
Here are three reasons you should try Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary.ġ.

If a paragraph starts with an asterisk, know that it may contain a mild spoiler). It’s pretty hard to avoid spoilers when discussing this novel, but I will try to keep details as vague as possible. (However, I would like to disclaim that this review will include some spoilers-mostly because when readers begin the book, both the reader and narrator know absolutely nothing about what’s going on. Project Hail Mary was breathtaking, tear-jerking, captivating, hilarious, and heartwarming.

I wasn’t sure I was ready to slog through a somewhat lonely, desolate, and math-heavy text (I majored in Creative Writing for a reason!) again.īut I am more than willing to be proven wrong, and in my assessment of Andy Weir as a storyteller, I certainly was. So when a friend recommended his latest novel, Project Hail Mary , I was a bit skeptical. I am about to admit something that is probably pretty taboo for a science fiction reader: I didn’t love Andy Weir’s The Martian. I didn’t dislike it-I just wasn’t Matt Damon-movie-level taken in by the story or its characters.
