Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

78 reviews

swiftpool's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Medical content, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Minor: Addiction, War, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, and Chronic illness

jcshells's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer, Cannibalism, Grief, Chronic illness, Drug use, Confinement, and War

el_wheel's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Medical content

sopbee's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Abandonment

Moderate: Suicide, Medical content, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Alcohol, Blood, and Mental illness

pvp_niki's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, and Vomit

Minor: War, Alcohol, and Drug use

unchargedbook's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

bjjzoe's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicide

Minor: Vomit, Excrement, Alcohol, Cancer, Drug use, and Drug abuse

violerwolf's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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

3.0

This book wildly oscillates between being 2 stars and 4 stars for me, so I averaged out the rating. People really love this book, and I understand why. Andy Weir has really mastered using tension and keeping you constantly guessing, wanting to find out the next piece of the astrophage puzzle. The science is written in an understandable way. Unfortunately, I think a lot of the humor and dialogue that Weir writes is.. painful. I hardly could get through the first 5 or so chapters of this book with its Marvel movie-esque “Well, that just happened” quips. The book excels at tense action, and I do love the relationship between Grace and

Rocky

, but I wouldn’t  reccomend this if you’re looking for complex or interesting characters.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Excrement, Grief, Medical content, Vomit, and Death

Minor: Cancer, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Alcohol, Blood, Confinement, and Suicide

Not-really-spoilers about the Suicide tag:

The major plot point is that Project Hail Mary is a suicide mission.

akirma's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Grief, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Minor: Alcohol and Cannibalism

khaosiren's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Grief

Moderate: War, Vomit, Death, and Suicide

Minor: Blood, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Alcohol, Drug use, and Child death