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Artemis
by Andy Weir
3.5 stars
I received a free digital copy of this book from the publishers/author via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Jazz Bashara is a porter/smuggler on the moon city of Artemis and always eager to make some money. When Jazz is employed for a high risk task, she ends up embroiled in a dangerous situation that leaves two people dead. Now Jazz needs to not only keep herself alive but come up with a plan to save her beloved Artemis from becoming a city run by a killer cartel.
So obviously there’s always going to be particular high expectations when it comes to this book because hello, The Martian is a phenomenal debut novel. This book, in my opinion, is not quite as strong as The Martian but it’s great in its own ways. But I think people going into this looking for another The Martian are going to be sorely disappointed.
The world building in this, for me, was great. I really had a great idea of what Artemis looked like and how it ran. There was a bit of an info dump in the first chapter that left me feeling a bit dizzy, and maybe some of that could have been spread out a bit but I’m pretty confident in how Artemis all works out.
One of the things that Andy Weir does best is the way characters speak to readers in this great conversational tone. It worked for Watney in his Mars Log, and in a way it works for Jazz in this. It definitely feels at times like she’s speaking directly to the reader (or to her penpal!) but Jazz is a very different character, and not quite as likeable. I kept changing my mind about her to be honest, sometimes I liked her and others times I didn’t.I was a bit disappointed that it seemed like the start of her ‘trouble’ which led to the split from her dad was all down to a stupid guy The conversations between characters were good, humorous and felt very real, which is something I always need to see. Realistic dialogue is key for me!
I wasn’t crazy about the amount of explanation around the welding and the super smart things Jazz did to explode stuff and fix stuff etc. It was basically just all jumbled words for me and I had no idea what she was on about so it got a bit boring.
Overall, I wasn’t expecting something as amazing as The Martian so I wasn’t disappointed. This book is good in its own right but it’s not the best book I’ve ever read.
I received a free digital copy of this book from the publishers/author via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Jazz Bashara is a porter/smuggler on the moon city of Artemis and always eager to make some money. When Jazz is employed for a high risk task, she ends up embroiled in a dangerous situation that leaves two people dead. Now Jazz needs to not only keep herself alive but come up with a plan to save her beloved Artemis from becoming a city run by a killer cartel.
So obviously there’s always going to be particular high expectations when it comes to this book because hello, The Martian is a phenomenal debut novel. This book, in my opinion, is not quite as strong as The Martian but it’s great in its own ways. But I think people going into this looking for another The Martian are going to be sorely disappointed.
The world building in this, for me, was great. I really had a great idea of what Artemis looked like and how it ran. There was a bit of an info dump in the first chapter that left me feeling a bit dizzy, and maybe some of that could have been spread out a bit but I’m pretty confident in how Artemis all works out.
One of the things that Andy Weir does best is the way characters speak to readers in this great conversational tone. It worked for Watney in his Mars Log, and in a way it works for Jazz in this. It definitely feels at times like she’s speaking directly to the reader (or to her penpal!) but Jazz is a very different character, and not quite as likeable. I kept changing my mind about her to be honest, sometimes I liked her and others times I didn’t.
I wasn’t crazy about the amount of explanation around the welding and the super smart things Jazz did to explode stuff and fix stuff etc. It was basically just all jumbled words for me and I had no idea what she was on about so it got a bit boring.
Overall, I wasn’t expecting something as amazing as The Martian so I wasn’t disappointed. This book is good in its own right but it’s not the best book I’ve ever read.