The Martian By Andy Weir - Review - Showcase of the Goodreads Group Read

ISBN-13: 9780553418026
Publisher: Crown/Archetype
Release Date: 02/11/2014
Length: 384 pp
Buy It: B&N/Amazon/Kobo/IndyBound/Audible

Overview

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.

   
My Goodreads Club, The General Fiction Expats are reading and discussing together the bestselling soon to be a movie novel, The Martian. It's been a lively conversation with different points of view which is why I personally love group discussions because they always authenticate the Edmund Wilson quote "No Two Persons Ever Read The Same Book".
It's also great to have book nerds together from all walks of life and all corners of the earth reading and chatting together like we're all in the same room. It would be fantastic if we ever could be, because we're from the North, the South, the Midwest and I even have a faithful member all the way from OZ aka Australia. The discussion is coming to a close but you're all welcome to e-drop and check it out. Who knows maybe the next time we have a group read scheduled you might want to join in. You'll Find the Group home page HERE, and The Martian discussion folder HERE. 

Being we'er all done with the reading and almost done with the chatting it's a fitting time to write our reviews. So I'd like to share mine with you

Enjoy!
And don't forget to check out and join if you'd like the General Fiction Expats Goodreads club!

My review

Weir’s The Martian is an incredibly inventive addictive thriller, his spellbinding narrative is an imaginative mix of his amazingly detailed tech speak with laugh out loud humor which is essential to keep readers sane as they walk a mile in Mark’s highly perilous space suit. Mark’s character is funny, vulnerable and so unbelievably courageous, he is a delight in every way and his co-stars both in space and on terra firma are remarkable and genuine. The piéce de résistance was the tenacity to bring him home by all involved.
I’ll be the first in line to see the movie October 2^nd!

As Mark Watney, Ares team 3 manned Mars space mission botanist and engineer, slowly regains consciousness he remembers the storm, realizes he’s been grievously injured and is alone on Mars. He’s got one chance at survival albeit a very slim chance but first he must stay alive until the next manned Mars team arrives, in 4yrs, figure out how to live and especially how to feed himself when his food supply will run out long before the next man on Mars arrives.

At NASA the Ares 3 team are scrambling when they discover Mark is still alive, they've got some computing to do to see if rescue is even possible and some hard decisions to make especially about what to tell his crewmates who think they left his lifeless body on Mars. Hopefully with all the talent they have at hand someone will be able to figure out a way to save him, or at the very least figure out a way to help him save himself.