"The Martian" Review

Yes, I do already have another review for you guys, and before you kill me...I saw the movie before I read the book. MERCY! Haha, anyway, I received this book for free through Blogging for Books in exchange for an honest review. Since I'm feeling lazy, the synopsis will simply be a photo of the back of the book, but I will still have my review and favorite quotes included. Let's dive into Andy Weir's The Martian. 

Review:

This book was so flipping hilarious. Yes, it was serious with the whole Mark-Watney-could-die-at-any-given-moment-on-Mars scenario, but Watney's dry sense of sarcasm WAS LITERALLY ME EVERY DAY AT SCHOOL. I connected so well with the way he pretty much laughed at any situation he was in, after first admitting to himself how totally screwed he was, of course. I loved how realistic and plausible everything seemed, from the Hab on Mars, to NASA in America, and the Hermes floating through space. 

Rating:

5 out of 5 stars, without a doubt. Although a word of caution to any younger readers: lots of explicit language.

(Very Few of My) Favorite Quotes:

[ ] = In place of a foul word.

"I wondered why I wasn't more dead."

"I'm a botanist and mechanical engineer; basically, the mission's fix-it man who played with plants."

"My [butt] is doing as much to keep me alive as my brain."

"[Heck] yeah I'm a botanist! Fear my botany powers!"

"I suppose I'll think of something. Or die."

"If ruining the only religious icon I have leaves me vulnerable to Martian vampires, I'll have to risk it."

"How come Aquaman can control whales? They're mammals! Makes no sense."

"We have a certain bond, after I spent two days in it during the Great Hydrogen Scare of Sol 37."

"Once I got home, I sulked for awhile. All my brilliant plans foiled by thermodynamics. [Darn] you, Entropy!"

"It's a desert so old it's literally rusting."

"I wonder what NASA would think about me [messing] with the RTG like this. They'd probably hide under their desks and cuddle with their slide rules for comfort."

"Fortunately, when you spend a lot of time in space, you learn how to [poop] in a bag. And if you think things are bad after opening the [urine] box, imagine the smell after I drop anchor."

"With all due respect to Carl, I can call it whatever the [heck] I want. I'm the King of Mars."

"I've gutted that poor rover so much, it looks like I parked it in a bad part of town."

"I haven't been this excited about a yes since prom night!"

"Jack, I'm going to buy your whole team autographed Star Trek memorabilia."

"Turns out the L in LCD stands for Liquid. I guess it either froze or boiled off. Maybe I'll post a consumer review. 'Brought product to surface of Mars. It stopped working. 0/10.'"

"They did it because every human being has a basic instinct to help each other out. It might not seem that was sometimes, but it's true...This is so fundamentally human that it's found in every culture without exception. Yes, there are [buttholes] who just don't care, but they're massively outnumbered by the people who do. And because of that, I had billions of people on my side."