Very solid, fun read. If you enjoyed The Martian, you'll like this. Another story about an isolated protagonist, using science to save the day, but with aliens.

Didn't capture my attention and engagement. Interested in trying it again though and hopefully it will take.

The Martian by Andy Weir was science-y, geeky, irreverent, and a whole lot of fun. Artemis was a little less geeky, a little more about politic and greed, still fun, but without the intensity of The Martian. While Project Hail Mary does not live up to the intensity and humor of The Martian, it does provide an entertaining read and an important reminder that we are all ultimately one world.

Read my complete review at http://www.memoriesfrombooks.com/2022/03/project-hail-mary.html

Reviewed for NetGalley.

Oh how I wanted to love this. I love Sci Fi / Fantasy and couldn’t wait to dive in. Unfortunately, I struggled to connect with this one from the get go. I put it down and picked it up several times, hoping things would change and that it would all of a sudden be the right time, but alas, it was not. This is simp;y the case of my being the wrong reader for this novel.

Thank you to Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine for the arc.

Andy Weir is just amazing with his intricately plotted, intelligent, compelling stand alone science fiction novels. In this novel we find Rayland Grace on a spaceship, alone and with no memory of who he is or even his name. We get the story through flashbacks and find out that he's humanity's last hope for survival. Once again Weir gives the reader a hero that's smart and we can connect with and cheer for. Thank you #NetGalley for my ARC. #projecthailmary

Overall, I thought this was a good read. The science was a little intense at times, and I wasn't super thrilled with the ending, but I did enjoy most of it and thought it was really unique.

Way better than The Martian. A must read for everyone. I really enjoyed the complex characters and the way the story unfolded.

Amazing. I recommended it to my boyfriend who hasn't read a book since high school required reading. He finished it in 3 days! He still talks about how great it was and how it has gotten him into reading now.

Project Hail Mary is the newest book by Andy Weir (author of The Martian). I read this last year but wanted to still review it here. This book is a stand-alone hard science fiction story set on a space ship. Like The Martian, it features a lone protagonist who must survive his predicament, but in this story, he also must save all of humanity.

I enjoyed this book a lot and found it took several surprising twists that kept me guessing at the outcome until the end. Being a fan of Andy Weir's earlier books (The Martian, Artemis), I did go into this with certain expectations. While parts of the story are told in a non-linear fashion, it worked out well to fill in the gaps in Ryland Grace's memory and give the reader the full story.

The ally that he meets was a wonderful character and I found their initial interactions believable despite the need for fiction to speed these types of challenges along. And I know that I'm being intentionally vague here because I don't want to spoil this for anyone who hasn't read the book yet.

Overall this was one of my favorite reads of 2021! It won the Goodreads Choice award for Best Science Fiction for 2021 and is under development as a movie.

I LOVED this story. I downloaded it from Netgalley but didn't read it for a while because I was afraid of being disappointed after The Martian. I should not have waited. One of the best books I read all year. It is fantastic and I have been recommending it to everyone! Just fantastic.

I enjoyed The Martian and Artemis, but my goodness did I LOVE this book. I couldn't put it down. It was a nice blend of reality based science and pure science fiction with more character development than we saw in The Martian. Highly recommend. Thank you to net galley for access to this book in exchange for an honest review.

Enjoyable story, and I really liked the linguistic aspects. While the plot requires some suspension of belief, I raced through it and liked the ending. A fun read.

I’ve found Weir’s books to be pretty hit or miss, and this one fell a little more on the miss side for me.

Andy Weir has a way of making science and math, and a lot of it, somehow manageable entertainment for someone not very "math brained". He is a very strong writer! I loved his other books. And this one, while it had a little more heart with Gace's new found buddy, I couldn't get into it as much. It went a little too far out of my willing suspension of disbelief and it wasnt' my favorite by him, but I still enjoyed the reading experience.

Andy Weir continues to show why he's a master of SF - this time, injecting a little more speculative SF into his hard SF, but still, a fantastic read. His characters are masterfully fleshed out, the science and information fully explored, and the story progresses expertly. This is a book I can wholeheartedly recommend to any SF fan, and probably to those who don't describe themselves that way but appreciate good writing.

Really great story with a very satisfying ending. Highly recommend this one for anyone who enjoys Sci-Fi.

I am not a science fiction fan but I loved this story. It is ultimately the storty of freindship and sacrifice. Excellent as an audio book too!

It took awhile to get to it, but I finally did. It will certainly be added to my list of highly recommended sci-fi books.

Another tightly crafted narrative - though we had a hard time engaging with the dad-jokiness of the narrator this time.

Andy Weir hits it out of the park again! This was one of my favorite books of 2021--it recaptured The Martian's unputdownable quality and kept me hooked from the start. The narrative structure, with flashbacks slowly revealing critical information, worked really well for me. Can't recommend it enough!