Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir (2021): A Review
Author: Andy Weir
Publication Year: 2021
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Pages: 496
Source: audiobook @storytel.tr
Genre: science fiction
Awards: winner of the Dragon Award, Goodreads Choice Awards, Audie Award, & Seiun Award Best Translated Long Work; Finalist for the Canopus Award, Hugo Award, Xingyun Award, & Premio Italia International Science Fiction Novel
Finally, I listened to PHM and joined the fan club.
This book is ridiculous levels of fun. Our main guy, Ryland Grace, is basically a Deadpool-ish chaos ex-academic now a high school teacher, but with actual degrees, better manners, and a lab coat. He’s wildly scientific, absurdly resourceful, and somehow still spends half the book roasting himself so hard I was giggling out loud. The two “voices” of Grace—especially the self-deprecating one—had me belly-laughing while he’s out there, you know, casually trying to stop the end of the world on an interstellar field trip.
Did I immensely enjoy the book? 1000%. Did my brain short-circuit at all the science thingies? 1,000,000%. Was the alien (ooooops, spoiler) absolutely adorable? Sure. Was he even remotely plausible as an alien? -1,000,000%. Did I care about any of these problems? Not even a little.
Whatever your complaints, this is a rock-solid 5-star read for the sheer entertainment value alone. It had me giggling like an unhinged maniac in public and while doing housework. I actually had to pause and explain to my husband that I was laughing at a book so he wouldn’t assume I’d finally lost it.
Next step: THE MOVIE. I am ready to giggle my way through that, too.
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