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OMG! Loved it! Great premise, great storyline, great suspense! The only downside is the science tangents. Watney's character explains every bit of MacGyver-ing that he has to do in incredible detail. My background in astro-engineering-chemistry-botony is a little rusty, so when he starts droning on about hydrolizing molecules of whatever I tended to skim over it and think "ok, sure, if you say so." It reminded me a little of Michael Crichton's writing, he also gets a little science-happy. But th
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Who wouldn't like our reluctant hero, his cheeky and black-humored comments while stubbornly working toward his escape? The setup - Robinson Crusoe on Mars - forced the protagonist to work through each problem with logic in the face of unreasonable odds. Sometimes the technical details sidetracked me. Some detail lends veracity to a story while educating; too much, you risk losing this reader. That said, I couldn't put the book down. I'll raise a glass to cheer for human resourcefulness and stub
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Best page turner I've read since I read The Andromeda Strain in middle school. Loved it.
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Although I'm not a fan of longgg stories, this book was so engaging not to get bored of the details in it; even the nerdy parts!!
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