A Goodreads user asked this question about Project Hail Mary:
How is the language/swearing in this book? His second book was so filled bad language that I had to stop reading it.
Rachel Gorham There's minimal swearing in this book compared to Weir's others. For reasons that become evident pretty soon in the book, the main character (ONLY cha…moreThere's minimal swearing in this book compared to Weir's others. For reasons that become evident pretty soon in the book, the main character (ONLY character for much of the book) uses innocent pseudo-swears most of the time instead of actually swearing. I actually found myself thinking that Weir very cleverly made a book that adults will love that could also be included in high-school and maybe even junior-high curriculum without eliciting too much of a fuss from parents. (less)
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