It's a Jumble

  Point #1: Does the world need another book review of Project Hail Mary ? No, but you're getting one anyway (adapted slightly from the Goodreads review I posted back in April)  Point #2: I loved the movie. Go see it.    Someone on social media complained that this book is “80% math equations.” That’s an exaggeration, of course, but the protagonist does spend a lot of time math-ing. I’ve seen people complain that the book is all “science” at the expense of character and literary quality. Yes, there’s loads of science here, and yes, Andy Weir is never going to win acclaim for lyrical prose. In fact, this book is mostly structured as a series of escalating science puzzles to be solved in ingenious ways. Some people will be annoyed by that. Another type of person will eat it up. Turns out I’m the type of person who eats this up. By now, you've probably heard the plot basics of this best seller and basis for the blockbuster movie of the same name. Something is dimm...