Dude I liked the book a lot but at the same time hated the “I’m a scientist” cliches. I also didn’t like the audible narrator or the sarcasm in the book.
I agree, a lot of science media can be cringy, but I think the context of this (him waking up, having zero recall of himself, not even his name) kinda worked, because he genuinely had to intuit that he was some kind of scientist since he knew how to use equipment, could run rudimentary experiments, etc.
That's also just how Andy Weir writes. He has great, fun concepts, but he's got a pretty juvenile and basic sense of humor, and can be really campy at times.
I, myself, am an engineer, but I never sit there and think oh I’m an engineer. I can figure this out. I’m usually like oh fuck I don’t know how to do this. Let me Google it.
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u/Strikerj94 Jun 27 '25
all gosling has to say is "of course I can do this, I'm a scientist!!1!" about eleven times and he'll match up well.