I loved this book. It had everything I wanted in it: humor, action, suspense, adventure. It was a great read.

There are some out there that considered it far-fetched and wondered why the character was "always" of good spirits when he should have been depressed, scared, angry, etc - but I didn't understand those views at all. I mean would you really let yourself succumb to the fact that there was no hope for you at all and just give up? Or would you want to live (what might be) your last days of your life and have adventures, keep your fighting spirit and your humour in tact? I would like to think I would be exactly like Mark Watney, he was an inspiration because he never gave up no matter what the circumstances, but in all honesty I couldn't say I would be. But you never know what you would do, or how you would behave if you were told or believed you only had a certain amount of time to live.

Mark Watney was funny. My favourite part was when he was told to hold his tongue when writing to NASA because the whole world was watching and his response just made me crack up. It was a typical Mark Watney response. You get to know him, as the good guy he is: the sense of humour he has. His "voice" never changes and it gives you the best chance of getting to know him and how he thinks.

A Great Spacey Adventure novel!!

When a storm forces the third manned mission to Mars to evacuate just days after arriving, one man is killed in a freak accident. Or rather, he isn't.
And so begins the harrowing, often funny, but always dire story of what will possibly be the first man to die on Mars - or will he?
A stellar debut, now destined to be a Ridley Scott film (and we couldn't be more excited!)

When a storm forces the third manned mission to Mars to evacuate just days after arriving, one man is killed in a freak accident. Or rather, he isn't. And so begins the harrowing (and often funny) story of what will possibly be the first man to die on Mars - or will he? A stellar debut, now destined to be a Ridley Scott film...