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4.36 AVERAGE
4.36 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
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:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
funny
hopeful
tense
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
I liked the plot and concept of this - and I think it will turn out to be a good movie. I liked how it tied in with a lot of previous things that have been done on Mars (like Pathfinder). But I was not a fan of the writing at all. Not only was it a lot of math and science, but it also read like a college student wrote it - lots of cheesy and short sentences. It made it hard for me to feel like I was there with the character and rooting for him.
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
adventurous
challenging
funny
inspiring
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I couldn't put this book down, it was really a page-turner. It kept me up at night, both reading and thinking about it. I would have given it 5 stars, but to be honest, I skimmed through a lot of Watney's math explanations.
adventurous
funny
hopeful
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
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
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:
Yes
fast-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
This book was awesome. It reminded me of Apollo 13, which is one of my favorite movies. There is some cursing but otherwise it's a clean read. It was a very engaging, on the edge of your seat type of story (though I did skim through some of the science and math calculation stuff). And this totally needs to be a movie