Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

153 reviews

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

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

shlymiller's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Death

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

mice_are_nice'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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Medical content

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

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

lord1906's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny hopeful mysterious medium-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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Vomit

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, and Suicide

Minor: Cannibalism

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

proudwing's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Loved the Martian yet found myself having to push through this at times. Much of the interplay in the Earth portions of the book reads more like a forum discussion than real conversation, and some of the dialogue and situations are cringeworthy to the point of wanting to hurl the book (the Courtroom scene and “Astronaut sex talk” particularly stand out). I found greater enjoyment in the sections set aboard the eponymous Hail Mary despite the protagonist (Ryland Grace) – academic exile and high-school science teacher – being no Mark Watney in terms of likeability or relatability. 

The real star of the book (apart from Tau Ceti) is

Rocky, the alien engineer. While this little guy does seem able to resolve just about any problem (Deus ex Petra?) that issue is overshadowed by the fun his character brings to the novel.

The later chapters are much more enjoyable, with the plot now focused on

the two explorers overcoming their barriers and resolving their shared problem

with believable technobabble and high tension action set-pieces, elements which Weir seems particularly adept at writing. 

Bit of a rocky road but overall, I liked the book and would recommend it to those who enjoyed the Martian with the caveat that it presents a situation far less believable. 

One thing to note is that despite the fact the book is only a few years old, it feels surprisingly dated at times. Seeing the real-world struggle to resolve COVID makes the effective and united international response to the threat of

astrophage

seem… unlikely. And frequent references to the effectiveness of ROSCOSMOS and Soyuz, again seem… misplaced given their current reputation. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Medical trauma

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Cannibalism and Drug use