Andy Weir’s novel, Project Hail Mary, is a Science Fiction book that is a survival narrative. It is also about sacrifice and utilitarianism. Andy Weir has also written The Martian, a very funny and scientific book about Mark Watney’s experience on Mars, as well as Artemis which centers on Jazz and how she gets involved in a conspiracy to take over the moon’s city.
In Andy Weir’s Project Hail Mary, the protagonist, Ryland Grace, awakens on a spaceship with no previous memories and two dead foreigners. He has a vague memory of needing to save Earth from Astropage, an alien microbe that will cause mass extinction unless stopped. Ryland has no idea what he’s doing or how he’ll accomplish it by himself. Although it would be extremely useful, he can’t talk to mission control due to it being 12 light years away. As he tries to figure out how he arrived there and what he’ll do, he meets a friend and together they attempt to save everyone.
I enjoyed the book immensely. It was an interesting adventure through which I learned many facts that include how time dilation feels. I loved seeing how Ryland makes decisions based on his lost memories and how his morals are also affected. It is also interesting to see how desperate people can become to save their world and how that affects knowledge and safety. I enjoyed seeing how the characters decide how their morals make their decisions and how they react to changes of events. It can be seen that while the story is made up, a lot of research went into creating the setting, like how Ryland uses gravity to figure out where he is.
Project Hail Mary is a very interesting and fun book to read. It has many facts and goes very in depth into how certain things work using a considerable vocabulary and many numbers. Not to worry, his writing style is intriguing, easy to understand, and draws you into the storyline and the characters’ lives. There is still a suspenseful adventure and quite a few jokes to enjoy.
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