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Project Hail Mary
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bookshelves: sci-fi-aliens, sci-fi, sci-fi-apocalypse, sci-fi-space-exploration, adult, new-adult, nz-y13, male-protagonist, great-premise-well-executed, gripping, humourous, friendships, apocalypse, dual-timeline
Jan 17, 2022
bookshelves: sci-fi-aliens, sci-fi, sci-fi-apocalypse, sci-fi-space-exploration, adult, new-adult, nz-y13, male-protagonist, great-premise-well-executed, gripping, humourous, friendships, apocalypse, dual-timeline
I dropped Science as soon as I could in High School. Nothing to do with the teachers (I believe one is a police detective now). It just felt really hard to understand. So by all accounts I should have disliked this book. I did not. I loved it. Deeply.
At the risk of embarrassing myself, I don't 100% know what parts of the science were real or fiction or hypothetically true (aside from what felt glaringly obvious...well I sincerely hope the parts that I thought were fiction actually are fiction or we are munted). In the end it didn't matter because I completely understood the Science as it was presented in this book. Oddly, I also enjoyed and understood the mathsy type stuff as well. Anyone who has watched me count knows I still use my fingers...
It was such an entertaining story and I thought the two main characters were absolutely brilliant.
In and among the science there was humour. Exactly my type of humour.
"I penetrated the outer cell membrane with a nano syringe."
"You poked it with a stick?"
"No!" I said. "Well. Yes. But it was a scientific poke with a very scientific stick”
The audiobook was amazing and it was so well narrated. The 17 hours flew by!
This superb book is a must for science fiction lovers!
CW: Impending Extinction Level Event, (view spoiler)
At the risk of embarrassing myself, I don't 100% know what parts of the science were real or fiction or hypothetically true (aside from what felt glaringly obvious...well I sincerely hope the parts that I thought were fiction actually are fiction or we are munted). In the end it didn't matter because I completely understood the Science as it was presented in this book. Oddly, I also enjoyed and understood the mathsy type stuff as well. Anyone who has watched me count knows I still use my fingers...
It was such an entertaining story and I thought the two main characters were absolutely brilliant.
In and among the science there was humour. Exactly my type of humour.
"I penetrated the outer cell membrane with a nano syringe."
"You poked it with a stick?"
"No!" I said. "Well. Yes. But it was a scientific poke with a very scientific stick”
The audiobook was amazing and it was so well narrated. The 17 hours flew by!
This superb book is a must for science fiction lovers!
CW: Impending Extinction Level Event, (view spoiler)
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Reading Progress
January 14, 2022
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January 14, 2022
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January 17, 2022
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sci-fi-aliens
January 17, 2022
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sci-fi
January 17, 2022
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sci-fi-apocalypse
January 17, 2022
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sci-fi-space-exploration
January 17, 2022
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adult
January 17, 2022
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new-adult
January 17, 2022
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nz-y13
January 17, 2022
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male-protagonist
January 17, 2022
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great-premise-well-executed
January 17, 2022
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gripping
January 17, 2022
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humourous
January 17, 2022
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friendships
January 17, 2022
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apocalypse
January 17, 2022
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dual-timeline
January 17, 2022
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I bought my teenage son this book for Christmas. He hasn't read it yet, but I'm quite keen to see what he thinks when he gets to it. (I may give it a go myself, too.)
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Angie wrote: "I bought my teenage son this book for Christmas. He hasn't read it yet, but I'm quite keen to see what he thinks when he gets to it. (I may give it a go myself, too.)"I hope you both enjoy it, Angie. I had quite a few laugh out loud moments ❤📚
Fantastic review, Claude! Glad you loved it. That quote is hilarious! 🤣
Excellent review, my husband read this one and said he thinks I would like it so I will probably give it a try at some point. I think I'll get the audiobook.
Michael wrote: "Fantastic review, Claude! Glad you loved it. That quote is hilarious! 🤣"Thank you, Michael. It really was quite funny in places ❤📚
Melissa (LifeFullyBooked) wrote: "Excellent review, my husband read this one and said he thinks I would like it so I will probably give it a try at some point. I think I'll get the audiobook."Thank you, Melissa. The audiobook is fabulous ❤📚
Great review, Claude! The audio for this one was excellent. Andy Weir is so enthusiastic about science that it becomes so much fun!
Nataliya wrote: "Great review, Claude! The audio for this one was excellent. Andy Weir is so enthusiastic about science that it becomes so much fun!"Thank you, Nataliya. I was totally into the science which is unusual for me ❤📚
