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> Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir

No. Just no. It is hard science fiction, but there is no character development. I had no empathy for the main character and did not care about him or his fate. Also he is unusually prude, which he blames on being a school teacher, but even his inner dialogue consists of “HOLY COW!” when surprised. I mean, really??

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I think that's just Andy Weir at this point. I enjoyed The Martian, but Artemis was horrible. Characters were indistinguishable from one another, they were all just Andy trying to emulate the success of the cocky sarcastic hero from The Martian. After reading that I don't think I need to read any more of his work.

> Andy trying to emulate the success of the cocky sarcastic hero from The Martian.

Yeah. And he went on and on about his dead crew mates, how sad and depressed he was for them, but he had barely any connection to them besides sharing a single space flight.

> I enjoyed The Martian, but Artemis was horrible.

I personally hated both. With the risk of sounding elitist, the guy writes like /r/SubredditSimulator/

It's kind of like junk food. A little bit is enjoyable, too much makes you sick.

With The Martian, a later "classroom edition" was published with the profanity removed. Maybe he just wanted to avoid making a second edition this time.

Interesting, I did not know about that. Thanks.

No, you're supposed to feel empathy for Rocky! Poor little guy...

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