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user-inactivated · 3142 days ago · link · · parent · post: September 14th: What are you reading this week?
I'm six chapters in and I like it so far. The jump from Watney's journal to the characters at NASA was unexpected. I'm actually thinking about skipping those chapters altogether because I like how how isolated things feel from Watney's perspective. Though, I'm afraid I'll miss important points if I do.
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There was a point in the book where I had just read a long section from the nasa perspective and found myself wishing it would just go back to Watney only like the first part of the book had been. A few pages later I got my wish for some time because his comms went down. I think a little less on the nasa parts would be fine but overall they're a necessary part of the narrative.