My thoughts on the first chapter of Project Hail Mary, so spoiler warning!!
-> I already love how Weir writes!! >w<
Like even though we don't know anything about him [the main character] yet, we already know he's a very smart man, rational, analytical man
Cause yes, theres the way he answered "cube root of 8" to see how smart the robot is, and knows what measurements are used in different countries, and knows the intricacies of feeding tubes etc
But theres also the way he THINKS
The way he analyzes the situation after sitting up and looking around the room
He doesn't immediately panic or lash out
He considered possibilities most wouldn't: like having an infectious disease, or wondering why his muscles haven't atrophied
Where most people would freak out and immediately scream about getting out, he's more focused on why he's in there in the first place
Because surely theres a reason, right?
-> Also βοΈβ¨ so far he doesn't swear despite being in instances where it would have been perfectly understandable to do so
Ahhh I can't help but take notes like this as someone who wants to write things too
Cause like I can write about a situation all day long, but subtle character differences? Speech patterns, thoughts, actions? That's tougher for me to do instinctively
Grrrr it's already so good and I'm literally only 25 minutes in, this is awesome >w<
-> He's also just so funny lmao "I know Liberia uses imperial measurements but I can't remember my own name. That's... Irritating."
Maybe it's just the way Ray Porter (the one reading the audio book) says it, but I love it
-> Knowing rationally thay the robot is doing the right thing by not giving him too much food but still demanding more anyway lmaooo
God I love him so much already
-> "I am emperor comatose, kneel before me." This fucking nerd lmao
-> "Holy moly... Holy moly!? Is that my go to expression of surprise!?" // "What the fudge is- fudge? Seriously?" No cause the way I catch myself doing the same shit
I've been saying "holy cannoli" and "Jinkies" for a while now... for some fuckin reason. I truly could not tell you why, cause I clearly have no issue with swearing
-> "I'm a scientist! Now we're getting somewhere! Okay genius brain, give me something... I'm hungry. You have failed me, brain." I already said it but he's a NERD he's a nerd and he's silly and I love him
-> I like that he brushes off the "toga" despite there being no dust. Little instinctive movements of the life you lived up until this point seeping through your unconscious brain
-> also, knowing that this is about space, I can only assume that's why falling objects annoy him? The idea of gravity? Perhaps this is after being sent to space and he got used to zero gravity or smth and that's why he's no good at using gravity- it's not his instinct anymore
Idk perhaps I'm reading too much into it, I could be completely wrong
Update: I WAS wrong! Gravity is too MUCH! Ahhh this is so cool he's so smart. At first I was like lmao okay he got bored and found a stopwatch so he's just dicking around now but goddamn he's so fuckin smart. He's able to figure things out so quickly!!!
-> Ah, I can see little red strips/lines are gonna be a recurring theme already. The blood, the thing in space, the strip in the battery compartment in the stopwatch.
Anyway I may do this for the rest of the chapters as well, I think annotating/live reacting is really fun :3
