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The Martian by Andy Weir

9 reviews

jayclaw's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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fuzzball's review against another edition

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adventurous funny fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

The audiobook read by Wil Wheaton is fantastic, he is so evocative and involved in his reading. His reading legitimately adds to the experience of this book. 
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thorspoptarts's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny inspiring sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

6/17/24: (4.5 stars) Pretty good book!! I watched the movie first, so I was kind of surprised that
Beck, not Lewis, was the person that went out on the tether to save Watney. Made me kind of annoyed that Beck, in the movie, was kind of shoved into the background.

I loved Mark's positivity, even though he planned for every outcome, even his death. It's slightly unrealistic how positive he was, but inspiring all the same.

2/27/25: (5 stars) Rereading this book was so comforting! I know that a book about being left behind on Mars and pretty much doomed to die usually wouldn't be considered a comfort book, but it is mine!! This is one of my favorite books of all time!
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robbiehuman's review against another edition

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adventurous funny inspiring tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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chrisljm's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging hopeful informative medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Ngl I was confused for about 20% of the book because of all the math, science, and engineering. My brain was working overtime to understand and imagine everything. I tried my best but I'm pretty sure I was making shit up sometimes. But nonetheless, I still appreciated the amount of science and research that went into this book and it felt incredibly realistic (but what do I know, because I will not be fact-checking at all). 

Although I enjoyed Project Hail Mary much more, this was still good and I was invested in the mission to save Mark Watney as well. The humor gets kinda childish, but it still made me laugh a few times. 

I will say I was curious on how Andy Weir was going to handle the narrative of Watney being the only man on Mars and trying to survive and make it back to Earth. I thought it was very much going to be a solo mission and so I was pleasantly surprised when I saw that we were also going to get the pov of the crew on Earth who are also working to save Watney's life. I think this is what I enjoyed most about the book, that even though Watney is physically on his own on another planet, he's not in the fight alone because he has a whole team and crew working with him to save his life. It was very touching to see the amount of people working to save one person. 
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planetsaturns's review against another edition

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adventurous funny hopeful informative lighthearted
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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ratnestinhabitant's review against another edition

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adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

While this book has it's funny moments, it's often focusing on science and can be hard to understand if you aren't very much of a 'science person'.
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kfquarium's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging funny hopeful medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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madeleine_wilks's review against another edition

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adventurous funny lighthearted tense

5.0

Phenomenal!! If I were to tell you about a book that is mostly sciencey, mathy, dramatic home renovations, you probably wouldn’t want to read it. But somehow this book was so gripping. It’s just... it’s just awesome alright. Read it. Unless you hate nerdy stuff, in which case don’t.
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