I understand how you feel. Biweekly posts is being generous. I swear there’s a Post every other day. I guarantee there’ll be one later this afternoon.
Andy Weir hit the literary jackpot with this novel. This level of success is rare. There are over 100,000 reviews on Amazon for project Hail Mary. I don’t think even Stephen King has a book with that many reviews.
But no one can control the market. The fates, destiny, whatever, it all came together for Andy Weir and this novel. And it’s not over yet. Once the movie version comes out we’ll be going through this all over again with an entirely new audience.
The writing style is very reminiscent of a blog post. And that’s probably why it’s so popular. It’s an easy read. Seven words would be considered a long sentence in this book. I find the humor cringe inducing, but apparently a lot of people connected with it.
What can you do? For those of us who did not enjoy the novel, it is not only bad, it is terrible. This is what people consider the greatest science-fiction novel of all time? Best book they’ve read all year? Makes me wonder what else they’re reading. Which book or books ranks below project Hail Mary in their eyes?
And to the people who love this book, I’m sorry for being negative. I’m glad you enjoyed it. Whatever gets people reading is a good thing. But it does get a little frustrating seeing this book constantly mentioned in this sub.
Insatiable_Pervert t1_isoaz0y wrote
Reply to Can we discuss possible astroturfing for Project Hail Mary? by dorodorodoroz1
I understand how you feel. Biweekly posts is being generous. I swear there’s a Post every other day. I guarantee there’ll be one later this afternoon.
Andy Weir hit the literary jackpot with this novel. This level of success is rare. There are over 100,000 reviews on Amazon for project Hail Mary. I don’t think even Stephen King has a book with that many reviews.
But no one can control the market. The fates, destiny, whatever, it all came together for Andy Weir and this novel. And it’s not over yet. Once the movie version comes out we’ll be going through this all over again with an entirely new audience.
The writing style is very reminiscent of a blog post. And that’s probably why it’s so popular. It’s an easy read. Seven words would be considered a long sentence in this book. I find the humor cringe inducing, but apparently a lot of people connected with it.
What can you do? For those of us who did not enjoy the novel, it is not only bad, it is terrible. This is what people consider the greatest science-fiction novel of all time? Best book they’ve read all year? Makes me wonder what else they’re reading. Which book or books ranks below project Hail Mary in their eyes?
And to the people who love this book, I’m sorry for being negative. I’m glad you enjoyed it. Whatever gets people reading is a good thing. But it does get a little frustrating seeing this book constantly mentioned in this sub.
Anyway hope everybody has a great day!