Play Book Tag discussion

Holy mackeral! What a fantabulous reading adventure! I loved every page, every word, of Mark's survival adventure on Mars (view spoiler)[and his ultimate rescue (hide spoiler)]. I didn't even mind all the science and math that was over my head - I just rolled with it. There was so much life, wit, humor to Mark, you just cheered him on and kept reading to see what happens next. Plus I do love a grand adventure where one has to survive on one's wits and skills.

I'm not a SciFi fan, though I've in recent years read a fair bit. I've only twice before given 5 stars to a SciFi read because I always find somethging lacking or problematic: N.K. Jemisen earned one for The City We Became and Martha Wells' Murderbot earned one with Rogue Protocol. Those 5 stars have been well- earned here.

Now I need to stream the movie adaptation. I just hope Matt Damon doesn't disappoint.

I had a feeling you were going to like it.

I loved it when I read it. I've been trying to talk my husband into watching it with me.

I'm glad you liked it!

The Martian is actually one of the few (maybe actually the only?) books where I watched the adaptation before reading the book - I really liked the movie and think it's a pretty good adaptation, as far as I can remember, though I can't really compare the two all that well.

It's such a positive message, not only about his will and ingenuity, but the collaboration of others. Plus very funny!

So glad you liked it! This was a completely unexpected delight for me too. I do like sci fi but the tone of this one was just so novel