“Project Hail Mary” by Andy Weir
Reading this book was fun, mild, thoughtful, and everything in between. It has the perfect mix of comedy, tragedy and melodrama. It’s everything I ever wanted in a really good book.
“An amnesiac astronaut awakens millions of miles from Earth with two dead crewmates. As memories return, he must solve a scientific mystery to save humanity from extinction.” — Amazon
The subject of science has never been my favourite feat, but reading this book made it look so much fun and exciting. Not saying it wasn’t very complicated and confusing reading those calculations and scientific terms, it was just intriguing to see and somewhat experience how the scientific world works.
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I couldn’t put down this book the moment I started reading it, I had to force myself to take intermittent breaks. It’s just so good. I love every character in this book, especially Ryland Grace, his sense of humor is the perfect icing on the cake. It’s without doubt Ryan Gosling did an amazing job bringing this character to life. (PS: I haven’t seen the complete movie yet, just more than enough clips on Instagram and YouTube to be convinced that the movie adaptation is worth it).
“I’m a scientist! Now we’re getting somewhere! Time for me to use science. All right, genius brain: come up with something!
…I’m hungry.
You have failed me, brain.” — this is so funny!
Grace and Rocky’s friendship is so dynamic and entertaining. I love it whenever they start bickering at each other, it gives old buddies, even siblings vibes. Rocky clung closely to Grace, after being stuck and alone in space for too many years. He never imagined that he’d ever come across another being, and not just any other being, but one whose species and planet were also at the brink of extinction. Having similar goals, in spite of the language barrier, they both make an amazing team, if not the best of the best.
“No!” Rocky says. He skitters over to the partition and taps the divider. “You sleep. Human no function well after no sleep. EVA dangerous. Sleep first. EVA next.”
I roll my eyes. “All right, all right.
He points back to my bunk. “Sleep.
“Yes, Mom.”
“Sarcasm. You sleep. I watch.”
I can’t even begin to put into perfect words how beautiful this book is and how emotional it made me feel on certain occasions. Now, all I want to do is delve into the other fictional / imaginary worlds that Andy Weir has intricately brought to life. I hope he never stops writing and indulging our imaginations. What he did with this book is so special and means a lot to me as a reader and an aspiring fictional writer.
