Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he’s sure he’ll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he’s alive—and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive. Chances are, though, he won’t have time to starve to death. The damaged machinery, unforgiving environment, or plain old “human error” are much more likely to kill him first. But Mark isn’t ready to give up yet…
WOW! Lots of buzz surrounding this book and I’m telling you it is definitely worth it. I listened to this book as an audiobook and I’m thrilled that I did it. The narration on this book is absolutely perfect. It really helped with the boring, more technical (math equations) parts of the book and the narrator’s voice really matched Mark Watney’s sarcastic personality.
Mark Watney is such a great character! If he were real he would be a really awesome dude. His determination to stay alive no matter what, his fantastic sense of humor, his courage and ingenuity made this book. I loved the writing and the dialogues. Mark is a potty-mouth, but hey, you’d be too if you were stranded in Mars. I have several quotes that I find precious from this book. My favorites are the funny ones. I also can’t ever look at a potato the same way again. The nerd in me was just astounded at all the experiments Watney came up with. And I just loved how he kept on going, even when things didn’t turn-out right.
“Yes, of course duct tape works in a near-vacuum. Duct tape works anywhere. Duct tape is magic and should be worshiped!”
“Things didn’t go exactly as planned, but I’m not dead, so it’s a win.“
This book is the best audiobook I’ve listened to so far. I know this is a great story to experience regardless of the format you choose, but this audio version rocks.
Audiobook Details:
Unabridged: (10hours and 53min)/Author:Andy Weir/Narration:R.C. Bray/Release date: 03-22-13/ Publisher: Podium Publishing/Rating: 5-Stars
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I loved this book! In fact, I’m still in love with Mark 😉 And I know exactly what you mean about those potatoes… I read it on paper though – I might listen to the audiobook, I can imagine it would be a real fun listen. Thanks for a great review!
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Thank you! Yes, It was fun to listen to it. The narration was great, so it was as if Mark was alive.
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I really want to read this book and have been thinking about listening to the audio book, so I’m so glad that I read your review. Did you have trouble with the scientific stuff? I heard there’s quite a bit of detailed information in the book.
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Yes, there’s quite a bit of math and technical jargon, but it doesn’t take it away from the novel. I just think is easier to listen to those parts than to have to read it.
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Have you seen the movie for this yet? I really liked it as well. Just curious!
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I haven’t yet. I love Matt Damon so I bet the movie is good.
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I really liked it, anway! I thought it was really funny 🙂
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