Reviews with content warning for Cannibalism - The Martian

Incredible… I read this for extra credit but I was surprised by how much I loved this book. I am NOT a science person, and not particularly interested in space either, but it wasn’t too complex to understand. It was downright hilarious and an overall incredible story.

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annatollia's review

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adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring 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

5.0

Andy Weir is a genius!!!! The research that went into this book and the suburb characters. I was on the edge of my seat the entire read!!!

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bri__'s review

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adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring tense fast-paced

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

4.5

This was really really good. I loved the writing style, it was really engaging and kept me invested in the story. The layout of the chapters and the difference in perspectives made it feel so much faster and made it more interesting to read. I liked the characters, particularly the main one, Mark. The way he's written just made me want to root for him and his survival. The only reason why this book isn't 5 stars for me is because I found myself realising that I hadn't comprehended anything that I had read when it got really technical, particularly when explaining the mathematics or technology. With that being said, this is definitely a book I would recommend for someone that is into sci-fi, survival, space and STEM. And even if you aren't into these specific things, I would still recommend this book.

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ireadtoescape_'s review

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adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful 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

4.75

I really enjoyed this.
I also believe that by finishing it, I am officially a woman in STEM 🤭🤭🤭🤭

So, Andy Weir is my white man exception. Even though he has the some typical white man author tendencies such as bringing up women’s looks in contexts that absolutely do not matter ever. Also I said the characters are diverse here but it’s in the typical white man trying to mix things up way. It doesn’t feel genuine and the characters are very stereotypical. Struggled a lot with how he wrote all the women here.

So as it is with Andy. Stay for the vibes and quirky nerdy characters. Acceptable enough for me.

I was in a spiral because I just recently watched Oppenheimer for the second time and then decided to rewatch a bunch of Matt Damon movies (I currently cannot emotionally handle a Cillian Murphy obsession so I am exercising self-control 😭😭). Anyway, after rewatching The Martian for the 100th time, here we are.

I laughed. I was stressed.
I enjoyed the madness.
Could have used another few more pages to just see him back on Earth but emotions are also involved because I’m a little sad it’s finished.

Good!

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katethecatlady's review

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adventurous funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-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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chrisljm's review

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adventurous challenging hopeful informative medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Ngl I was confused for about 20% of the book because of all the math, science, and engineering. My brain was working overtime to understand and imagine everything. I tried my best but I'm pretty sure I was making shit up sometimes. But nonetheless, I still appreciated the amount of science and research that went into this book and it felt incredibly realistic (but what do I know, because I will not be fact-checking at all).

Although I enjoyed Project Hail Mary much more, this was still good and I was invested in the mission to save Mark Watney as well. The humor gets kinda childish, but it still made me laugh a few times.

I will say I was curious on how Andy Weir was going to handle the narrative of Watney being the only man on Mars and trying to survive and make it back to Earth. I thought it was very much going to be a solo mission and so I was pleasantly surprised when I saw that we were also going to get the pov of the crew on Earth who are also working to save Watney's life. I think this is what I enjoyed most about the book, that even though Watney is physically on his own on another planet, he's not in the fight alone because he has a whole team and crew working with him to save his life. It was very touching to see the amount of people working to save one person.

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