I'll be honest, I didn't expect to enjoy this much. 

All I knew about the book was that an astronaut gets left on Mars, and people thought Matt Damon was a good choice of actor for the protagonist, which immediately made me think I wouldn't enjoy the book. 

However, after several friends insisted that I would enjoy it, and since my fiction to read pile was empty, I decided to give it a shot, and they were absolutely right. 

I thoroughly enjoyed this book, especially the "laugh or you cry" humour that was prominent throughout the narrative.