PositiveThe National Post (CA)In The Martian, I found myself skimming through many an explanation of how the hero got something up and running, including his description of how he was able to take a bath ... Comic relief in the face of this relentless exposition of the mechanical and the scientific is provided by the astronaut’s watching crappy 1970s television sitcoms for diversion. The hero’s self-deprecating sense of humour is also an ingredient in preventing the seriousness of the situation from getting out of hand ... The Martian is true in that sense to the genre, in its manufacture and resolution of suspense carried on to the final pages.
