It was a solid writing choice, but man, I wanted to see what happened there. The other thing would have been the ambiguous state of earth at the end. One of the only things I would have changed, however, was the over the top characterization of Grace. Rocky is definitely the star of the show of course and I loved the ending between the two characters. And it was never boring! That is a feat in and of itself, because I sure was bored by this stuff back in high school. I certainly couldn’t tell you if the biology, physics, chemistry, etc etc is accurate here, but damn was it convincing. I would think I knew and then something would happen and I’d be clueless again. Project Hail Mary Andy Weir 95,697 Hardcover 1,879.00 Best Sellingin this set of products THE SILENT PATIENT Alex Michaelides 196,256 Paperback 1 Best Seller in Thrillers and Suspense 210.00 Lowest Pricein this set of products 1984 George Orwell 113,562 Paperback 95.

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