violerwolf 's review for:

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

3.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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This book wildly oscillates between being 2 stars and 4 stars for me, so I averaged out the rating. People really love this book, and I understand why. Andy Weir has really mastered using tension and keeping you constantly guessing, wanting to find out the next piece of the astrophage puzzle. The science is written in an understandable way. Unfortunately, I think a lot of the humor and dialogue that Weir writes is.. painful. I hardly could get through the first 5 or so chapters of this book with its Marvel movie-esque “Well, that just happened” quips. The book excels at tense action, and I do love the relationship between Grace and

Rocky

, but I wouldn’t  reccomend this if you’re looking for complex or interesting characters.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Confinement, Suicide, Blood, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Not-really-spoilers about the Suicide tag:

The major plot point is that Project Hail Mary is a suicide mission.