Reviews

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

drrodman29's review against another edition

5.0

This book was so freaking good. It’s unlike anything I’ve read before. I love Rocky! Never has a book made me have so much emotion. I laughed and cried. I listened to this on audible so I was having these reactions in public while walking my dogs but it was totally worth it.

maggiebook's review against another edition

5.0

I really enjoyed this book and was truly sad for it to end. Basic plot is the world and others are in trouble and two beings are trying to save it.
Characters are well written and relatable. Weir writes a great flawed hero that is exceptionally clever, smart and has a sense of humor.
The plot is well supported by science which makes it easy to invest in the story. Many believable twists and character discoveries made this book hard to put down.
Highly recommend!

christofd's review against another edition

5.0

Absolutely loved this book. Definitely my favourite book of recent memory.

maren_e's review against another edition

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

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

5.0

wiki_s's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious 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

razielsky's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted fast-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

4.5

reebzchoudhry's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted relaxing 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

3.5

hgallagher's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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? No

4.0

shediot's review against another edition

funny hopeful inspiring

• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

kalkn's review against another edition

5.0

This is much, much more like The Martian than Artemis. I absolutely loved it and couldn’t put it down. I took far longer ‘bathroom breaks’ during the day than necessary just so I could keep reading.

What I liked -
I read the audio and ebook. I loved how the small things the audio book included, especially for Rocky’s dialogue.

Flashbacks - since there was no NASA to get the alternate story from, I loved how we found out Hail Mary’s and Ryland’s backstory

Rocky. Need I say more? I’ve never loved a spider so much!

The details - it would’ve been easy to make Rocky look like us, but he doesn’t. Andy does such a great job of showing how Ryland and Rocky communicate to sharing things between them.

What I didn’t like -
Length - why couldn’t this have been longer?!? I would’ve loved to read more.