The Martian by Andy Weir
››› Download audio book for free. ‹‹‹ Original Title: The Martian ISBN: 0804139024 ISBN13: 9780804139021 Autor: Andy Weir (Goodreads Author) Rating: 3 of 5 stars (2432) counts Original Format: Hardcover, 369 pages Download Format: PDF, FB2, DJVU, iBook. Published: February 11th 2014 / by Crown / (first published 2011) Language: English Genre(s): Science Fiction- 8,328 users Fiction- 5,516 users
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Rewiews:
Mar 13, 2014 Davy-Gravy Rated it: it was ok Unpopular opinion time: I don't like how this book is written. Watney's journals read like a nerdy blog rather than a dramatic survivor's diary. It's hard to find something harrowing and traumatic when the protagonist is saying "yay!" a lot and making incessant corny puns. "3.6 pirate-ninjas!" "Yay oxygen!" "Lol gay probe lol!!!!!1!" "Bad rover, no Scooby snack!!!111!" "LOL craaaaaaap!!1!" For me, those aren't funny, they're almost embarrassing. No matter what horrible thing is happening to Watne Unpopular opinion time: I don't like how this book is written. Watney's journals read like a nerdy blog rather than a dramatic survivor's diary. It's hard to find something harrowing and traumatic when the protagonist is saying "yay!" a lot and making incessant corny puns. "3.6 pirate-ninjas!" "Yay oxygen!" "Lol gay probe lol!!!!!1!" "Bad rover, no Scooby snack!!!111!" "LOL craaaaaaap!!1!" For me, those aren't funny, they're almost embarrassing. No matter what horrible thing is happening to Watney, he's sure to pull though, but not before laying a smug, cutesy zinger on us. It sucks all the tension out of any situation, which is the complete opposite of what I want in a book that's supposed to be a thriller. Now, don't get me wrong, Andy Weir is a great technical writer. When Watney isn't being a wacky douche, he's going on and on about some technical or mechanical or biological process that, with me not being a scientist, usually goes over my head. And that's fine, I have no fault with a book that's factually complicated like that. In fact, it's really admirable and cool that Weir is able to pool all of his expertise into a book about survival on Mars. That being said, other aspects of the book suffer. According to the author's bio on the back of the book, Andy Weir "was first hired as a programmer for a national laboratory at age fifteen and has been working as a software engineer ever since. He is also a lifelong space nerd and a devoted hobbyist of subjects like relativistic physics, orbital mechanics, and the history of manned spaceflight." If I can stereotype here, it shows. My guess is that he doesn't really know how people behave or interact in the real world. The dialog is stilted and awkward. The characters are all onedimensional and flat. They almost seem like an afterthought. The emotional and psychological
trauma rendered by all these near-death experiences and complete and utter isolation? What trauma? There's no mention of that anywhere. Watney is apparently that cool and awesome of a guy, as evidenced by all his canned laugh track one-liners and grating sarcasm. But hey, maybe that doesn't bother some people (obviously, considering that people actually watch The Big Bang Theory), and they're in for a technologically-driven, "funny" space-thriller. Because I have to admit, it's a terrifyingly cool premise. It just wasn't what I was expecting. I was hoping for an emotionally-taxing, horrifying, survival drama, but instead got a cutesily witty astrophysics manual. Just because something is nerdy doesn't automatically mean that it's good. 1728 likes 369 comments
Châu Nguyên That's the point of this book! I love it because it's super geeky. The story is interesting and captivating to me. It's not that easy to find books li That's the point of this book! I love it because it's super geeky. The story is interesting and captivating to me. It's not that easy to find books like this, you know (I'm a science geek). You don't like it not because it's bad but because it's not your kind of book! :) I find it better when reading this book out loud, so I agree with comments that say the audiobook is better.
Jan 23, 2017 12:56PM
OwlProwl I get why you didn't like it. Heck, if I'd been in another mood when I picked it up, I'm pretty sure I would have agreed with everything you say here.
Jan 23, 2017 11:27PM
