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cosmicdreamer 's review for:
The Martian
by Andy Weir
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Ok, I've seen the movie a long time ago, and I'd heard the book was good. And I was not disappointed! This was really good! I liked the pace of the book, it was easy enough to follow along. If things got too technical, or I forgot a term introduced earlier on, it didn't matter and I was able to keep up. The book follows a few different POVs and the author seemed to know when it was a good time to switch up the POVs. It was also rather lighthearted for the type of book this is and the things the characters go through. I read a lot of dark themed or toned books, so it wouldn't have been a problem for me if it had also been a little depressing at times, but I loved the lighthearted tone of this book and I think the author dit it well. Bonus - it was actually funny. I'm usually disappointed with books that are marketed or recommended as funny. I even DNF'ed a few because the humor felt contrived and forced. But this felt naturally done, and I found myself laughing while reading a few times.
It was also greatly refreshing to read a book where romance and sexuality don't play a part for once (there is a mention or two of characters liking each other but it's so far in the background, you can ignore it if you are like me and are absolutely tired of trying to find books without any romance that also aren't marketed/tagged as lgbtq+ just to have something ace friendly. Like, sometimes it's fine and what I'm looking for, but sometimes I don't want to care about a character's sexuality or their interest in people, it wasn't even relevant, why is it there, why does it always have to matter, it didn't really even fit in whatever is going on in this book, why, why, why!....anyway rant over!) For once I wasn't looking for a book without romance, and actually found one by surprise that's actually ace-friendly without necessarily having ace characters or forcing it, and is also amazing regardless of a reader's personal preference in this. Win-win.
5 stars, because I have very few, if any, criticisms. I would absolutely recommend this to pretty much everyone, and I'm sure I will re-read this in the future.
It was also greatly refreshing to read a book where romance and sexuality don't play a part for once (there is a mention or two of characters liking each other but it's so far in the background, you can ignore it if you are like me and are absolutely tired of trying to find books without any romance that also aren't marketed/tagged as lgbtq+ just to have something ace friendly. Like, sometimes it's fine and what I'm looking for, but sometimes I don't want to care about a character's sexuality or their interest in people, it wasn't even relevant, why is it there, why does it always have to matter, it didn't really even fit in whatever is going on in this book, why, why, why!....anyway rant over!) For once I wasn't looking for a book without romance, and actually found one by surprise that's actually ace-friendly without necessarily having ace characters or forcing it, and is also amazing regardless of a reader's personal preference in this. Win-win.
5 stars, because I have very few, if any, criticisms. I would absolutely recommend this to pretty much everyone, and I'm sure I will re-read this in the future.