The Martian- Andy weir

Absolutely fantastic book. Love the cleverness of the story although it is sometimes (actually most of the times) mind-boggling with the math, the physics, and the chemistry. I love the dry sense of humor of watney and I could see why he was a character well-loved by his team mates. 

On a mission to Mars, Watney was injured by a displaced antenna during a storm. Thinking that he was probably dead and in desperation not to lose more lives, his team mates had to abandon him. However Watney made it alive despite the breach to his suit. We saw how desperate to stay alive Watney was and how creative he was in finding various ways to solve problems that hit him over and over again- an explosion while trying to separate hydrogen in the Hab, fixing the pathfinder to establish communication with Earth, modifying the Rover to travel long distance to a MAV, etc. he was a mechanical engineer and botanist by training but he was forced to become an all-rounder maverick being the only person on Mars. It was funny when he said he was the first for everything that occurred during his stay, the first man to grow potatoes, the first man to travel xxx distance, the first man to reach a certain landmark, etc. 

I would love to re-read this book some day again; it was plain fun! 

5/5