Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

89 reviews

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

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

jcshells's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful informative inspiring tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer, Cannibalism, Grief, Chronic illness, Drug use, Confinement, and War

el_wheel's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I did not expect to cry so much, holy crap. 😭 
Also I would literally die for Rocky

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Medical content

emiliejade_bigelow's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative reflective fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death of parent, and Blood

Minor: War, Drug use, Alcoholism, and Vomit

spellbindingtomes's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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: Death and Grief

solarel's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

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

5.0

I did love this so much. I saw lots of people say they found it info-dump-y but I’m such a space nerd I found that part to be really cool. It was fun and heart warming and captivating. 

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Content Warnings

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

bjjzoe's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicide

Minor: Vomit, Excrement, Alcohol, Cancer, Drug use, and Drug abuse

violerwolf's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

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

3.0

This book wildly oscillates between being 2 stars and 4 stars for me, so I averaged out the rating. People really love this book, and I understand why. Andy Weir has really mastered using tension and keeping you constantly guessing, wanting to find out the next piece of the astrophage puzzle. The science is written in an understandable way. Unfortunately, I think a lot of the humor and dialogue that Weir writes is.. painful. I hardly could get through the first 5 or so chapters of this book with its Marvel movie-esque “Well, that just happened” quips. The book excels at tense action, and I do love the relationship between Grace and

Rocky

, but I wouldn’t  reccomend this if you’re looking for complex or interesting characters.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Excrement, Grief, Medical content, Vomit, and Death

Minor: Cancer, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Alcohol, Blood, Confinement, and Suicide

Not-really-spoilers about the Suicide tag:

The major plot point is that Project Hail Mary is a suicide mission.

akirma's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Grief, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Minor: Alcohol and Cannibalism