Project Hail Mary

I loved thissssss! This is the best sci-fi book I've read since [b:Dark Matter 27833670 Dark Matter Blake Crouch https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1472119680l/27833670.SY75.jpg 43161998] by [a:Blake Crouch 442240 Blake Crouch https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1479398727p2/442240.jpg]. I want to read more books like this!I liked how even though we had only one POV, it was never boring. The narrative kept shifting between the present and past (since Grace had no memories of how he came to be in space), so he had to do a lot of brainstorming to remember stuff. And this man did so many EVAs in this damn book. Every 5 pages, he was like ‘Time for an EVA'. Every time he did an EVA, I was like, yep! This is it. He's dead now. Whose idea was it to make the book cover an EVA scene? I thought something bad was going to happen on every EVA!Likes:• The sass! The dialogues! The smart but idiotic decisions!• ‘Instant toga'• When I reached the ‘Emperor Comatose' line, I knew I was going to love this book.• The science was accurate and not over the top. The high school physics stuff was easy to follow. Some high-level science was not explained in detail (Thank God). • The extinction-level event was very cool. Nothing grandiose but still impactful enough to cause an apocalypse.• No spoilers but THAT came out of nowhere and was pleasantly surprising.• The second half of the book was my favorite.• (How to say this without spoilers) The whole music to English conversion part was awesome. I loved it.• The subtle chapter number change for the last chapter was a nice touch ;)• The ending was so sweet! I did not expect it at all. Loved it!Favorite dialogues:• I am Emperor Comatose. Kneel before me.• All right, genius brain: come up with something! ...I'm hungry. You have failed me, brain.• I have a date with a cylinder.• “Sample device radio signal strong. Getting closer. Be ready.”“I'm ready.”“Be very ready.”“I am very ready. Be calm.”“Am calm. You be calm.”“No, you be cal-wait. I see the sampler!”• Usually you not stupid. Why stupid, question? • You are leaky space blob.• Your face is leaking. This book can be best summed up by the quote: ‘The real treasure was the friends we made along the way.' P.S. I've found an article saying this book was optioned for a movie a year ago? (WHAT?!) Really looking forward to it!