A review by hlau
The Martian by Andy Weir

3.0

This was a much harder installment to get through than I would've thought given how much I enjoyed the movie adaptation.

In reality, it was a very close adaptation with one big exception: the writing was maddening in its structure. So many of the interactions, particularly Earthside was "he said" then "she said" then "he said" then "he said" and on and on and on.

The science and premise are the best. But it's hard to believe this survived editing passes without some attention to that.

Otherwise, story great, premise great.