The book felt almost like a screenplay to me; I suspected when I read it that it would make a solid movie. Also you can go into more technical detail in a boo

The book felt almost like a screenplay to me; I suspected when I read it that it would make a solid movie. Also you can go into more technical detail in a book than you can in a film, and maybe detail wasn't important to the plot of the Martian, but I felt book-Mark's desperation a lot more clearly because of how difficult it would be for me to be clear-headed enough to think through everything that was necessary to stay alive.