Just finished a Project Hail Mary reread in preparation for the movie and so badly want to read more books featuring a Rocky-esque alien friend character. i get a similar vibe from unique protagonists that don’t intuitively understand the world (i’m autistic myself and it feels similar!)
I’ve listed some more books/characters that felt similar – pls recommend more, I cannot get enough 🙂
Actual creatures:
– pretty much everyone in the Cerulean Sea Chronicles (and other mystical TJ Klune works)
– Marcellus from Remarkably Bright Creatures
– 6:30 from Lessons in Chemistry
Human characters with similar effect:
– Sybil from The Correspondent
– AJ Fikry from The Storied Life of AJ Fikry
– Sam from Tomorrow & Tomorrow & Tomorrow
– August from One Last Stop
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