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The Martian

Andy Weir

Why we're reading this: Truly excellent, funnier than you'd expect, and very exciting. …more
[close] Truly excellent, funnier than you'd expect, and very exciting.

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Sep 21, 2015 Laura McNeill rated it it was amazing

Loved it!

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Aug 02, 2021 Kelsey added it

Audiobook is great. Fun and just one of those feel good stories (like a good sports movie where you're rewarded for rooting for the underdog). I didn't mind all the technical science bits. They were easily digestible but I think the audiobook helped with that as well. Good narration makes a big difference. 🚀👨‍🚀 ...more

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Aug 21, 2017 ☼Shannon☼ rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: outside-the-states, slow-or-boring-beginning, 4-stars, see-it-on-the-big-screen, i-lawled, reviews-i-actually-like, own-physical, top-100, shannon-s-choice-award-winners

4.5 stars

This was an excellent book. Andy Weir really knows how to write a book. Mark Watney was a very likeable character, he knew just how to add suspense, this thing was a masterpiece. However, I was bored by the science-y parts, there comes a point where you're just reading words on a page and don't understand anything, that was the science-y parts for me. ...more

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