Project Hail Mary - Review
Link to the author's (A. Weir) personal website
Genre: Sci-Fi
Publication Type: Book
Tags:
- Average Age of Main Characters (35)
- Length (5 / 10)
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Blurb: Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission--and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish.
Except that right now, he doesn't know that. He can't even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it.
All he knows is that he's been asleep for a very, very long time. And he's just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.
His crewmates dead, his memories fuzzily returning, he realizes that an impossible task now confronts him. Alone on this tiny ship that's been cobbled together by every government and space agency on the planet and hurled into the depths of space, it's up to him to conquer an extinction-level threat to our species.
And thanks to an unexpected ally, he just might have a chance.
Review: A phenomenally good stand alone story. I greatly enjoyed how the flashbacks were spliced throughout the book, and think the book is a superb example of that type of writing. I loved the plot, and hugely appreciate the truly amazing job the author did in explaining the sci-fi concepts necessary for the plot. They were engaging, and enhanced the readability instead of being necessary justifications for a larger story.
Astrophage is simply genius, and may only be outdone by Rocky for the lovability. This is a great example of stand alone sci-fi, especially due to the satisfaction of the ending.
The structure was great, and I loved the flashbacks spliced throughout the