One of my favourite sci-fi books of all time. I managed to have nothing spoiled and was stunned by the direction the book went in. Loved it.

I have only one thing to say about this book: "Good good good!" ;)

It's just straight up "fun". I really enjoyed it, but would never suggest it's one of the sci Fi greats, and is defensible among the greats.

That said, I'll reread it in a year or so, and recommend it to non tech/nerd friends looking for a sci Fi story

Oh, the audio book is excellent. I can't imagine it any other way

It's always a great read with Andy Weir's books. It's like listening to a science communicator trying to explain a science concept and why we should care. In this case you need to care because we are rooting for rocky!

Sometimes I wish I can be a fly in the room whenever Ryland and Rocky are interacting.

I loved that they wanted to use Excel because of how battle tested it is. I use a lot of "newer" programming languages and libraries in my work but having something stable and reliable really has its place.

I enjoyed the concept of the book. I didn’t like being constantly reminded that Ryland Grace was a teacher as if I couldn’t remember that between chapters. There was way too much of this beating me over the head with simple science and reminders of things that happened earlier that it took me out of enjoying the story.

I enjoyed this one, a bit less than the martian but more than Artemis. Like the other two, it is a book that's easy to read and a page turner, his humor resonates pretty well with me. However having read three books from Andy Weir, they all feel very much the same and I get a little bit of "one trick pony" vibe from his books because they're so similar.

John, Paul, George, Ringo and Jazz Hands

The real story wasn’t what was in the book it was the 🎵🎶🎵🎶🎶🎵 that we made along the way

I listened to it on a long drive recently, and really enjoyed the audiobook version. The voice actor did a good job, and I liked the chords with the alien voice. The last 20% we were listening on the edge of our seats.

And then, a few weeks later, it’s… fine. I like to call books like this “Good Time Fun”. It probably won’t be remembered in 100 years like other more timeless works, but it’s a heck of a lot of fun if you just go along for the ride.

Another commenter suggested Young Adult, and that’s exactly what it feels like. There’s challenges, strong emotions, a bit of a a twist or two (pretty easy to see coming), clever creativity, Science To The Rescue, and Friendship Conquers Everything! You know, Good Time Fun!

I enjoyed it. One thing that bothered me is that there was no need to evolve the predator organism in the ship and send the already evolved organism back. People back on earth would be perfectly capable of figuring that out and solving that problem. He should just have sent the organism sample immediately when he had it available. Delaying it put the entire mission in a great risk for no reason at all.

This was a major disappointment for me after the brilliant Martian and The Egg. I just can’t stand the writing style that’s like someone is describing what happens on a movie screen (Harry Potter is the same). While the tech and the alien were good ideas, almost every single action is predictable like a movie that’s stitched together from cliches until the very end that had a good twist.