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The Martian
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April 1, 2016
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April 9, 2016

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Agnieszka T.
Nie dziwię się, że robią film. Fajna rozrywka, a potencjał na efektowną ekranizację jest spory.
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Oct 05, 2015 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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This is not a perfect book, but it is an enjoyable one. There is humor and fear and courage and suspense. The science is the star here. The dialog comes across stilted, and not just mission control stilted. That stuff sounds right, it's the ordinary conversations that don't flow. But that's cool. That's not the story. The creative problem solving took me back to my childhood, waiting anxiously to see if Apollo 13 would come home safely. That feeling of tension was c
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Kristina
May 25, 2015 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: audio, 2015
3.5 to a 4, but I'm going to say a 4. I really enjoyed this one. It wasn't what I expected and I didn't always like the main character but I loved the storyline and the suspense.

The narrator did a great job. I think this one is better listened to than read.
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