Gabby's Reviews > Project Hail Mary

I finished rereading this book for the second time, and I loved it just as much. I flew through this book in 3 sittings, and I just loved the characters in this book so much. This book is so surprisingly wholesome and gives me all the warm fuzzy feelings, it's the best.

I fucking loved this book so much, even more than The Martian and way more than I was expecting to. I love Ryland's character and there were moments in this book he had me laughing out loud which rarely happens for me in books. It's hard to discuss this book without spoilers, but I just absolutely LOVED where this story ended up going, it was so unexpected and so beautiful, and it made me cry a few times. This book simultaneously reminded me of Interstellar, Ad Astra, and Arrival, all some of my favorite movies! Reading vlog where I read it: https://youtu.be/IBmz8kzf7DY

(view spoiler)[ROCKY IS THE CUTEST BEAN TO EVER EXIST. Rocky had me laughing, he had me crying and I was just so FASCINATD by his species and him as a creature. I loved how he always asked him to watch him sleep and how he was embarrassed to eat in front of him and omg I can't believe he's been all alone on his ship for so long. The ending was me crying when Ryland decided to go back and help Rocky even though he knew he'd never return to Earth, ugh that was beautiful. And the way Rocky and his people healed him and fed him and ugh, it's so precious. This book TUGGED AT MY HEART and I didn't expect that at all. I also just love the explorations of aliens and space and time relativity and learning about an alien species. It was so cool and so fascinating. (hide spoiler)]