A review by koberreads
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
Damn of the best scifi novel I read so far! That is saying a lot because I read a whole lot of scifi and watchbmovies about it but this is the most original one. Goddamn. AndY Weir is a beast

 
Goddamn!! This is a five star story hahahahahaahahahahahahahahaha The story and plot and mystery is so immersive 
 
The story is awesome in its own way because unlike other science books the MC discovers things as the same time as the readers 
 
And we figure the mystery of the book at the same time because the MC has damn partial amensia hhaha on a very important mission he is supposed to do hahahaha 
 
I like that i am learning with the MC which is aweosme unlike other scifi books that throw you into in the middel of another world without knowledge anything happening in the world (I love those books to in a different way like murderbot ) 
 
Kinda of a spoiler WARNING! LOOK DOWN BELOW AT YOUR OWN PLOT RUINING RISK 
 
I google the title and its meaning and why the author chose it and well an american reader in reddit mentioned it (His username is: u/Nabrix726)

For starters, 'd like to say that the meaning of the title was so obvious to me before I knew anything about the book other than that it was written by Weir. This is because I am an American. So, obviously, it is a reference to the famous "Hail Mary" pass in American football. When you're down and it's late in the game, and you need to get the ball really far down the field really fast, you do a straight shot hard pass to a deep receiver. It's called the "Hail Mary" after the famous and more universally known prayer, "Hail Mary full of grace." (Also this is 100% why Weir named the main character Grace lol)
 
So with this context, it's obvious to see the connection between the nature of the mission, a super fast shot to another star system to save the world, and the "Hail Mary" pass. I'm not even a big football guy, but the concept of the "Hail Mary" pass is so engrained in my mind culturally that as soon as I read the title, I was like, "oh it's a last ditch attempt to save humanity." However, I am very curious. 
 
For those outside America on this sub, did the title's meaning immediately make sense to you? Or did it completely go over your head (like a "Hail Mary" lol)? I would very much like to know.

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I honestly just thought Hail Mary is the name of the ship is because most of the people who made the ship is religious or Stratt is secretly is a die-hard christian and I am not surprised sometimes science or scientist always gets mixed with religion or some form of God or Gods. Heck the planets of our solar system are still named by Greek/Roman Gods and we are so comfortable with that we dont even bother to change it even when virtually no one in the modern world worship anymore the Greek/Roman Gods.