This is just so, so incredibly my shit.

For reference, I'm an astronautical engineering major, so part of the joy of this for me is how much of it parallels what I'm learning in my classes! I can absolutely see how this book (similar to The Martian) might be way too science-heavy for some people. I know if I read a book with this much intensity about a subject that wasn't my exact niche I would not have a good time with it.

That being said, I loved this so much. It took everything I enjoyed about The Martian (the humor, the science, the stakes) and turned it up about a million notches. There are a lot of marked similarities, primarily the overly simplistic plot summary of "science man gets stranded in space and must use hella science to get out of his predicament," but the additions of the adventure of it all and the circumstances are just so much more exciting. I don't want to offer anything more than what's in the plot summary here on Goodreads, so I can't get too much into it, but this book just had so much more creativity that went into it and I love it.

My only gripe is the amnesia plot point. Because our main character wakes up at the beginning of the book with amnesia, we essentially have a dual-timeline novel: his stranded-in-space survival saga as it unfolds, and the history of how he got there as he remembers it. The past timeline passages were far less interesting, in my opinion, and I often felt they were far too long. A decent amount of that content did come around to being relevant again, so I understand the decision, but a lot of it ended up being filler that I wish had been scrapped.

Regardless, this book was amazing. If you enjoyed The Martian or are a fan of sci-fi or space like I am, I think you'll love this book.

ARC provided by the publisher in exchange for a review.