Ashleigh Motbey's Reviews > The Martian

I absolutely loved the movie of this (I watched it before I even knew it was a book first) but I had no idea what to expect from the book. Well, my expectations were thoroughly exceeded with the brilliance of this book.

The fact that the science in this book went right over my head at times, yet I still gave it five stars, is very telling. Andy Weir (and Wil Wheaton, the narrator) had me captivated from the very first word to the very end. Mark Watney's voice in his log entries, along with the third person narrative throughout, were so enthralling that I didn't even want it to end.

Until now, the only books I've ever felt an urge to reread were Harry Potter, but honestly, 2 days after finishing it and I already want to rewind my audiobook and start it again, I loved it so much.

My brain is a mess, trying to piece together what I want to say. I can't even pinpoint my favourite parts, because the whole damn thing was my favourite lol. This is definitely going down as one of my all time favourite books. I went in with this with zero expectations and came out wanting to relive The Martian over and over.

I think I definitely liked the POV from the people at NASA the best. Not because I didn't love Mark, but the science he talked about was - whilst interesting - hard to process and follow at times. The third person was much easier to understand.

If you haven't read this yet, but it's sitting on your TBR shelf and you've been meaning to pick it up - PICK IT UP. Now. You will not regret it.