The Martian

I came so close to giving this a 5 its not funny. The premise is simple and the story even more so. But its the execution and the attention to detail that ticks my box. It just make the engineer hidden deep inside me smile to no end. The humour keeps my smile going and the end climax is an absolute classic. The only reason I think I dropped a star is because Matt never really gets to the deep end of despair and maybe Andy missed a trick there. But all in all a brilliantly written book full of numbers and attitude. Highly recommended!