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Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

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swiftpool's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense 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? It's complicated

3.75

I really liked the first half and last half. The middle half went by slowly - there was stuff i felt could be cut. For instance, it didn’t need to remind us why/how he knew science after the first few times. I get it, he was earning a degree in science and now spends all day teaching it. It’s ok for him to just…know stuff. Sometimes it felt like it was trying to be smarter than it needed to be, and it made descriptions of things the characters were doing confusing. The characters were compelling, especially rocky. I enjoyed getting flashbacks. The reveal at the end of chapter 23 and the rest of the book made it worth it, but it felt like it took so long to get there. That might just be me though - I don’t think sci fi is my thing. Some other stuff: Once he realized it wasn’t a suicide mission, why didn’t he start rationing food? Surely he could look up the minimum to keep him alive. And he was just chugging that water! What if the recycling system broke and rocky wasnt there?
-If the slurry is bad. Why not put a tube back in so he doesn’t have to taste it?? The computer knows how to put one in and clean it it seems. Also was yaw, pitch and roll ever explained or did I overlook it?
Lastly; I LOVED the ending.
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jcshells's review against another edition

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adventurous funny hopeful informative inspiring tense fast-paced
  • 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

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mermaidread's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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el_wheel's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring tense 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

5.0

I did not expect to cry so much, holy crap. 😭 
Also I would literally die for Rocky
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pvp_niki's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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westcoastkev's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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mice_are_nice's review against another edition

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adventurous funny hopeful medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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solarel's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

I did love this so much. I saw lots of people say they found it info-dump-y but I’m such a space nerd I found that part to be really cool. It was fun and heart warming and captivating. 
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lord1906's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging funny hopeful mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

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sandreline's review against another edition

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adventurous funny hopeful medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

At about the halfway point of the Hail Mary Project, I knew exactly how it was going to end. I knew all the beats it was gonna hit. And I still enjoyed every minute of it.

Comforting, almost to the point of being saccharine. But like. Just so good. 

It's like if you took the intellectual, self-serious 2010's sci-fi movies (Interstallar, Arrival, Oblivion, Gravity) and then injected them with JOY (and a smidge of Roland Emmerich). 
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