Shae

This was a beautifully written book, I simply wasn't the target audience. I found myself both missing detail and feeling like there wasn't enough. This is a short book, and I wonder if that was a flaw in that there couldn't be as much world building, mythos, etc as I usually prefer in my books. If you like your books snappy, with fairly quick emotions and very quick plot, this is likely more for you. 

This book, along with a very select few, has stuck with me decades after reading. It struck me in school when this book was first assigned, just how beautiful and poignant the subject matter was even when it was written in the 90s. It has only become more so as time has gone on. Especially when read as part of the quartet it was written into, this book has an excellent lesson to carry on.

If I could give this book 6 stars, or even more, I would.

I am not a scifi person, let me start there. I've rarely read scifi, and certainly not this type. Project Hail Mary kept coming up on my social media as a high rated book and eventually one has to give in to that kind of pressure with nearly no negative points. Fast forward to me reading the first chapter and then not stopping until I was done. I cried multiple times, I laughed so hard. This book is an incredible hopeful, beautiful look at humanity, life, and what lengths we'll go to in order to save ourselves and those we love. I don't know if any book this year will top this one, but I know I will be thinking about Grace (and Rocky) for months to come.