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val_theburrowofstories's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Excrement
megmahoney1's review against another edition
- 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
3.0
Minor: Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
singalana's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Minor: Confinement, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
alisonfaith426's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.5
Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Excrement, Car accident, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
ireadtoescape_'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? No
4.75
I also believe that by finishing it, I am officially a woman in STEM ðŸ¤ðŸ¤ðŸ¤ðŸ¤
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 ðŸ˜ðŸ˜). 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!
Graphic: Confinement, Blood, Excrement, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Cannibalism
kate_has_book_thoughts'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? No
4.5
Graphic: Abandonment
Minor: Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Excrement, Grief, Cannibalism, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail
savvylit's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
The Martian works so well thanks to a) the accessibility of the science and b) Mark Watney as an incredibly captivating main character. I was surprised to find myself often laughing out loud at Watney's goofy sense of humor. Additionally, The Martian is mostly told through Watney's first person perspective via journals. This structure makes his saga so much more believable and compelling. I couldn't help but root for Watney to survive.
Graphic: Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, and Injury/Injury detail
saskiahill's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
5.0
Graphic: Abandonment
Moderate: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Colonisation
chrisljm's review against another edition
- 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
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.
Graphic: Confinement, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cursing, Death, Blood, and Cannibalism
Minor: Drug use, Rape, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts
atamano'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
4.5
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Cursing, Blood, and Excrement