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A review by kt2e56
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
This was ROUGH to get through as an audiobook. I didn’t like the voice actor at all. His accents for different characters weren’t very good and actually distracted from quite a few serious moments making it harder to connect emotionally.
I thought about DNF-ing quite a few times and a lot of that has to do with me doing this as an audiobook but I also honestly found Ryland Grace to be such an annoying character to spend most of our time with. Lots of Joss Whedon “well that just happened” style writing and corny dialogue. I think Andy Weir thinks Ryland Grace (which also…wtf kind of WattPad romance name is that?) is much more quirky and charming than he actually is. I’m sure Ryan Gosling and his insane charisma can fix this problem if this movie ever winds up happening.
The flashbacks felt a bit clunky, too. This book really could have trimmed down a lot and give us a more concise story.
That being said, thanks tothe introduction of Rocky the alien and the last third of the book, I started to really enjoy this book so much more. I think their dynamic is lovely and I really liked that Rocky became a key part of the story and not just a brief plot point. He’s the heart and soul of this book for me. Two stars are easily just because of Rocky.
I’m thinking about maybe re-reading this in a few months to see if reading a print copy improves my thoughts because I really think a lot of what I found to flaws had to do with it being an audio book.
I thought about DNF-ing quite a few times and a lot of that has to do with me doing this as an audiobook but I also honestly found Ryland Grace to be such an annoying character to spend most of our time with. Lots of Joss Whedon “well that just happened” style writing and corny dialogue. I think Andy Weir thinks Ryland Grace (which also…wtf kind of WattPad romance name is that?) is much more quirky and charming than he actually is. I’m sure Ryan Gosling and his insane charisma can fix this problem if this movie ever winds up happening.
The flashbacks felt a bit clunky, too. This book really could have trimmed down a lot and give us a more concise story.
That being said, thanks to
I’m thinking about maybe re-reading this in a few months to see if reading a print copy improves my thoughts because I really think a lot of what I found to flaws had to do with it being an audio book.