Project Hail Mary

Project Hail Mary • Andy Weir

⭑ 5.1 Stars

Given the worldwide success of The Martian, I had high expectations that unfortunately weren’t met in Weir’s latest effort. Although there were many redeemable qualities about the novel, including an ambitious vision and several references to modern day technology, the book had a difficult time straddling that same day reality with the sci-fi driven narrative of a human being saving humanity from another galaxy with the support of a sentient alien.

This effect is only compounded by Weir’s attempt to cram warnings of genuine environmental destruction with validated scientific support into an already far fetched narrative, forcing the reader to balance between reality and fiction in a way that almost diminishes the effect of those warnings. Overall, it was a bit tedious of a read and you’d be better off reading another book from Weir’s catalog.