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4.36 AVERAGE
4.36 AVERAGE
This was a book club read. Ultimately, I liked this book and I read it in 48 hours. That said, it is 100% a book by a man for an audience of men. It felt like one of those superhero movies where the entire thing is just one extended action scene. It definitely got my heart rate up but it also left me without any profound thoughts or feelings at all.
There was a lot of science (that I appreciate was written rather accessibly), a lot of explosions, a lot of soldiering on, and a lot of boy jokes. I feel 100% sure that this book would have been better if it had been written by a woman. I mean for real - Mark is trapped on Mars for 1.5 years and has not a single meaningful thought? He never once questions whether it’s worth continuing to battle the endless, hopeless, soul crushingly lonely and desperate fight to survive? He never feels sad? He never thinks about, mentions, or remembers fondly a single friend, sibling, former love interest, pet, coffee shop, local park, elementary school teacher, steak restaurant - ANYTHING from his former life on Earth? The closest we get is him mentioning a very lackluster letter from his mom, and admitting that he’s so desperate for sex that he’s fantasizing about a green Martian goddess.
He has PLENTY of leisure time in between catastrophes. There is no way that he spent a whole year and a half watching the same 70s TV reruns and listening to the same disco music albums and never once spared a moment for self reflection or grief about his situation. Also, he would have gone categorically insane during this time. If Andy Weir had spent even a fraction of the amount of time he spent learning astrophysics in preparation for this book on a basic psychology lesson (or, even better, consulted a female editor), this book would have been much more interesting and satisfying.
All of that said, it was entertaining and I liked it for what it was!
adventurous
challenging
dark
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
tense
fast-paced
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:
N/A
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
adventurous
hopeful
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:
No
adventurous
challenging
emotional
inspiring
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Creo que desde que vi la película de esta historia me llamó la ciencia ficción y todo lo que tenga que ver con el espacio y amo ver películas de ese estilo o que tengan temas similares.
La situación de Mark es cero agradable… a quien le gustaría despertar en medio de un planeta alejado de la tierra completamente solo cuando ya te dan por perdido. La situación es completamente inimaginable pero Mark se pone manos a la obra para tratar de sobrevivir al momento en que la nueva misión llegue a Marte.
Toda la travesía que hace Mark y la NASA es increíble, me gustó muchísimo ver esos dos lados de la moneda y como su team siempre estuvo al pie del cañón.
Disfruté muchísimo este libro🥹
La situación de Mark es cero agradable… a quien le gustaría despertar en medio de un planeta alejado de la tierra completamente solo cuando ya te dan por perdido. La situación es completamente inimaginable pero Mark se pone manos a la obra para tratar de sobrevivir al momento en que la nueva misión llegue a Marte.
Toda la travesía que hace Mark y la NASA es increíble, me gustó muchísimo ver esos dos lados de la moneda y como su team siempre estuvo al pie del cañón.
Disfruté muchísimo este libro🥹
I rated this book a four out of five because the book had fantastic humor, and every solution that was used was plausible. Normally I do not like science fiction books because the occurrence that solves everything is something that could never actually happen and is extremely convenient that the aliens or whatever had that specific weakness or power or technology. Weir put a whole lot of effort in the science aspect of the novel, and it was a joy to read. It has changed my view on books, because I was skeptical at reading a science fiction book, and to find out that I actually really like it tells me that I should be less judgmental about the genre that a book is in, and instead focus on the individual book. I only wish that Weir had added a bit more at the end, it kind of just cuts off. But, all in all, The Martian was a great book.
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
lighthearted
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
emotional
funny
hopeful
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
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
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:
Complicated