Project Hail Mary

By. Andy Weir

P. 496

Format: eArc

Rating: *****

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I received an e-arc from @Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. Then I bought the book (pictured).

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Andy Weir took the science fiction world by storm with his release of The Martian. It was gritty hard science fiction. His second novel, Artemis, was not quite as revered. Although I personally loved it, it had a lot of similarities as The Martian. The main character just seemed to be a gender bent version of Mark.

Project Hail Mary is different, and is my favorite Andy Weir book to date. Firstly, I must say there is not a single swear word in the entire book. I wouldn’t go so far as to say it was disappointing, but it was an obvious choice.

The first part of the novel may be a bit slow. You are disjointed and have no idea what is going on, because the main character, Ryland, is disjointed and has no idea of what is going on. He has lost his memory and he seems to be alone in space. 

The novel is a combination of real time events as well as memory flash backs. It makes for a very thrilling narrative. Then pops in my favorite character ever of any book - Rocky. I won’t tell you much about him because it would spoil everything. But I love him. I will buy action figures of him. . . When someone decides to make them.

If you love science fiction at all then read this book.