Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

The Martian by Andy Weir

6 reviews

atalea's review

adventurous funny hopeful medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Abandonment

Moderate: Excrement

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Cannibalism, and Suicide

blackrabbitrun's review

adventurous funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Shines in the 1st person chapters, which are realistic, easy to read and laugh-out-loud funny. In comparison the 3rd person sections come out oddly detached and occasionally clunky, though I'm not sure whether that's a deliberate attempt at scientific diction or a symptom of this being the author's first novel.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cannibalism and Suicide

maggies's review against another edition

adventurous funny tense 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

5.0

Wow, truly kept on the edge of my seat with this one. I saw the movie first, and it just does not do the book justice. To be clear, the movie got the tone 100% right, which was an awesome discovery, but the whole adventure was way more involved than the movie could ever have expressed. Easily a favorite - I’ll definitely have to read more Andy Weir now.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Excrement

Minor: Suicide and Cannibalism

resolving2read's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Cursing

Minor: Cannibalism and Suicide

kfquarium's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny hopeful medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Excrement, and Abandonment

Moderate: Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Confinement

Minor: Dementia, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Medical content, Suicide, and Sexual content

manarnia's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I love this book so much. I think it paints an unrealistically optimistic portrait of humanity, but it's a portrait that I return to over and over again, especially when I need a solid dose of hope. I can and do reread this book endlessly without ever getting tired of it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Suicide and Medical trauma