The Martian

It was quite sometime I hadn't read a science fiction book. Thanks to my friend Archana who gifted me this book.

This is a story about Mark Watney, an astronaut who is left stranded on Mars by his fellow astronauts, who mistook him to be dead, during a dust storm. He finds himself all alone with all the NASA R&D equipment and setup, and just enough food to survive for few more weeks. The book talks about how he motivates himself, plans for survival and also to establish communication with NASA back on earth. There are quite a few accidents and action which keeps the narration exciting. 
The best part of the character Mark Watney was his humor. Even in moments of great danger and low, Mark's character and his humor keeps things very interesting and makes you lol at many occasions.

I read initial few pages and due to many activities couldn't continue. But after a week, I could get hold of book and finished the remaining 90% in 2 days time frame. Just couldn't keep the book down.

There was the same movie running in the theaters as well, so decided to watch it as well. As expected, the book turned out to be much better. However, there were few scenes and the climax which was done differently in the movie.

A good read and would recommend if science-fiction is what you are looking for.