Week 30 Review: Project Hail Mary

From Goodreads:

A lone astronaut must save the earth from disaster in this incredible new science-based thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Martian.

Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission--and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish.

Except that right now, he doesn't know that. He can't even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it.

All he knows is that he's been asleep for a very, very long time. And he's just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.

His crewmates dead, his memories fuzzily returning, he realizes that an impossible task now confronts him. Alone on this tiny ship that's been cobbled together by every government and space agency on the planet and hurled into the depths of space, it's up to him to conquer an extinction-level threat to our species.

And thanks to an unexpected ally, he just might have a chance.

Part scientific mystery, part dazzling interstellar journey, Project Hail Mary is a tale of discovery, speculation, and survival to rival The Martian--while taking us to places it never dreamed of going.

My Review:
I loved reading this book! I've enjoyed all of his books, but this is the first of them that could be classified as traditional sci fi. I loved the whole idea of it, of a group of people trying to find a way to solve this issue of the sun being eaten. 

The way this story was told was really great-we bounced between the present when he has memory loss, and he's stuck on his spaceship alone, and the past, where this issue has started, and humanity has to find a way to solve it. It worked so well! 

That unexpected ally that's mentioned? Well, like I said, this is more traditional sci fi, and we have first contact! I loved watching that story unfold, and I'm not sure which of the two was my favourite character, because they were both so great! 

The science in this book was really great, with what this threat was, and the flashbacks of how they were analyzing what they had, and preparing for the mission that he ultimately ends up on. There was always something that they could do, either some problem to react to, or some mission to complete, and it was really compelling! 

And oh, those twists in the end! They made sense for what had happened previously, but I just wasn't expecting them! But it does work out in the end, I like the choices that Ryland made. It's bittersweet, but such a great read! 

This was a really great book, and I can't wait for whatever is next from Andy Weir! 

Author: Andy Weir
Read: July 27th, 2021
Source: Ebook.bike
Reason Why: Love his writing and it sounded really great, and it's a SAC 2021 Book and a WoW Book!
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: May 4th 2021

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars