Project Hail Mary

This book was an apocalyptic hug. Favorite read of 2023. I love everything about it. Ryland Grace is a joy to tag along with, even as he's facing certain death in a separate solar system from Earth. His inner dialogue is so entertaining. Rock stole my heart even though I'm terrified of spiders.It was so heartwarming to watch these two work together across culture and language to communicate and solve the mystery of astrophages to solve both of their planets. The solid and steady growth of their friendship was lovely and the world-building was so well done. I appreciated how flashbacks were introduced as a form of Grace slowly getting his memory back, so it didn't feel forced in the overall plot.

Grumpy. Angry. Stupid. How long since last sleep, question?