Something that I could follow more easily was the language aspect of the story, which I found very ingenious. Grace’s enthusiasm for science is catching so I found myself just rolling with whatever he was saying or whatever was happing. Still, through Grace’s narration, Andy Weir manages to make all these complicated facts, theories, and scientific terms far from boring.
To be honest, after the ‘what’s 2+2’ question that occurs in the first few pages, well, I was lost (i am not joking).
The narrative is chock-full of science & maths & other stuff that went way way way over my head. Speaking of, my favourite aspect of this story was the friendship between Grace and Rocky. What follows is a clever and heart-warming storyline about survival (what one is willing to do for the ‘greater good’) and friendship. But, lucky for him, he may not have to do so alone. In space, Grace faces a seemingly never-ending series of life-or-death hurdles. Interspersed throughout the narrative are flashbacks that provide a backstory to Grace and the various stages preceding ‘project hail mary’. As he pieces together the puzzle of his identity he recalls the purpose of his mission: to save humanity (easy peasy right?). He wakes up on an empty spaceship, with two dead bodies and no memory of who he is and how he got there. One of the novel’s strengths lies in fact in its narrator and protagonist, Ryland Grace. So imagine my surprise when I found myself immediately captivated by Project Hail Mary. I’ve never read anything by this author nor have I watched the film adaptation of The Martian…the reason why is because I thought I would find them boring (yeah yeah, boohoo away). Packed with science and humor Project Hail Mary makes for a thoroughly entertaining high-stakes interstellar adventure.
This was me during the majority of this novel:
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