Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

28 reviews

writtenbydnicole's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Medical content, Medical trauma, Blood, Confinement, and Injury/Injury detail

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

itsatomikue's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Grief, Medical trauma, Confinement, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

columnclub's review

adventurous funny informative slow-paced

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

2.5

There were a lot of moments in this that felt more like the author showing off his scientific knowledge than part of a story, and ultimately that's what dragged my rating way down. At best this was mildly derailing, and at its worst, chauvinistic - some explanations were given to female characters who had every reason to already know the things the male protagonist was telling them. I had other issues, like the linear flashbacks that interrupted the narrative and very rarely had something meaningful to contribute, and the fact that virtually every character speaks like a teenage boy (and don't even get me started on the Russians). There is one central aspect to the story that's great, though, and while it wasn't always well executed, it was definitely enjoyable.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Cursing, Addiction, Alcohol, Death, Drug use, Excrement, Suicide, War, and Racism

keepsleep's review against another edition

adventurous reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Alcohol, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Medical content

Minor: Alcoholism, Blood, Cannibalism, Confinement, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and War

rinitealeaf's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

Moderate: Medical trauma and Medical content

Minor: Alcohol and Drug use

The content warning for suicide&suicidal thoughts is handled very well and it's small part of the story and then not mentioned in graphical way. I will add it in spoilers but this will give away a lot about the main plot

Project Hail Mary is suicide mission to save humankind. The astronauts are asked what would be their prefer way to die after they have completed their mission as they won't have enough fuel to get back

book_addict's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted sad tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Suicide, Medical trauma, Medical content, Death, Confinement, and Cannibalism

skudiklier's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

This book made me feel things I haven't felt in years—not since I first read An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green. I was so excited reading it, and despite how long it is I couldn't put it down, and finished it the day after starting it. I would really, really recommend this to anyone who likes sci-fi, and especially anyone who enjoyed The Martian. Major spoiler:

I just really like non-hostile first contact stories I think. When Grace first waved at the alien and then it waved back, I actually teared up a little.  (Just saying "the alien" to have as few spoilers as possible.)

   

Some of the big eureka moments made me want to screenshot them and send them to friends—like, as if they were real and we could all get excited about this huge discovery together. It's definitely a good book for a book club or to read with friends.

Compared to The Martian, this felt like it had more suspense/higher stakes, because The Martian basically had a sad ending or a happy ending (and I always assumed it would be happy). Project Hail Mary has a lot more room for complexity in terms of what a "happy" ending looks like, so I definitely felt unsure about how certain parts would end. 

I'm also glad I didn't really read the description of the book before reading it; all I knew was it was by Andy Weir (and that Hank Green liked it). It allowed me to truly learn everything along with Grace, and to be surprised by even basic functions of the plot in a really rare and enjoyable way.

Thank you to NetGalley and Ballantine Books for providing me with an eARC in exchange for an honest review! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexism, Suicide, and Vomit

Moderate: Ableism and Xenophobia

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Dementia, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, and Suicidal thoughts