Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

The Martian by Andy Weir

27 reviews

the_harlequin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny inspiring tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Cursing, and Colonisation

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

iridium's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Medical content

Additional content warning for starvation, which I found the most upsetting theme of the book.

roadesntoades's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative inspiring tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Gore, Abandonment, Blood, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cannibalism and Drug use

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

bcooper21's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Medical content

Moderate: Death, Grief, Abandonment, Blood, and Cursing

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

sam_i_am's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny inspiring 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Medical content

creepypiespice's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Excrement, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, Car accident, Child death, Cursing, Drug use, Grief, and Medical content

Minor: Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, and Cannibalism

jenna_justi2004's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Drug use, Excrement, Medical content, Vomit, and Blood

Minor: Cannibalism

meganpbennett's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny hopeful tense 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

5.0

The Martian is an incredibly fast-paced survival adventure. Set on Mars. 6 days into a 30-odd day mission, the Ares 3 crew is forced to abandon the mission, and astronaut Mark Watney is injured in the rush to get to the MAV. Injured, and with an EV suit registering both massive, sudden depressurization and no life signs, his crew is forced to leave him behind, not even attempting a body recovery. Except...

He's not dead. Close, yes, but not dead. He does a quick repair on the EV suit, and makes it back to the HAB, where he quickly figures out that he has no way to survive until the Ares 4 crew lands, and no way to talk to Earth. 

The Martian is a page-turning thriller of a sci-fi novel - with understandable technobable that's probably pretty accurate - that manages to be extremely hopeful, even when there is no hope. It's terrifying, and yet... wonderful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Cannibalism and Suicidal thoughts