_thebookishbee 's review for:

Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson

3.0

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In my wait for any news of a new Andy Weir book I decided to pick up Red Mars after I read the back cover. I loved the concept and enjoyed “most” of the novel especially the beginning where the main characters had begun the process of building settlements on Mars. Over time though it began to focus mostly on the politics with several time jumps. I became pretty bored with the political jargon and it almost started to read like a poli sci novel. Again fine, but it just got tedious over time. After a while I switched to the audiobook just so I could speed up the reading through to the end. I did enjoy quite a few parts of it that showed actual life on Mars, but didn’t feel as satisfied with it as I did after reading Jurassic Park or Project Hail Mary. I was just ready for it to end