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The Martian by Andy Weir
4.0

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Characters:
Mark Watney, astronaut, botanist, mechanical engineer, on Mars
NASA Crew on Earth
Hermes Crew in Space

Themes: survival under extreme circumstances, isolation/ loneliness, guilt, despair, hunger

Cover:
Dust jacket: colour gradient, orange -> red -> black
Book: black

Author: never read before

Setting: Mars, Space, NASA headquarters

POV: log entries (Mark), 3rd person

Liked: humor, perspective, characters, plot
Did not like: pace, scientific explanations where a bit hard to follow for me especially in english