Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

124 reviews

aseel_reads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful slow-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

3.75

Aw this was such a sweet read, I thought the ending was realistic and I loved the interactions between Grace and Rocky. Sometimes it was annoying to read "I'm gonna do science" but I appreciate the effort made to explain different parts of the science and maths behind a space journey like this. Could have been much shorter though 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Death

Minor: Cannibalism and Alcohol

marippe's review against another edition

4.5

I thought this was a fun read. The relationship developed between Ryland and Rocky was really sweet, and I came to really like Rocky (even though he's described looking like a spider...)
Even though the book is very scientific and has a lot of the jargon that I don't really understand, I wasn't too lost. I think that goes down to Weir's ability to simplify it.

I really liked Stratt- everything she does feels consistent in her character.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Medical trauma, Medical content, and Suicide

emiliejade_bigelow's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative reflective fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death of parent, and Blood

Minor: War, Drug use, Alcoholism, and Vomit

solarel's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Medical content

teabrewer's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

I loved this book! I loved the characters, the world-building, the references to other works of scifi, the surprising ending, the themes of friendship and the scientific sections.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Kidnapping and Medical content

Minor: Animal cruelty, Drug use, Sexism, Suicide, Cannibalism, Alcoholism, and Vomit

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

sarasreading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Wow, two five star reads in a row! I have been putting this book off since it debuted and omg what was I waiting for?! This book gave me so many feelings. I laughed, I cried, I gasped, I was so invested.

My love for Rocky is unending. I would die for that little dude.

I loved it so much I am actually rereading parts of it already, and I rarely reread books. If you've also been putting off reading this one, please bump it up in your list. It's so worth it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Confinement

sandreline's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Kidnapping