Project Hail Mary

DNF 233.
I don't know if I'm in a reading slump or the books I'm reading just aren't for me. I liked this book in the beginning because of the sarcastic prose but it started to get too childish for me. I like a bit more grit and poignancy to my books.

The scale of this book is very epic but it never felt like it. There is an alien “algae” that feeds on stars, so our Sun is dying which means we die. Ryland is sent to space to find an answer to save humanity and finds the help of another life form who's going through the exact same thing in a different galaxy. That sounds terrible but Weir's light hearted prose continuously brings the significance of the situation down to where I'm not that worried about anything. The movie Don't Look Up with Leonardo DiCaprio is a perfect representation of this book. The world is coming to an end and everyone is chill about it.

I can see why people love this book for the reasons I hate and maybe the ending is super momentous but I just don't care anymore. Moving on.