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Проектът Аве Мария by Анди Уеър, Andy Weir, Andy Weir

86 reviews

oxfordcommas91's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

While I’m an enjoyer of some sci fi movies, I am not a typical sci fi reader and only picked this up because it was getting such good reviews on booktok. I’m so glad I did! This book had everything that a good sci-fi should be - fast paced, compelling characters, an apocalyptic event threatening to destroy the human race. 

I was surprised how quickly I could pick up the “science stuff” and Andy Weir did a good job of making incredibly technical and complicated physics understandable to the average reader. 

But the best part of this book was Dr. Grace and

his space buddy, Rocky. I need a million more books with Rocky in it. I never knew I could become so emotionally attached to a space alien, but multiple times I found myself gripping my book in anticipation, hoping that Dr Grace and Rocky would overcome their adversity and save their respective planets.

Even though this book was about a depressing mid-apocalyptic universe, Weir manages to keep this tale light hearted and genuinely optimistic about human nature and our collective survival. There are some heavy elements throughout but nothing was so bleak or depressing that I found myself not wanting to continue. 

I need a sequel to Project Hail Mary, stat!

More Rocky, please!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, and Injury/Injury detail

calemore's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Suicide, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Drug abuse, and Drug use

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

aseel_reads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful slow-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? Yes

3.75

Aw this was such a sweet read, I thought the ending was realistic and I loved the interactions between Grace and Rocky. Sometimes it was annoying to read "I'm gonna do science" but I appreciate the effort made to explain different parts of the science and maths behind a space journey like this. Could have been much shorter though 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Death

Minor: Cannibalism and Alcohol

sopbee's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Abandonment

Moderate: Suicide, Medical content, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Alcohol, Blood, and Mental illness

pvp_niki's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, and Vomit

Minor: War, Alcohol, and Drug use

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

alicewolfe's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Death, and Abandonment

Moderate: Suicide and Grief

Minor: Excrement, Alcohol, and Drug use