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Entertaining read despite all the chemistry talk!
The story follows astronaut Mark Watney, who is part of a six person manned mission to Mars. A week into their month long mission, a severe wind storm of 175 mph winds requires an immediate evacuation and forces the research mission to be aborted. During the evacuation, Watney is hit with a piece of communications equipment, presumed dead by his crew, and is left abandoned on Mars.
With a very limited food supply, limited water, and no way to communicate with Earth, Watney must use his training a ...more
Not sure what "dark/black humor" all these other reviewers are referring to. The humor was juvenile and not particularly funny. I have no problem with swearing or heavily technical descriptions, and I wanted to like this book, but I just couldn't get past the general sense of immaturity. It was boring for large stretches, and not in a good way --i.e., it didn't have anything to do with empathizing with Watney's isolation and daily tedium, it was simply unremarkable.
Was also annoying that every ...more
Was also annoying that every ...more
Hoo boy, this book needed another round of editing. My first impression that Mark read like a 14 year old girl, but that's an unfairly gendered comparison. More accurately, he reads immature and juvenile, which clearly seemed to be the author trying too hard. If an author writes a solid character, as Mark mostly was, there doesn't need to be a gimmick to keep readers invested.
Pretty immediately (wasn't there a "Yay!" on the first or second page?), I noticed that Weir sounded like a self-pubbed ...more
Pretty immediately (wasn't there a "Yay!" on the first or second page?), I noticed that Weir sounded like a self-pubbed ...more
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