Reviews with content warning for Fire/Fire injury - Project Hail Mary

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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adventurous dark emotional funny tense 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

5.0

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nodogsonthemoon's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny lighthearted tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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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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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring fast-paced

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

4.75

first book of the year! love me some sci-fi and Andy Weir always delivers

Project Hail Mary is an enthralling space mission crossed with the skyrim drunk quest that delivers on adventure, intrigue, humor, and all around a good time. the cast are distinct with each character having their own unique voice

especially an unexpected act 2 appearance

the narrative is well paced and doesn’t throw you around with wild plot twists, whatever turns there are slot satisfyingly into place

awoken on the ship Hail Mary an amnesiac, we watch Ryland Grace* unravel his own memories as we jump back and forth between present time and flashbacks (some quite literally) to his time on earth

as the story progresses these flashbacks help us understand the situation that brought him here and we find out more about earth prior to the mission

to be honest i really don’t how how much of the measures taken is accurate to how earth would respond in an extinction level crisis but i’ll be damned if it isn’t fun to read. i guess if we had someone like Stratt running things anything would be possible

supremely enjoyed the science fiction aspect of the sci-fi novel with regards to organisms (iykyk) and their designs. the scientific jargon is easy to understand as grace breaks it down for us in his witty fashion (Weir only knows how to write one kind of protagonist and i think that’s very sexy of him)

ok i have to talk about the alien in the room. both being the only survivors of their ship, Grace and rocky, a being from the planet Erid, find a way to communicate and work together to achieve their common goal: saving their planets from astrophage.
i LOVE how Weir designed Rocky, the language and culture of his species. so impressed with how his existence makes sense adjacent to humans and his discussions with Grace as they try to figure each other out are super fun to read.

i just really enjoyed the way their characters play off each other as they gradually grow closer, their camaraderie the kind you can only get when you’re stuck in space together and literally save each other’s lives.
having this bond which eventually spurs Grace to waive his ticket back to earth and instead save his friend? that shit making me tear up man

all in all i deeply enjoyed this book it had everything i could need from a good sci-fi: great cast dynamics, wacky space hijinks and a Wolf 359 mention

lost 0.25 stars for that scene in the first chapter; if you’ve read it you know which one

*hail mary full of grace. very clever

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adventurous emotional informative

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes

I read The Martian back in 2019 to satisfy a reading challenge prompt — science fiction. I don’t read a ton of sci fi unless it’s a graphic novel, which is weird because I love science, and I’ve enjoyed the ones I’ve read. I picked up Project Hail Mary because it was the Pooches and Pages Book Club pick for January, and I’m glad I did. The chunky size of this novel was intimidating, but I made tabs to motivate me to finish in time. I’m happy to report that I finished early because there were nights that I couldn’t put it down.

I loved the alternating timelines as Dr. Grace gained some of his memories back. I can’t say that the “twist” shocked me, because we got to know Stratt really well in the flashbacks. As the flashbacks got less frequent, I really enjoyed how Dr. Grace occupied his time on the ship and stayed relatively positive the whole time. My favorite, though, was his new found friend Rocky and I didn’t want to see them go their separate ways. I didn’t see that ending coming but it put a huge smile on my face!

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