Artemis in Around the Year in 52 Books

Jul 05, 2018 John Warner rated it really liked it

Shelves: science-fiction, thriller-suspense

Jasmine "Jazz" Bashara was born and raised in Artemis, the first, and currently only, city on the Moon. She works as a porter and subsidizes her minimal income as a part-time smuggler. Although she is skilled in arranging transportation of contraband goods from Earth, she is an ethical smuggler, no drugs or weapons. Her side business provides her access to some of the wealthiest and most powerful citizens of Artemis. When businessman Trond Landvik offers her one million slugs (lunar currency) to ...more

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Sep 02, 2017 Ann rated it liked it

Shelves: nature-as-character, science-fiction, future, space, pace-fast-paced, organized-crime, character-sassy, mining, arab-american-plus, conspiracy

Thanks to the publisher for an advance reader's copy.

Artemis isn't nearly as compelling as The Martian, but what could be? It lacks the cinematic plot and high stakes that made The Martian so riveting, but it's still an enjoyable caper with plenty Andy Weir's signature tone. His greatest talent is packing a book full of hard science while still maintaining clarity for those of us who couldn't care less. I'm left in awe every time!

Now female characters...not so much. I'm not sure that making Jaz ...more

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Nov 02, 2017 Samantha rated it it was amazing

First off I want to thank you NetGalley and Crown Publishing for the ARC of Artemis by Andy Weir.

I was both excited and apprehensive about this book, I was so surprised by how much I loved The Martian that I kind thought the second book might not be as enjoyable. Thankfully I was wrong. This was a very different book in many ways but one thing that stayed the same was Weir’s ability to take science and technical terms and make them approachable and interesting. Sure there were times in both book ...more

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Dec 06, 2017 Judy rated it really liked it

Shelves: library-book

While I did check the book, The Martian, out, I never got around to reading it. And I loved the movie. So when Andy Weir's latest book, Artemis, came out, I checked it out from the library. And this time I actually read the book!

Set in the lunar colony, Artemis, it's the story of a small-time smuggler, Jasmine Bashara, or Jazz as she is known. Being a small 'town' everyone knows everyone else and she's just a good girl who happens to smuggle on the side. Until...

Now, this would be a GREAT movie! ...more

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Jan 28, 2018 Jesse rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2018-popsugar

I didn't expect Andy Weir's sophomore effort to even approach the phenomenal bomb-blast that was The Martian (still the only book that I have ever started over and re-read immediately after finishing it the first time) so maybe that was why I wasn't disappointed by it but found it to be an enjoyable read. To be completely honest, Jazz got on my nerves sometimes (too much teen/Millenial attitude for my taste occasionally) but I still found the story interesting. The plot definitely grabs you and ...more

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Jan 14, 2019 Nicole rated it it was amazing

I listened to this book as an audio book. Rasario Dawson did an awesome job narrating it. I fully recommend that you listen to the audio version of this book.

The book was great, fun, engaging and down right adventurous.

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