Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

6 reviews

thecrimsoncorsair's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring 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? Yes

3.5

Great book that kept me invested throughout. I loved, loved, loved Rocky; and his friendship with Grace - the MC. I honestly loved Rocky far more than I did Grace. Ryland Grace is pretty much your typical mary sue, self insert type that Weir loves to write. So Grace often got on my nerves. Dude's a junior high school science teacher. I don't care if he was once in higher academia, he's just too good at everything he does. It got pretty annoying at times. But overall, I ignored it because I wanted to know what was going to happen, and if everything was going to work out. There were a few issues that were grating. One, it was a little too USA, USA, USA! At times. And there's one particular line about the US military being soooooo amazing that made me want to gag, but it is sparing. I just don't recall there being this much America-riding in his other books. I don't know, it was pretty bad when it happened though. Two, I'm not perfect at writing, but I'm also not an author. I noticed two very glaring errors in the book, and I couldn't believe it. One was so obvious I'm honestly shocked it got by multiple editors. I accept errors in self published books, or lower end books. It's to be expected. But from a book at Weir's level, it was kinda bothersome. Three, there was a lot of diversity. Multiple different people from multiple countries. I will give him that. But I swear to god they were all stereotypes of those countries. All of them. It was driving me nuts, and then my hunch was reinforced when he introduced the most stereotypical Canadian imaginable, and even wrote his dialogue with Canadian inflection. Lol. Dude. You can do so much better with international characters. I mean come on. Other than those small gripes I was immersed in the plot. I was immersed in the characters, and even the technobabble was interesting to read. With a little bit of overexplanation, but that's pretty typical of his books. The absolute best part, and where this book shined was the relationship between Rocky and Grace. And just for that alone, the book was absolutely worth the read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, War, Confinement, Grief, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Body horror, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Death, and Excrement

jennyoli96's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Violence and Gore

rachelcotter1's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Medical content

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Gore, and Suicide

Minor: Cannibalism and Drug use

leahrosiee's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Holy shit, I feel so smart now. 

Actually this is very accessible as Sci-fi and was a pretty good introduction to the genre for me! Am I immediately going to start reading more about space? Absolutely not. That was enough for a few years maybe. 

It took me a while to get going but I’m so damn emotional now. It does have a happy ending ❤️ 

My favorite quote was an alien saying “fist me!” 
Ok I digress

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide, Toxic friendship, and Confinement

Moderate: Blood, Kidnapping, Violence, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Sexual content, War, and Fire/Fire injury

samara's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Grief

Moderate: Cancer and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol, Cannibalism, Chronic illness, Drug use, Excrement, Gore, Medical content, War, and Vomit

thatsssorachael's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

I don't want to say too much, because I think going in blind is the way to go with this book. But I will say, I am blown away at how well a 500 page book about math and complex science kept my interest. Also, so many laughs.

Highly, highly recommend

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Gore