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emiliejade_bigelow's review against another edition
- 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
Moderate: Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death of parent, and Blood
Minor: War, Drug use, Alcoholism, and Vomit
teabrewer's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Confinement and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Kidnapping and Medical content
Minor: Animal cruelty, Drug use, Sexism, Suicide, Cannibalism, Alcoholism, and Vomit
lunar_witch's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, and Confinement
Moderate: Sexual content, Alcohol, and Blood
Minor: Abandonment, Cancer, Animal cruelty, Misogyny, Addiction, and Excrement
edgaranjapoe's review against another edition
- 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
4.75
Graphic: Death and Confinement
Moderate: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol
Minor: Alcoholism, Vomit, Racism, Cancer, Misogyny, Blood, Sexual content, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, War, Excrement, Medical trauma, Cannibalism, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug use, Sexism, Murder, Gaslighting, Animal death, and Cursing
melchior's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
Moderate: Alcoholism, Medical content, Suicide, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: War
gabriel_dingle's review
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Abandonment, Death, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcohol, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, and Medical content
Minor: Alcoholism, War, and Suicide
bharxhav's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Grief, Kidnapping, and Medical content
keepsleep's review against another edition
- 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
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
annapox's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, and Death
Moderate: Ableism, Alcohol, Drug use, Excrement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cannibalism, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Vomit
skudiklier's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
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!
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