Project Hail Mary

First of all, thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for access to this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

When a small life form starts feeding on energy from the sun, humans on Earth must find a way to stop them quickly before they go into a mass extinction event. After finding a planet 12 light years away that's star hadn't dimmed, but had this life form, they send out an expedition to this star system to find out how this star is surviving. Once out there, the scientist discovers alien life.

This book was so heartwarming and fun. The relationship between Rocky and Dr. Grace is so cute and wholesome. The beginning instantly grabbed my attention and I was sucked into this story. Some of the middle bits were a little slow. It was a lot of scientific experiments as Ryland and Rocky were trying to figure out how this star was surviving. There wasn't as much action, and there was a lot of scientific explanation. However, by the ending, I was fully invested again. The end was completely unexpected, but I think was an incredibly fitting ending to this fun, cute story. This book has inspired me to read “The Martian” in the future, considering this is my first Weir book I've read.

I highly recommend this book to sci-fi and non-sci-fi readers everywhere. It's a story about space exploration, but also a story about friendship, discovery, and perseverance.

TW: alcohol, death, drugs, fire, kidnapping, needles, skeletons, poisoning