Uppdrag Hail Mary

What a lovely read this was... I tend to read some pretty heavy sprawling-plot sci-fi, and came at this knowing virtually nothing about it other than having seen The Martian in the cinema. As such, I found the small, contained nature of the story (despite the huge consequences in the background) to be thoroughly refreshing. I was smiling throughout and constantly wanting to read on to find out what happened next. I was up 'til 1am last night because I got close to the end and just had to keep going. Excellent.

Gave up. The amnesia/ suddenly remembering stuff as required really bugged me.

If you have enjoyed "the Martian" you will probably enjoy also this one. It was the same style of detailed scientific writing.

Phrases like "It was louder than I thought it would be" are really cool. I mean, he not only imagined something completely new, he also wrote about it as it would already be real.

It was thrilling to tremble with the main character.

Good stuff for an interesting movie as well.

Definitely a worth while read. I'm glad he did not get back to Earth. It's better left to the reader what happened after saving Rocky.

I think this will be the book I recommend the most this year. It is entertaining from beginning to end. If you like sci-fi or space stories, read it. If you don't, read it anyway because you will laugh. It is very rare that I tear through a book in the span of a day, but, and I apologise for the cliché, I could not put this book down.