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. What a wonderful book! I might even like it better than The Martian which I also loved. But I LOVE Mark Watney both in print and as Matt Damon. Ryland Grace is also funny, sarcastic, super science nerd but (view spoiler)

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Beth
May 23, 2022 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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Fast and fun. I liked the anti-Martian flavor; it had the good bits (solo human, fun science to deal with problems) but with their own twist.

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Ryan Bassette
Dec 16, 2023 rated it it was ok
Meh. Tedious survival story with epic-scale premise that is never realized; characters are cardboard stand-ins that I never grew any attachment to.
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It’s just like the Martian except on a ship and he makes a friend. Things break, gets fixed, yay. Not many swears.
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