Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time
| Log in
  1. Follow us on Facebook
  2. Follow us on Instagram
  3. Follow us on Bluesky
  4. Follow us on Goodreads
  5. RSS Feeds

  • Home
  • About
    • Getting Started in CBR18
    • Rules of Respect
    • Cannon Book Club
    • Diversions
    • Fan Mail
    • Holiday Book Exchange
    • Book Bingo Reading Challenge
    • Participation Badges
    • AlabamaPink
    • About Cannonball Read
  • Our Team
    • The CBR Team
    • Leaderboard
    • Recent Comments
    • Participant Interviews
    • Cannonballer Location Maps
    • Our Volunteers
    • Meet MsWas
  • Categories
    • Review Genres
    • Tags
    • Star Ratings
    • Featured Review Archive
  • Fight Cancer
    • How We Fight Cancer
    • Donate
    • CBR Merchandise
  • FAQ
  • Contact
    • Contact Form
    • 2026 Registration
    • Suggest a Review
    • Newsletter Sign Up
    • Newsletter Archive
    • Social Media

Read this before the movie comes out – because you’ll want to consume both!

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

February 1, 2026 by genericwhitegirl Leave a Comment

If you liked Andy Weir’s first novel, The Martian, then Project Hail Mary won’t disappoint as another witty, funny, creative sci-fi adventure. Suspend your belief for this one, as moments of sudden clarity, synchronicity, and serendipity abound. But in order to save the world, everything has to fall perfectly into place, and I was here for it! In some ways, Weir’s protagonist, Ryland Grace, is an everyman archetype – an unassuming middle school teacher with no real drama or intrigue in his life. But in […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, Andy Weir, Fiction, genericwhitegirl, Project Hail Mary, sci-fi, The Blist

genericwhitegirl's CBR18 Review No:3 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, Andy Weir, Fiction, genericwhitegirl, Project Hail Mary, sci-fi, The Blist ·
Rating:
· 0 Comments

Adventures in Space That Live up to the Hype

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

August 3, 2023 by Tracy Leave a Comment

I’ve been itching to read this since I finished The Martian, and my expectations did not let me down. I was so surprised by the unexpected event that occurs partway through the book – not a twist, but not something I was expecting, and it was so exciting! I’m trying to avoid spoilers, as you can see. The book starts with Ryland Grace waking up with amnesia from a coma and discovering that he is on a spaceship and that that spaceship is not in […]

Filed Under: Featured, Science Fiction Tagged With: Andy Weir, cbr15bingo, Project Hail Mary

Tracy's CBR15 Review No:25 · Genres: Featured, Science Fiction · Tags: Andy Weir, cbr15bingo, Project Hail Mary ·
· 0 Comments

Lost in space, above all drifting…

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

June 30, 2022 by Malin 2 Comments

Official book description: Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission – and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn’t know that. He can’t even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he’s been asleep for a very, very long time. And he’s just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, Aliens, Andy Weir, audio book, cbr14, first contact, Malin, Outland book club, Project Hail Mary, Ray Porter

Malin's CBR14 Review No:8 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, Aliens, Andy Weir, audio book, cbr14, first contact, Malin, Outland book club, Project Hail Mary, Ray Porter ·
Rating:
· 2 Comments

Determined Optimism

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

April 30, 2022 by Emmalita 10 Comments

Project Hail Mary was a real interesting thing to read in April of 2022. I struggled with Weir’s premise that the world would come together to save Earth. I switched back and forth between this and Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Eyes of the Void (review coming soon), and I think that helped me appreciate Weir’s optimism. Do I think it’s realistic? No. Do I think it’s necessary? Yes I do. This is going to be less of a review and more of me back on my bullshit […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Science Fiction Tagged With: Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary

Emmalita's CBR14 Review No:56 · Genres: Audiobooks, Science Fiction · Tags: Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary ·
Rating:
· 10 Comments

Recaptures most, but not all, of the magic of The Martian

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

January 31, 2022 by Travis_J_Smith 4 Comments

I, like most, loved Andy Weir’s debut The Martian. Maybe it helps that I don’t have a firm grasp on the vast majority of the science in it, but it felt grounded in reality in a way that lots of science fiction isn’t. Naturally, then, I knew I had to read Project Hail Mary as soon as I learned of its existence. I couldn’t not return to that well with Weir; I watched the Matt Damon-led Martian film without hesitation for that very same reason. With […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary, The Martian

Travis_J_Smith's CBR14 Review No:14 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary, The Martian ·
Rating:
· 4 Comments

Can’t believe I’m saying this, but… Meh.

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

January 28, 2022 by ifso 15 Comments

Aw man. I was so excited for this one. It’s been on my wish list since it came out. I haven’t read anything else by Andy Weir, but the reviews were fantastic and the premise was cool.  It’s been a few days since I finished Project Hail Mary, and I’ve been putting off this review, hoping I’d like it more upon reflection. That didn’t happen, and now I’ve got to put it into words. What it boils down to is that the narrator drove me […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, Andy Weir, Fiction, hateful narrator, Project Hail Mary

ifso's CBR14 Review No:2 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, Andy Weir, Fiction, hateful narrator, Project Hail Mary ·
· 15 Comments
  • 1
  • 2
  • Next Page »


Recent Comments

  • esmemoria
    on The Joke’s On You
    Practically every sentence is a joke omg, I recently finished a book like this. Hated it.
  • esmemoria
    on Eat the Rich
    and the recognition that love isn’t going to cure trauma This is a perspective that is unusual to find. Sounds...
  • Malin
    on Eat the Rich
    I usually avoid all hints of horror, but have been assured by so many people that this book is something...
  • Malin
    on I did not come all this way to live a smaller life
    I'm reading this now. I hated reading the digital NetGalley copy so much on my phone that I waited until...
  • Allen
    on Murder Takes a Vacation by Laura Lippman
    So accurate in its description of Mrs. Blossom’s unbelievable and annoying naïveté, that I thought perhaps I wrote the review....
See More Recent Comments »

Support Our Mission

  • Support Our Mission, Donate Today!
  • FAQ
  • Shop
  • Volunteers
  • Leaderboard
  • AlabamaPink
  • Contact

Help Our Mission

You can donate to CBR via:

  1. PayPal
  2. Venmo

The reviews and comments posted on this site reflect the opinions of individual posters and do not reflect the views of Cannonball Read.

© 2026 Cannonball Read Inc., a registered 501(c)(3) | Log in