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vitiumthevampire 's review for:
The Martian
by Andy Weir
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This is a book about an astronaut stranded on Mars who needs to figure out a way to survive and maybe get rescued.
It is scifi in the sense that it's fiction and people haven't actually gone to Mars (yet), but all the technological aspects are very plausible so that the story could be set in a not too far off future.
I really liked the setting of this story, alone on a planet covered in sand, rocks, and dust. It does a good job of conveying the loneliness, and the vastness of danger of space and a barren planet.
Mark Watney's defining trait is being resourceful, and I loved reading about all the troubles and dangers he faced and the way he he solved or overcame each of them.
I enjoyed the narration in the form of the character's logs and the character's humor and positivity even during hardships.
The movie adaptation is pretty solid and sticks mostly to the story of the book, though it glosses over the more technical aspects and also skips a few problems that Mark encounters in the second half of the story. I imagine it would be quite hard to compress a book into a 2 hour movie and I do think they did a great job conveying the most important aspects of it.
It is scifi in the sense that it's fiction and people haven't actually gone to Mars (yet), but all the technological aspects are very plausible so that the story could be set in a not too far off future.
I really liked the setting of this story, alone on a planet covered in sand, rocks, and dust. It does a good job of conveying the loneliness, and the vastness of danger of space and a barren planet.
Mark Watney's defining trait is being resourceful, and I loved reading about all the troubles and dangers he faced and the way he he solved or overcame each of them.
I enjoyed the narration in the form of the character's logs and the character's humor and positivity even during hardships.
The movie adaptation is pretty solid and sticks mostly to the story of the book, though it glosses over the more technical aspects and also skips a few problems that Mark encounters in the second half of the story. I imagine it would be quite hard to compress a book into a 2 hour movie and I do think they did a great job conveying the most important aspects of it.