This author is a one-hit wonder for me. I loved The Martian but this book and the one before I just couldn't get past the clumsy writing and bad stereotypes. Project Hail Mary is first person with exhaustive internal narrative exposition on the science. It felt more like "look how smart I am!" than any added benefit to the reader. It would have been more relatable if the author accepted that the reader trusts him and simply got on with the storytelling instead.