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Proyecto Hail Mary by Andy Weir

90 reviews

anjasshelf's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Death, Confinement, Suicide, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Grief, Alcohol, and Cannibalism

sandysmith's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

4.75

I'm not nearly smart enough to understand the science stuff in this book, but I didn't need to. SiFi has never been my go-to genre, and to be frank, it's not actually something I'm interested in, BUT I love this book so much. It has it all. The world building is superb,  but my goodness, the relationship between Rylan Grace (human) and Rocky (Eridian) is even better. The story is so so good. Original, funny, enjoyable, thrilling, compelling, irresistible, space adventure. It's just wonderful. Did I say I loved it.....

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Drug use and Cannibalism

Minor: Alcohol

katakarin's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring fast-paced

• 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Alcohol, and Suicide

Minor: Drug use

laguerrelewis's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

If you liked The Martian at all and are looking for something with that level of competency porn but a bit more sci-fi, this is the book for you. I cheered, I laughed, and I was on the edge of my seat the entire time. There is an added mystery element on top of all the problem solving that goes on, and while it’s nothing world changing, it is engaging and impactful. Just good, well-researched, thrilling sci-fi fun!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Medical content, Death, and Grief

oxfordcommas91's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

While I’m an enjoyer of some sci fi movies, I am not a typical sci fi reader and only picked this up because it was getting such good reviews on booktok. I’m so glad I did! This book had everything that a good sci-fi should be - fast paced, compelling characters, an apocalyptic event threatening to destroy the human race. 

I was surprised how quickly I could pick up the “science stuff” and Andy Weir did a good job of making incredibly technical and complicated physics understandable to the average reader. 

But the best part of this book was Dr. Grace and

his space buddy, Rocky. I need a million more books with Rocky in it. I never knew I could become so emotionally attached to a space alien, but multiple times I found myself gripping my book in anticipation, hoping that Dr Grace and Rocky would overcome their adversity and save their respective planets.

Even though this book was about a depressing mid-apocalyptic universe, Weir manages to keep this tale light hearted and genuinely optimistic about human nature and our collective survival. There are some heavy elements throughout but nothing was so bleak or depressing that I found myself not wanting to continue. 

I need a sequel to Project Hail Mary, stat!

More Rocky, please!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, and Injury/Injury detail

calemore's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring tense fast-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Suicide, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Drug abuse, and Drug use

huntress's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted tense slow-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Vomit

Moderate: Cancer, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

Minor: Suicide, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, Cannibalism, Excrement, Drug use, Death, Cancer, Misogyny, Medical content, Alcoholism, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Addiction

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

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

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