A review by collincahill
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

adventurous hopeful lighthearted slow-paced

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

1.5

This book has a positively grating main character who is always doing "back-of-the-napkin math" and complaining to the reader about mixing metric units with imperial.

I know how to suspend my disbelief, but it was the parts of the story that took place on Earth's soil that I found the hardest to choke down. At one point,

Grace decides, in the middle of teaching his students, that he is responsible for saving the world, so he says "excuse me" to his students, walks out of his classroom and never comes back.

I think I would have liked this book if there was a coherent theme or any characters with sincere depth. Unfortunately for me, it is mostly just science and plot, which makes for a long book with not a lot in it.