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I'm a million year behind everyone else, but this book is awesome. I saw another reviewer said they had never before wished that all the characters of a book were real people until this one, and I definitely have to agree.
Also, I recommend that you check out the podcast "Reading Lives" from Bookriot. The interviewer talks to authors about their lives and what they read (hence the title...), and I listened to the one with Andy Weir many months ago and loved it. Check it out for that episode at l ...more
Also, I recommend that you check out the podcast "Reading Lives" from Bookriot. The interviewer talks to authors about their lives and what they read (hence the title...), and I listened to the one with Andy Weir many months ago and loved it. Check it out for that episode at l ...more
Aug 31, 2015
Heather
rated it
it was amazing
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review of another edition
Shelves:
pageturners,
read-2015
Hard to say whether the audio is better than the print version. The emotional impact is much more powerful when read by a skilled narrator, but the calculations and talk-through of procedures was a bit tedious, and no way to skim as one can with print.
I listened to this as an audiobook. The story is very creative and interesting but the narrative was a bit technical at times and the humor a little corny. It did make me chuckle, and while the use of profanity was appropriate I was a little discouraged by the very first word being the f word!
It's basically a Robinson Crusoe or Cast Away story set on Mars. The narrator is left behind and has to McGuyver his way into surviving with what food, equipment, water, etc. he has available. Half the book ...more
It's basically a Robinson Crusoe or Cast Away story set on Mars. The narrator is left behind and has to McGuyver his way into surviving with what food, equipment, water, etc. he has available. Half the book ...more
Wow... There was some bad language and lots of math/chemistry/science talk (which I also consider bad language) but this is the most suspenseful book I've read in awhile! I can barely breathe!
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Rounding up from 3.5 stars. This is totally not my genre, but I heard so many good reviews, particularly of the audio, that I had to give it a try. I loved how the narrator brought out Mark Watney's smart-aleck comments. There seemed to be little doubt about the outcome of the rescue mission, and there were a few too many formulas and scientific discussions for me, but I got caught up in the day-to-day life of survival on Mars.
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May 18, 2015
Savannah Oakes
marked it as to-read
Jan 11, 2016
Austyn
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Jan 18, 2016
Liesl
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Feb 03, 2016
Lorri
marked it as to-read
Jun 10, 2017
Kate
rated it
really liked it
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review of another edition
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space-the-final-frontier
Dec 27, 2016
Gary Huang
marked it as to-read
Dec 27, 2016
Alan
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