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kathrynko 's review for:
The Martian
by Andy Weir
How can someone write something like this?! There is a lot that I can pick apart in this book, but I’m going to focus on the genius of it because that part of it is that good! The whole book is mind boggling for someone like me who really only knows basic high school chemistry and physics.
In summery, the book reads like this: terrible problem that will lead to death, crazy scientific solution (I would skim these parts), solution worked, and repeat over and over again. There wasn’t much character development and really no sub plots, which could have easily been added. You’d think I’d give a book like that maybe 2 stars, but really the ending was great, the will to survive was inspiring and the fact that a writer could actually come up with this stuff is so incredible to me. I’d give it 4 stars.
In summery, the book reads like this: terrible problem that will lead to death, crazy scientific solution (I would skim these parts), solution worked, and repeat over and over again. There wasn’t much character development and really no sub plots, which could have easily been added. You’d think I’d give a book like that maybe 2 stars, but really the ending was great, the will to survive was inspiring and the fact that a writer could actually come up with this stuff is so incredible to me. I’d give it 4 stars.