“Project Hail Mary” by Andy Weir (2021)

“What’s two plus two?”

I generally try not to fill these reviews with spoilers where I can help it, but I’m afraid on this occasion I will be quite openly talking about some things that happen at least a quarter of the way into the book and beyond, simply because if I don’t then I can’t properly discuss it in the way I want to. If you don’t want to be spoiled, then just know this is already the best book I’ve read all year, and stop reading now. If you don’t mind a little more information, carry...