Hi book friends! You've probably already seen the movie ( which I haven't! ) BUT this was a great book. I originally bought it for my dad for Christmas last year because so many people had recommended it. I'll start by saying that my dad and I have very different reading tastes so it took me a while to get around to reading this one. It's intensely packed with science and I'm definitely not a science person ( as an aside, when my husband and I were friends he had to help me through Chemistry, which was a science class I actually enjoyed ). So, I was intimidated by this book and almost gave it up at the beginning BUT I'm glad I didn't! In case you've been living under a rock like I have, The Martian is about one very unlucky guy named Mark Watney, who, in a freak accident, gets left on Mars, alone, and has to attempt to survive until help arrives, if it arrives. There were a lot of things I loved about this book but here are the biggest two: One, Mark is funny. Totally my sense of humor--witty and dry and entertaining and sarcastic. Even during all of the science blah, blah, blah, the author made Mark funny and entertaining so I didn't mind! ( I will be honest and say I skimmed, assumed, and skipped over a lot of the science, though! ) Two, THE SUSPENSE! Will he make it? Won't he make it? Is this the moment that messes everything up and irrevocably decides his fate? Now? Now? NOW?! You'll have to read it to find out and that's certainly one of the things that kept me going ( even though I thought I knew how it ended! ). You would like The Martian if you like. . . science! (mostly) realistic fiction space adventure suspense humor, witt, sarcasm books that are movies perhaps a different kind of read for you too! Books make great Christmas, Hanukkah, and holiday presents!
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