It was just a fun, breezy read that hit the problem solving part of my brain in just the right way, but with a different angle on things than "The Martian".
All that to say, if Project Hail Mary is equivalent to that, it is going on my to read list.
As I understand the Ebert system your review seems like a 3 star, that is to say if you like this kind of thing (hard sf, survival story in harsh environment using ingenuity) you will definitely like this example of it.
In 45 years as a reviewer Ebert gave nearly 1000 films 4 stars, I think about a 100 5 stars, although he was often thought of as being too lenient about a film's quality - https://www.rogerebert.com/roger-ebert/you-give-out-too-many...
i totally recommend it.
+1 for Audible.
I just kept thinking that the inner commenting was so weird. Like a the book was partially movie script. I think I should have read the book instead.
But still, it was good.
I still think it's a good book, and well worth the read. But man did that character grate on my nerves.
If Willem Dafoe was cast, it could seem different :)
In comparison, Rocky was fantastic as a character, the problem faced novel, the solutions enjoyable. That all tips the scales into the 'still well worth the read' territory, but (IMO) it could have been so much more.
It felt like he was trying to do something very different with Artemis and failed. I rarely have to put a book down but I just couldn't finish Artemis. The whole scene with the "strong" cop holding her down had my eyes rolling so hard they almost got stuck.
Fantastic couple of books.