I've read this book once, a long time ago, about the time when the movie came out, and I really, really liked it. I decided to pick it up again after coming upon it at my local bookstore, and re-reading it was just as easy and fun as I remembered. The Martian is an insanely quick read that keeps you entertained and invested from start to finish, even when you know how it all plays out. Weir's writing style is also excellent in this, both in the first-person POV chapters (Log Entries), and in the third-person observations of what happens on Earth parallel. I recommend this to anyone looking to get into reading Sci-Fi, since The Martian keeps its Sci-Fi pretty grounded and believable, or to anyone that is just looking to get (back) into reading.  Some things in the book rubbed me the wrong way and perhaps aged a bit poorly, but it's generally such a fun read.

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