Soooooo... I watched this movie last weekend, and picked up this book because the book is ALWAYS better than the movie. Like, always. And I knew going in that this was going to be the very definition of science porn, so it's got that going for it. And I love disasters in space. 
 But I was expecting this to have more depth than the movie, and I feel slightly let down. No, no, don't unfriend me, don't decide you hate me forever just because I don't like one of your favorite books. But if anything, Mark Watney is less likeable for me in the book than he is in the movie, because they went out of their way to make him likable and give him depth and personality that just aren't really there for me in the book. 
 So. I'm giving up because I'm bored, and I apologize forever for that. I'm a good third of the way in, and it's just not doing it for me. I'm procrastinating on going back, and if I've procrastinated for this long, I'm just not going to manage it. :/