book just gets better and better as you read on.
I’m not too great at writing positive reviews. It’s much easier (and more fun) to pick apart things and criticise them. So what I’ll do instead is address my thoughts on some criticisms I’ve seen in some reviews.
Firstly, I’ve seen people say that they could not understand the science talk in this book, even to the point of DNF-ing. I understand that some people struggle with this and I’m not here to argue with that or call anyone stupid or something. I will simply say that in my opinion, you don’t really HAVE to understand the science side of it. I don’t really get the specifics of how a centrifuge works, but the book explains that it affects gravity, and why that’s important to the characters, and therefore that’s the all information you really need. I feel like the author does a great job at “dumbing” down concepts like these but also explaining how it works and why it’s relevant. For example, I don’t fully understand time dilation. I’m not a scientist, I don’t have a phd in anything. But I understand that going near the speed of light means that relative time to you is, like, longer to someone on earth. That’s all I need. And it makes sense for the character to explain that to you. He’s a scientist himself, why wouldn’t he? He also has amnesia, and he’s trying to piece together what’s going on at the same pace as the reader. It doesn’t take me out of the story at all, in fact, it makes me feel really interested. I personally really enjoy learning alongside reading. Maybe it’s a personal preference but it makes me really appreciate how much time and research the author has obviously put into the story.
Another criticism I’ve seen floating around is that the female antagonist character is sexist. Well, yeah, she’s an antagonist, and she’s called out on it? It doesn’t really matter. This book doesn’t really have a diverse cast of characters because, by nature of the plot, it can’t. So I’m not too bothered about that. The characters that do exist (especially a certain character that appears in the second half of the book) have excellent dialogue.
So there are some slight criticisms I have. Maybe the main character IS a bit bland, and that’s probably because book is in first person, which isn’t my cup of tea. And for the first half of the novel, the main character has no-one to say anything to. Those things are literally the only thing I can say that are even remotely negative.
Aside from that, the book literally made me cry at the end and books don’t often do that to me. I am IN LOVE with a certain character that appears in the second half. The book just gets better and better as you read on.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Medical content
Minor: Injury/Injury detail
tarynlannister's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
inspiring
fast-paced
- 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? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Confinement, Grief, and Excrement
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Suicide
longtallemm's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
informative
reflective
medium-paced
- 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? Yes
5.0
I loved this so much ❤️❤️❤️
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief
Minor: Drug use, Suicide, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Alcohol