Proyecto Hail Mary

writh reseñó Project Hail Mary de Andy Weir

Loved every word, except the ending

5 estrellas

Advertencia de contenido Massive spoilers for the ending

I really slept on this book. The Martian is one of my all-time favorite sci-fi books. This book lived up to its legacy in a way that Artemis didn't. It was really so funny and heartwarming. It laughed out loud so many time. I wept. I felt betrayed, right along with Grace as he remembered what happened. This book was really almost perfect.

My only gripes were these:

I didn't like Rocky. Not as a character. He was just too good at fixing stuff. It made it less real. That was the magic of the Martian. It felt like it could really happen. I am not complaining about the fact of the aliens. I just didn't love how he was able to solve all of their problems with magic alien fabrication abilities.

My other complaint was the ending. I didn't think I got the pay off at the end that I wanted. I was on board with it being a tragic end. Then when Rocky magically had a ton of extra astrophage I, reluctantly, got on board with Grace surviving. I didn't really want him to die anyway. I was excited to get back to earth and see how things played out. I was excited to see him either get to chew out Stratt, or for her to be dead and for him to have to come to terms with it. I wanted that closure if he wasn't going to have sacrificed himself for the mission. But I didn't get that. Instead we got this sort of lukewarm conclusion with him going to live with the aliens and thinking to himself that maybe one day he'll go back to earth. It just really let me down.

Overall, I still have to give it a 5 because the rest was just that good. The way it was structured with the flashbacks was just genius. When books do that I usually hate it. But this was perfect. It gave us such a good break from what was going on with Grace, in the same way that the NASA scenes did in The Martian. Yeah. Just so perfect, other than the ending.

M reseñó Project Hail Mary de Andy Weir

3/5

3 estrellas

Advertencia de contenido Un pelín de destripe, un pelín de hate.

Ha llegado al aprobado porque la premisa y su desarrollo me han volado la cabeza de lo original y bien llevado. Las ideas son súper interesantes y consigue que el discurso científico sea ameno aún cuando a veces te supere un poco (Esa sensación de "no sé de qué coño me hablas, pero a tope").

Tiene un ritmo excelente, de esos libros que saben ir de un conflicto a otro sin perder fuelle y que el hecho de que sepa aguantarte un sólo personaje durante casi 500 páginas yo lo llamo un logro.

Pero lo malo. Ai, lo malo:

-No soy yo astronauta ni científica y aún así sé que no se tocan materiales desconocidos con la piel desnuda. O que cuando entras en un ambiente desconocido antes hay que estudiarlo. O que las piezas son preciadas y no se lanzan al espacio así como así. Hay tanto comportamiento irracional en esa nave que me tenía de los nervios. -Digo que sabe aguantar, pero la realidad es que el guasón mononeuronal del protagonista casi consigue que abandone el libro. -El alienígena salvándolos con un deus ex machina de la ingeniería cada vez se vuelve muy increíble muy rápido. -Casi 500 páginas y el libro pasa el test de Bechdel por una(1) unidad de diálogo hacia la mitad. Aplauso lento aquí. -En The Martian la comandante y su equipo lo abandonan. Aquí ha decidido matarlos. La cosa es que sólo quede un señor blanco cis hetero a cualquier precio. -El libro está escrito en un idioma que tiene género neutro, pero el alien hermafrodita es "he" toda la puta novela.

ReaderOne@bookwyrm.social reseñó Der Astronaut de Andy Weir

Wissenschaftlicher Roman

5 estrellas

Der Roman ist wissenschaftlich interessant und erzählt eine spannende Geschichte der Menschheit, die uns leider, auf "etwas" andere Weise, auch in Wirklichkeit betrifft. Die Reaktion der Menschheit in dieser Geschichte sollten wir uns als Vorbild nehmen.

ArianeDeTroil reseñó Proyecto Hail Mary de Andy Weir

4 estrellas

La he disfrutado a lo grande. Es pura épica -un héroe solitario embarcado en una misión imposible, un personaje plano y sin matices porque lo que importa es el viaje, el objetivo final. Las dos tramas que se superponen y complementan logran mantener el interés hasta el final y el ritmo es perfecto para enganchar al lector. Sí: no hay alardes de estilo, personajes elaborados ni estructura literariamente grandiosa. Ni falta que hace. Es pura scifi bien disfrutona y adictiva, plagadita de detalles científicos y absolutamente coherente generando su propio espacio ficticio. Si te gusta la scifi, hay que leerla.

Audio Enjoyer reseñó Project Hail Mary de Andy Weir

Awesome Science Fiction

5 estrellas

Great Science Fiction book and a great story of friendship!

Kian Ryan reseñó Project Hail Mary de Andy Weir

Problem - Solution

3 estrellas

Andy Weir writes pretty good one note hero stories that are heavy on the science and engineering and feel screen ready. This was enjoyable, but not particularly deep. Like The Martian, the protagonist suffers from a series of obstacles and overcomes them one at at time, with the application of dark humour and science and significantly less potatoes.

Badger_AF@bookwyrm.social reseñó Project Hail Mary de Andy Weir

Review of 'Project Hail Mary' on 'Goodreads'

4 estrellas

I enjoyed this work quite a bit. The only criticism I have is that at some point in the novel you reach crisis fatigue. Yes, piloting a starship based on technology that's been developed in the past year or so is going to present some issues, but it sometimes feels like it's unrelenting.

