Project Hail Mary

Like many others, I really enjoyed "The Martian" when it came out. I made a pass over Andy Weir's second book, as I heard discordant opinions about it around me. But reading the abstract of "Project Hail Mary", I decided to give it a go.

Well, it turns out (like somebody else already reviewed elsewhere on HC*) that Weir seems to be a one-trick pony as a writer. Don't get me wrong: it's a pretty good trick and he writes nicely: this book really is a page-turner, the plot twists are all here where you expect them!

And that for me seems to be the problem: it's a little bit too expected. However enjoyable as a summer read, and however attaching the character of the alien is, Weir is no A.C. Clarke.

At least for me, once read this book will join the second-hand bins at the local bookshop. It does not call for a re-read. Pity!

See: https://hardcover.app/books/project-hail-mary/reviews/@MrWage