I've seen the film AFTER reading the book(i found pirate vers only after i finished the novel), so it lwk(highkey) affected on my experience. That's why i recommend to watch it first, and then read the novel, bc i couldn't enjoy the visuals while thinking about how much stuff they chopped of. i kinda liked the book more, bc all of the info (scientifically correct data, measurements, speculations and theories) and creative text stylization, while in a movie they had to chop of most of it. [!!Little-to-Mild Spoilers!!] And the other thing is that some stuff that is justified in a book (like for the EVA suit choice) is made differently in film. Like, ik it would be hard to get a russian EVA suit, and film some scenes on chinise aircraft. But for me those detailes are really meaningfull and it'd be very cool if world goverments worked together for filming this movie just like saving world in a book/delusional