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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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Jan 04, 2015 Debbie (Doc) rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: audible, thriller, favorite, fiction, read-in-2015, audible-2015, 2015-challenge-addict

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For me this title is misleading, and I’m really glad. I have been putting this book off since I assumed that it dealt with Martians, life on Mars, and NASA mumbo jumbo. I was so wrong! I really enjoyed this book and loved the narrator. I read very few science fiction books, but the science fiction was more factual than some off the wall fantasy scene. The setting was Mars, and the main character, Mark Watney, was humorous so as not to dwell on his current situation, which ...more

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Sep 21, 2015 Laura McNeill rated it it was amazing

Loved it!

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May 23, 2017 Magdalena rated it really liked it

Couldn't put it down! The Book Apothecary prescribed this book for me, and it was exactly the story I needed. ...more

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Mar 30, 2017 Kaitlynn Scribner rated it it was amazing

Shelves: suggested-by-friend, books-my-brother-picked-up-and-i-en

I will begin with acknowledging that i dislike sci-fi books. That being said, this book was amazingly gripping and suspenseful from beginning to end, and I could not put it down!

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Dec 26, 2014 Janet rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2014

Thinking he is dead, astronaut Mark Watney is left alone on Mars. He works against huge odds for survival. Great sci-fi read, if you loved McGyer, you will love this.

Edit: Reread for book club, listened to audio - still loved it!

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