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Artemis

Andy Weir

Start date: September 1, 2018

Finish date: September 30, 2018

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Nov 25, 2017 Michael rated it really liked it

Shelves: fall-reading-2017, netgalley, read-in-2017, arc

After the runaway success of The Martian, it would have been easy for Andy Weir to publish his grocery list and have it race to the top of the bestseller list.

Instead, Weir made fans wait what seemed like an eternity for his sophomore effort, Artemis. Good things come to those who wait.

While not as immediately engaging as The Martian, Weir’s Artemis avoids a sophomore slump by delivering an entirely new narrator and story. Set in the near future, Artemis introduces us to Jazz, a citizen of the ...more

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Nov 14, 2021 Meera rated it really liked it

Shelves: science-fiction, bought2017, book-of-the-month

I waited to read this book even though I've owned it for a while. I was worried about the mixed reviews. But maybe because I knew going in that it was going to have a different feel to the The Martian, I found myself pleasantly surprised that it was such a fun book ! Jazzy was a bit of an annoying character but as the story went on, you can understand why she is the way she is and I kind of loved her by the end. Her and her unique group of friends and the other characters. Like the Martian, ther ...more

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Aug 31, 2022 Trisha rated it liked it

This is very different from Weir's other stories. I went in with an open mind, thanks to other reviews. And I'm glad I did. Jazz wasn't my favorite character. There were a few weird points and it definitely felt like a guy writing a girl character, but all in all, I didn't have huge issues.

The science was thick a few times and I definitely wanted to skim a few sections but didn't and it helped to try to understand why they were smelting or burning certain areas. But the plot is a bit convoluted ...more

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Sep 06, 2017 Michael rated it really liked it

So this is not The Martian part 2. It is a fun book with some glaring plot holes that seem like it was rushed. But I had fun. I needed something that i could just escape into and daydream.

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Jan 10, 2024 Catsalive rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2024

I didn't enjoy this. Jazz is unlikable & the others are poorly-developed & tedious for the most part. The humour is juvenile. I even had trouble raising an interest in the "exciting" parts. Overcome by ennui, I'm not sure why I bothered to finish it, too stupefied to move, perhaps. Was the ending with Ngugi supposed to be funny as well? Sigh! ...more

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Jan 07, 2018 Jenifer Jacobs rated it really liked it · review of another edition

This inventive and clever story only gets 3.5 from me because I found the writing sloppy and lazily relying on aloofness and silliness. The main character could have been portrayed as a brilliant but misguided young woman. Instead, she is portrayed as a brilliant, foolish, ridiculously "jokey", and promiscuous vigilante. It really brought the whole thing down for me. ...more

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Mar 12, 2018 Momruns5 rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2018

I liked it. Jazz's personality was sometimes a little over the top, but a lot of times she was rather funny. He had a lot to live up to with "The Martian" It didn't live up to that, but I enjoyed this. ...more

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