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So, I went out to my mailbox, which is white. The atmosphere was oxygen, which allowed me to breathe, science science, boring science. I grabbed this book I had received for review. The weight was approximately 1.2 pounds. I couldn't tell the dimensions, but I will say about 7 by 9 inches, because that sounds pretty boring. By the way, science, science, sciencey science. Then I read the book, turning a page each time I had read all the words on the page. There were 300-400 words on each page. Yo
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I thought this book was only okay. I did not think it was particularly well-written. Entire sections of the book are super dry and technical. The characters seem like emotionless super genius robots. Then during other sections the characters morph into very immature frat-boy types, like teens. The women scientists are weirdly sexualized and demeaned throughout. Did not seem realistic at all and I couldn't ever get really into the story or believe the tension was real. It got tedious. I didn't fi
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BOOM.
Mark Watney is left behind on Mars when the rest of his crew has to make an emergency exit and believes Mark has died in a sandstorm. Mark is left to try to find a way to survive and to get in touch with Earth to tell them he's alive and hopefully be rescued. An edge of your seat read. A lot of bad things happen to Mark but the author makes it all very believable and the science understandable. I couldn't put this book down. I had to know what happened next.
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Jan 09, 2015
Darcie
marked it as to-read
Jan 26, 2015
Cora
marked it as tbr-on-hand
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Jun 10, 2015
Kelly (Maybedog)
marked it as to-read
Aug 01, 2015
Jenn
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Sep 09, 2015
Kat
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really liked it
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Oct 29, 2015
Kelly
marked it as to-read
Jan 18, 2016
Alison
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Feb 04, 2016
Kim Degener
marked it as to-read
