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Artemis

Andy Weir

Start date: February 2, 2018

Finish date: February 28, 2018

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Aug 05, 2018 Vickie rated it really liked it

Shelves: booksthatmakemegowow, keeper-shelf, author-alphabet-reading-challenge-2

It is confirmed that I will happily read anything Andy Weir chooses to write. I luh-huvved THE MARTIAN and cautiously looked forward to ARTEMIS. I know sometimes the debut novel will shine and the follow up will be less sparkly. No worries, ARTEMIS is sparkly as heck!
I loved that the main character, Jazz, is less than stellar in her life choices. Simple needs, she wants to be rich enough so she can have a place of her own and her own bathroom. She is tired of her bunk cell and sharing the commu ...more

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Jan 13, 2018 Natalie rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: audio, physical, audible, mine, 2018

My brain can't stop itself from making comparisons to The Martian - Artemis had a similar irreverent tone and feel, but was missing the depth and a sympathetic main character. Weir is best at exploring character development and dialogue, so my hope is that in his next book he places his focus on those aspects of the narrative instead of dry action descriptions. Dawson's narration was on-point. I didn't fall in love with this book the way I hoped I would, but I would still say it is worthy of a r ...more

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