This book was freaking awesome. It plays out in a very cinematic way, switching viewpoints from Mark Watney who is stranded on Mars, to his crew, to NASA back on earth. Super intense and HILARIOUS at times, as Mark is quite the funny guy and uses humor to help him through his ordeal in getting back to earth. Things did get a little dry with all of the scientific jargon, kinda like watching House, but a real page turner. The last book I remember that made my heart almost leap out of my chest in the way The Martian did at the end was The Silence of The Lambs. Bravo, Andy Weir.