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A review by callmekt
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Did not finish book. Stopped at 75%.
It was due back at the library, so couldn't finish it officially. I did skim the ending to see what happens and I'm only left with two questions regarding how things are resolved.
Overall, I enjoyed reading it. Weir continues to write accessible science mixed with clean humor. By clean I mean the humor lacks a sexual charge. I do believe there is an excrement joke somewhere in this book, at least once.
I do find some tonal dissonance when disaster strikes. I'm someone who would take, say, your ship getting a hole in the hull, pretty seriously. But the narrative doesn't share that with me. And the stress that results wasn't something I could handle. The humor gives the overall tone of something that will end happily, so it's agitating when it ultimately doesn't.
It's also Weir's longest work to date. So it felt a bit like running three laps of a track but then I had to metaphorically run a fourth? I'm tired.
Recommend for fans of Weir's previous works and people not looking to think too hard.
Overall, I enjoyed reading it. Weir continues to write accessible science mixed with clean humor. By clean I mean the humor lacks a sexual charge. I do believe there is an excrement joke somewhere in this book, at least once.
I do find some tonal dissonance when disaster strikes. I'm someone who would take, say, your ship getting a hole in the hull, pretty seriously. But the narrative doesn't share that with me. And the stress that results wasn't something I could handle. The humor gives the overall tone of something that will end happily, so it's agitating when it ultimately doesn't.
It's also Weir's longest work to date. So it felt a bit like running three laps of a track but then I had to metaphorically run a fourth? I'm tired.
Recommend for fans of Weir's previous works and people not looking to think too hard.
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