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Pros & Cons
Pros
It is taught, well-written and engrossing. If you are searching for a suspenseful novel that will make you laugh out loud.
Despite being alone on a planet fifty-eight million miles away from earth, watney never loses his sense of humor. The author makes it very interesting when portraying the character's personality in the book by adding his likes on music like the beetle... Read More
The martian by andy weir is a go-to comfort read for me as i find it so uplifting, and i don't always remember to note it in gr. The book and movie do indeed diverge enough in events – successful hacks, new problems and triumphs, that the last third o... Read More
Cons
Wil wheaton is a terrible narrator. It's like pithy comments about duct tape! Bray to wheaton - not even close. Stiff, dry, and totally unbelievable.
I was not engaged with the story or could feel the character’s critical situation. I would forgive them if they didn't bury the original version.
It really read like a middle schooler jotting down everything that came to mind" "no crafting of sentences or paragraphs.
Highlights
Quality
Even with the neediness it honestly was easy to read
The book goes into much greater detail of how mark whatney eventually with the help of nasa tackles each new problem first to s... Read More
First it seems entirely implausible that watney would give 0 interviews with the press upon his return to earth
It is about a failed mission to mars which ends up with the astronaut mark watney stranded alone on mars
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Mark watney an astronaut is stranded on mars as his crew members believe he died during an emergency evacuation from their habi... Read More
Competitiveness
I thought it would be the silliest thing in the world
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As far as science fiction 34hardness34 can be this book is as hard as it can be
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Gernsback and campbell would have fought a duel to publish this
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Asimov and heinlein are rolling in their graves because they did not write it
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Mars is a tougher environment than deep space
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The giant sandstorm cannot happen
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Nasa plans to bury the hab for radiation protection
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Marginal cost for a longer mission pales in comparison to the cost of just getting there and returning
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Nasa says use nuclear thermal and impulsive burn
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