🌸stills of her life🌸

intermezzo • 5/5

Back in the day, I was a nightmare for my science teachers; my terrible scores in STEM classes crushed the first dream I ever had, yet it never stopped me from loving anything astronomy years later. I have not read a lot of sci-fi books, but Project Hail Mary is an instant favorite. It’s such a treat to read the book and watch the movie adaptation in the same month! I finished them on the same day, despite spoiling the ending by watching the movie when I still had 50 pages left to read in the book. Both complement each other, giving me the same awestruck and hopeful feeling that I have missed for a long time. Andy Weir did a great job of staying true to the scientific side; I like how specific and thoughtfully laid-out the plot is. At the same time the book built up a momentum that made the story between Grace Ryland and Rocky so bittersweet to me. I prefer the book to its movie adaptation only because I wish the movie could be a longer experience.