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The Martian
by Andy Weir
» QUICK OVERVIEW «
Stars: ★★★★☆
Plot: ★★★★☆
Readability: ★★★★☆
Characters: ★★★★★
Writing: ★★★★☆☆
Recommend: ✓
» PLOT «
Following a major storm on Mars, Mark Watney, presumed to be dead, is not only alive, but stranded on Mars. With a limited amount of supplies and no one coming to help, he must figure out how to survive the deadly landscape of Mars and get back home to Earth.
There were a lot of obstacles and malfunctions that occurred in the book. I know I have to suspend my disbelief for science fiction, but damn a whole lotta shit came up.
» READABILITY «
This book was medium paced, but the actual book timeline was fast. I was a bit slow on reading this, but that's not because this was hard to read. Rather, I wanted to break up the book into proper segments.
» CHARACTERS «
Finally, a main character that is likeable. Finally, side characters that are likable.
I loved Mark's humor as well as the other side character's humor. Although the three groups (Mark, Hermes crew, and NASA) don't interact a lot, the interaction among themselves and other groups are so good. Marks narration/commentary was good, but I did prefer the section with regular, 3rd person writing.
» WRITING «
Whenever I read books in the "Adult" category, I always think the writing might not be assessable to be, despite the fact that I'm an adult fluent in English and currently attending university. Anyways, the writing in this book is easy to process, even with the chemistry, mathematics, physics that are riddled throughout the book. (BTW I figured it out; I somehow associate "Adult" with "classics" and that is why I don't always read Adult books and why I think the prose would be difficult to comprehend.)
This book has a lot of writing formats; logs/entries, third person, and another third person omniscient (non character related). I preferred 3rd person, but I loved the ominous nature of the third person omniscient perspectives.
» OVERALL «
I liked this book more than I thought it would. I watched the movie when it first came out in theaters (note: I got pink eye in that sitting :/) and I liked it back them. Now that I finally have read the book, it holds up. I don't remember the movie all that much, but both are great.
The only reason this book isn't getting a 5 star, is because I'm not gushing over it.
Stars: ★★★★☆
Plot: ★★★★☆
Readability: ★★★★☆
Characters: ★★★★★
Writing: ★★★★☆☆
Recommend: ✓
» PLOT «
Following a major storm on Mars, Mark Watney, presumed to be dead, is not only alive, but stranded on Mars. With a limited amount of supplies and no one coming to help, he must figure out how to survive the deadly landscape of Mars and get back home to Earth.
There were a lot of obstacles and malfunctions that occurred in the book. I know I have to suspend my disbelief for science fiction, but damn a whole lotta shit came up.
» READABILITY «
This book was medium paced, but the actual book timeline was fast. I was a bit slow on reading this, but that's not because this was hard to read. Rather, I wanted to break up the book into proper segments.
» CHARACTERS «
Finally, a main character that is likeable. Finally, side characters that are likable.
I loved Mark's humor as well as the other side character's humor. Although the three groups (Mark, Hermes crew, and NASA) don't interact a lot, the interaction among themselves and other groups are so good. Marks narration/commentary was good, but I did prefer the section with regular, 3rd person writing.
» WRITING «
Whenever I read books in the "Adult" category, I always think the writing might not be assessable to be, despite the fact that I'm an adult fluent in English and currently attending university. Anyways, the writing in this book is easy to process, even with the chemistry, mathematics, physics that are riddled throughout the book. (BTW I figured it out; I somehow associate "Adult" with "classics" and that is why I don't always read Adult books and why I think the prose would be difficult to comprehend.)
This book has a lot of writing formats; logs/entries, third person, and another third person omniscient (non character related). I preferred 3rd person, but I loved the ominous nature of the third person omniscient perspectives.
» OVERALL «
I liked this book more than I thought it would. I watched the movie when it first came out in theaters (note: I got pink eye in that sitting :/) and I liked it back them. Now that I finally have read the book, it holds up. I don't remember the movie all that much, but both are great.
The only reason this book isn't getting a 5 star, is because I'm not gushing over it.