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This book was really, really good. It was one that I just wanted to keep reading (well, listening too since it was on audio book). It was very well written, actually quite funny at times, and a great adventure story. It was a little too scientificy (that's totally a word) for me and I just didn't understand a lot of the science stuff, but that didn't take away any from the book. I do have to say though that for the amount of BAD luck the main character had he also had equal and opposite GOOD luc
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Absolutely loved this book. Mark Watney's character is one of the best I have read in a long time, especially with the snarky sarcasm and sense of humor. I was unsure of the direction that this book was going to go, being about one person stranded on Mars, but was pleasantly surprised at how it sucked me in. I did skim past a lot of the scientific details. While I heard they were accurate, as someone who barely made it through Algebra II and Geometry in high school, it was all way over my head.
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This was highly entertaining. When Mark Watney is impaled by an antenna while escaping Mars, his crew mates believe him to be dead and are forced to leave without him. Thing is, Mark is not dead. He is now the sole inhabiter of Mars with no communication to Earth, and, if he can just survive several years he may live to greet next Mars mission crew.
Aug 13, 2015
Michelle
marked it as to-read
