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Project Hail Mary

Andy Weir

Start date: May 2, 2024

Finish date: May 15, 2024

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* The Names by Florence Knapp - Sep 25 Adult / Non-Fiction BOM (starts 16 Sep)
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* The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese - Sep 25 Theme BOM - South and South East Asia (Starts 5 September)
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Sep 18, 2021 Nicole rated it really liked it

I did not expect to enjoy this as much as I did.
The world is dying, and a science teacher is sent from earth to help save the Sun (and the Earth).
He meets with an alien, and the two must work together to fix the issue and save their respective worlds.

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Mar 01, 2024 Rebekah rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: bookgirls, redbooks, green-books, orange-books

I liked this only slightly better than The Martian but the same problems remain. The few female scientists and characters are weirdly either sexualized or overly cold/harsh.

The plot and pacing is just silly and it is the same “Oh No! problem! Let’s MacGyver it at the last second!” Over and over and over again.

I like realistic science fiction or wild fantasy but this just creeps into too fantastical for me to enjoy it as sci fi and too many attempts to sound scientific and smart for me to enjoy ...more

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Oct 31, 2023 Jessica rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: dnf

I didn't love the Martian nearly as much as everyone else did, primarily due to the main character and his relentless and terrible jokes. Unfortunately, the main character of this book seems to share a brain with the MC from the Martian, leading me to believe that he's basically an author stand-in.

I'm just not interested in books without interesting characters, so I DNF'd this book at 30%. ...more

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Apr 08, 2021 Lauren marked it as to-read