project hail mary spoilers!!! significant ones!!
i see a lot of people on tumblr and twitter say that stratt was wrong and doesnt understand grace. “she thought he needed traditional relationships to be happy, but she doesn’t get that he has students and casual friends!”
i think that’s an incorrect assessment of the situation. it’s extremely explicit esp in the book that grace (despite being friendly and very well liked) maintains distance from other people and doesn’t consider himself to have any close relationships or friendships. he has coworkers and old pals he’d grab a beer with but he does not have (and has maybe never had) anyone he would die for or even risk his life for. (in stratt’s opinion, because he is scared.)
and the whole point of the story is that it is an unfulfilling way to live! waking up stuck completely alone in space is so horrifying but that’s the “extreme” version of what grace already naturally does. it’s not that he needs like, a wife and 2.5 kids, it’s that he needs to love and care for others. actually it’s not even that he “needs to”. it’s that it will be fulfilling and rewarding and meaningful for him. and yes it will be really hard and scary but it will be worth it
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