I am reading the fourth book in the South Reach trilogy. It is pretty good*

Posted by gvibes on July 29, 2025, 13:46:17, in reply to "Project Hail Mary... This is a supremely underwhelming read so far."

Previous Message I'm a little over halfway through, and it's been a struggle. My main issues are: -the main character is supremely annoying, like a youth pastor made himself in a video game -the glibness and smugness of every human character, the non sense science gives the story no real urgency -the dialogue is much too snappy -combine those and you've got a YA novel that tries to deliver "The story of your life" from the producers of big bang theory and boy meets world. Maybe Andy Weir's style just isn't for me. I thought the Martian was good enough, but this one just isn't doing it.

For those that liked Project Hail Mary, thoughts on Dark Matter (Blake Crouch)?...

Posted by shua on July 29, 2025, 13:17:13, in reply to "Project Hail Mary... This is a supremely underwhelming read so far."

I liked the book. *

Posted by harb on July 29, 2025, 9:27:51, in reply to "Project Hail Mary... This is a supremely underwhelming read so far."

Previous Message I'm a little over halfway through, and it's been a struggle. My main issues are: -the main character is supremely annoying, like a youth pastor made himself in a video game -the glibness and smugness of every human character, the non sense science gives the story no real urgency -the dialogue is much too snappy -combine those and you've got a YA novel that tries to deliver "The story of your life" from the producers of big bang theory and boy meets world. Maybe Andy Weir's style just isn't for me. I thought the Martian was good enough, but this one just isn't doing it. [Assassin] Harb is the epitome of a Goldfish Troll. [Opey] Assholes gonna asshole [tiki] #### all the way off with that, you bloodthirsty hilljack.

I agree with what you wrote, but enough worked that i liked it. Not sure how many more of his books

Posted by CoronaTheirAss on July 28, 2025, 15:02:59, in reply to "Project Hail Mary... This is a supremely underwhelming read so far."

I could handle though. And reading PHM made me dislike Mark Watney a bit as his personality quirks were too close to PHM's main character Previous Message I'm a little over halfway through, and it's been a struggle. My main issues are: -the main character is supremely annoying, like a youth pastor made himself in a video game -the glibness and smugness of every human character, the non sense science gives the story no real urgency -the dialogue is much too snappy -combine those and you've got a YA novel that tries to deliver "The story of your life" from the producers of big bang theory and boy meets world. Maybe Andy Weir's style just isn't for me. I thought the Martian was good enough, but this one just isn't doing it.

I agree that Weir's writing style can be annoying at times, and the main character is a Mary Sue

Posted by IlliniRunner on July 28, 2025, 13:09:24, in reply to "Project Hail Mary... This is a supremely underwhelming read so far."

I really enjoyed it. Not all books are for everyone. Maybe try some Colleen Hoover!*

Posted by shua on July 28, 2025, 12:19:42, in reply to "Project Hail Mary... This is a supremely underwhelming read so far."

Previous Message I'm a little over halfway through, and it's been a struggle. My main issues are: -the main character is supremely annoying, like a youth pastor made himself in a video game -the glibness and smugness of every human character, the non sense science gives the story no real urgency -the dialogue is much too snappy -combine those and you've got a YA novel that tries to deliver "The story of your life" from the producers of big bang theory and boy meets world. Maybe Andy Weir's style just isn't for me. I thought the Martian was good enough, but this one just isn't doing it.

it gets better near the end (sp)

Posted by bbonb on July 28, 2025, 11:22:33, in reply to "Project Hail Mary... This is a supremely underwhelming read so far."

(Sp)

Posted by SurfTheBoneyard on July 28, 2025, 11:13:32, in reply to "Project Hail Mary... This is a supremely underwhelming read so far."

“Usually you not stupid. Why you stupid, question?” Previous Message I'm a little over halfway through, and it's been a struggle. My main issues are: -the main character is supremely annoying, like a youth pastor made himself in a video game -the glibness and smugness of every human character, the non sense science gives the story no real urgency -the dialogue is much too snappy -combine those and you've got a YA novel that tries to deliver "The story of your life" from the producers of big bang theory and boy meets world. Maybe Andy Weir's style just isn't for me. I thought the Martian was good enough, but this one just isn't doing it. Sky Marshal of the Luftwaffle “Surf is just a national treasure.” — Jackie