Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars.
Now, he’s sure he’ll be the first person to die there.
After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he’s alive—and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive.
Chances are, though, he won’t have time to starve to death. The damaged machinery, unforgiving environment, or plain-old “human error” are much more likely to kill him first.
But Mark isn’t ready to give up yet. Drawing on his ingenuity, his engineering skills — and a relentless, dogged refusal to quit — he steadfastly confronts one seemingly insurmountable obstacle after the next. Will his resourcefulness be enough to overcome the impossible odds against him?
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My Review: 5/5 Stars
Very late to the party reading this and even late to watching the movie. But after watching Project Hail Mary then reading the book, naturally I had to watch The Martian which led to of course reading the book. Great movies and great books! I really loved reading this story. Mark is part of Ares 3, a team sent to Mars. But under some pretty unfortunate circumstances, he is left behind when the crew thinks he is dead after getting swept away by a dust storm and having to evacuate without much time to look for him. But surprise! He survives. And now he has to figure out not only how to survive living on Mars but how he can get back home, if that is even possible. He knows a mission is coming up in a few years. He just has to make it that long and to their site. Mark was absolutely hysterical. I loved his sense of humor throughout the story. He has to come up with a million different things to survive and keep going, but at least he never loses that part of himself. The story is mostly told through his logs, but we also get some points of views from those on Earth once they figure out he is alive and even the Ares 3 crew. It will take the whole world working on the problem to bring him back along with some major luck and creative thinking. A fun story all around!
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