Shan Fletcher

Gorgeous.

Funny and insightful. I related to the main character very easily, despite having little in common with him.

I listened to this as an audiobook, and I really did not enjoy it. The tone of the prose and the reader's voice made me very anxious.

I never read the Martian, but enjoyed the film, so I decided to give Weir's second novel a listen. At the sentence-level, Weir is a surprisingly bad writer. His attempt at writing a female lead was truly awful, too. Laughable, actually. Some of the funniest moments in the book come from that clumsiness. But, I still binge-listened to find out Jazz' fate! The science is fascinating. The world-building is not. (Someone never learned their “show, don't tell” lesson in grade school.) Honestly, he should probably just be writing movie concepts at this point. Or get a better editor? I recommend a woman.

TLDR: Just wait for the movie to come out.

A fucking revelation. Will make you feel inadequate as a writer.