Book Review: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
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Andy Weir has hit on a winning formula. To wit:
- Somehow I, an otherwise unremarkable man, has to SAVE ALL OF HUMANITY!
- OH NO! Something is BROKEN!
- I'll use SCIENCE to fix it!
- Pop culture reference.
- OH NO! Something else is broken.
- I'll use SCIENCE to fix it!
- The science didn't work!!!
- ...
- and repeat until (spoilers) the day is saved.
Look, this is basically the same as The Martian. And, you know what? I don't care. It is excellent. It made a 6 hour plane ride whizz by.
It has just the right amount of semi-plausible science. Sinister and shadowy extra-Government agencies. And a cliff-hanger every other page. It is expertly paced and neatly reveals the mystery as it goes.
If you liked The Martian, you'll like this. Because it is the same basic story. The same characters. And the same feel-good progression of problem solving.
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- Read on Amazon Kindle
- Audiobook and ePub from Kobo
- Paper book from Hive
- Listen on Audible
- Author's homepage
- Publisher's details
- Borrow from your local library
- ISBN: 9781473582583
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