EnQueued reseñó Project Hail Mary de Andy Weir

Absolute Favorite

5 estrellas

This book instantly became one of my top 10 favorites.

The humor and the science is a big draw for me. Everything is so thuroughly explained to the point where you learn while you're sucked into the world and environment. The chemistry is the most interesting that I have ever read.

Right around the half-way mark I started to fall into the world more. I was sucked in and couldnt get out. Once I finished I just stared at the page hoping that once I blinked more pages would appear; I just wanted more even though the ending was quite succinct.

This is absolutely a great read, another banger by Andy Weir~!

This book instantly became one of my top 10 favorites.

The humor and the science is a big draw for me. Everything is so thuroughly explained to the point where you learn while you're sucked into the world and environment. The chemistry is the most interesting that I have ever read.

Right around the half-way mark I started to fall into the world more. I was sucked in and couldnt get out. Once I finished I just stared at the page hoping that once I blinked more pages would appear; I just wanted more even though the ending was quite succinct.

This is absolutely a great read, another banger by Andy Weir~!

arpia49@bookwyrm.social reseñó Proyecto Hail Mary de Andy Weir

Review of 'Proyecto Hail Mary' on 'Goodreads'

5 estrellas

Me ha encantado. Es muy entretenido y siempre están pasando cosas. El robo es desenfadado y el nivel de ciencia no es muy alto, diría que lo disfrutas si sabes de los temas pero que no es necesario para pasar un buen rato leyendo.

Disponible en audiolibro en ebiblio Madrid madrid.ebiblio.es/resources/60cc452978d89f00010166da

Sebastost reseñó Project Hail Mary de Andy Weir

Review of 'Project Hail Mary' on 'Goodreads'

5 estrellas

This is my first review of a book and is a kind of reaction to the one star commentaries that I saw. For sure I have read The Martian a while back and I can see that this book is similar, but I think a lot of people enjoy it (like I did) because of those similarities. Sure, there are a lot of cliché characters but in the kind of hopefully vision of the future that is lacking right now. The stereotipe of scientists from Russia, China, America and other places that set aside differences to save the world is a much needed hope that if the world is at stake we will all come together. Sure, the book is not all fairies and rainbows, the hero is actually a coward sent against is will to save humanity and in the mean time there is almost a surety that there …

This is my first review of a book and is a kind of reaction to the one star commentaries that I saw. For sure I have read The Martian a while back and I can see that this book is similar, but I think a lot of people enjoy it (like I did) because of those similarities. Sure, there are a lot of cliché characters but in the kind of hopefully vision of the future that is lacking right now. The stereotipe of scientists from Russia, China, America and other places that set aside differences to save the world is a much needed hope that if the world is at stake we will all come together. Sure, the book is not all fairies and rainbows, the hero is actually a coward sent against is will to save humanity and in the mean time there is almost a surety that there will be wars and the usual humans in the time of an apocalypse, but the overall tone is optimistic and upbeat and is what a lot of us need sometime. So is a fast and entertaining lecture, that you maybe forget after a while what is about, but you will remember that you felt good reading it.

Iam@bookwyrm.social reseñó Project Hail Mary de Andy Weir

Review of 'Project Hail Mary' on 'Goodreads'

5 estrellas

Best book ever.

bazpoint@ramblingreaders.org reseñó Project Hail Mary de Andy Weir

Review of 'Project Hail Mary' on 'Goodreads'

5 estrellas

What a lovely read this was... I tend to read some pretty heavy sprawling-plot sci-fi, and came at this knowing virtually nothing about it other than having seen The Martian in the cinema. As such, I found the small, contained nature of the story (despite the huge consequences in the background) to be thoroughly refreshing. I was smiling throughout and constantly wanting to read on to find out what happened next. I was up 'til 1am last night because I got close to the end and just had to keep going. Excellent.

ghose 📚 reseñó Project Hail Mary de Andy Weir

repite a fórmula do éxito

3 estrellas

"A fórmula de El Marciano repítese de xeito demasiado evidente. Resulta entretido, e con coñecementos de ensino secundario podes desfrutar lembrando aquelas asignaturas de física e química. Parecese que entendes algo."

"O libro é fácil de ler, podes ler aos poucos sen problema de perder o fío da historia xa que non ten dobleces no argumento, nin significados ou reflexións que requiran un nivel de concentración elevado."

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"A fórmula de El Marciano repítese de xeito demasiado evidente. Resulta entretido, e con coñecementos de ensino secundario podes desfrutar lembrando aquelas asignaturas de física e química. Parecese que entendes algo."

"O libro é fácil de ler, podes ler aos poucos sen problema de perder o fío da historia xa que non ten dobleces no argumento, nin significados ou reflexións que requiran un nivel de concentración elevado."

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Keith Stevenson reseñó Project Hail Mary de Andy Weir

Review of 'Project Hail Mary' on 'Goodreads'

2 estrellas

Gave up. The amnesia/ suddenly remembering stuff as required really bugged me.

Antolius reseñó Project Hail Mary de Andy Weir

Review of 'Project Hail Mary' on 'Goodreads'

4 estrellas

Good:
The plot twist around Ryland's amnesia is great!
"Space amoeba" story done right.
Relationship between Ryland and Rocky is endearing.
Audiobook elevates the whole experience.

Bad:
Protagonist with amnesia trope has been done before.
Rocky has interesting alien physiology & boring human psychology.
* Earthbound story-line and characters seem childish & oversimplified compared to science in space sequences.