Artemis: A Novel

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4.4
794 reviews
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The bestselling author of The Martian returns with an irresistible new near-future thriller—a heist story set on the moon.

Jasmine Bashara never signed up to be a hero. She just wanted to get rich.
 
Not crazy, eccentric-billionaire rich, like many of the visitors to her hometown of Artemis, humanity’s first and only lunar colony. Just rich enough to move out of her coffin-sized apartment and eat something better than flavored algae. Rich enough to pay off a debt she’s owed for a long time.
 
So when a chance at a huge score finally comes her way, Jazz can’t say no. Sure, it requires her to graduate from small-time smuggler to full-on criminal mastermind. And it calls for a particular combination of cunning, technical skills, and large explosions—not to mention sheer brazen swagger. But Jazz has never run into a challenge her intellect can’t handle, and she figures she’s got the ‘swagger’ part down.
 
The trouble is, engineering the perfect crime is just the start of Jazz’s problems. Because her little heist is about to land her in the middle of a conspiracy for control of Artemis itself.
 
Trapped between competing forces, pursued by a killer and the law alike, even Jazz has to admit she’s in way over her head. She’ll have to hatch a truly spectacular scheme to have a chance at staying alive and saving her city.
 
Jazz is no hero, but she is a very good criminal.
 
That’ll have to do.
 
Propelled by its heroine’s wisecracking voice, set in a city that’s at once stunningly imagined and intimately familiar, and brimming over with clever problem-solving and heist-y fun, Artemis is another irresistible brew of science, suspense, and humor from #1 bestselling author Andy Weir.

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4.4
794 reviews
Oliver Atherton
September 23, 2018
A far cry from every single thing that made the Martian enjoyable. This reads like a hastily written bargain bin novel and is pumped full of dull exposition to make up for the dull and very predictable plot. Not sure who it's aimed at either. The humor is cringeworthy at times and continuously falls flat while often trying to use widely known jokes as if they are fresh. It's just painful. .
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Peter Davenport
December 5, 2017
Not as in depth as the author's previous work. As a whole, the story seemed shallow. I made the mistake of reading this at the same time I was reading Ian MacDonald's Luna series, which is also about building a life on the moon. It it is interesting to see the two author's takes on moon colonization, but MacDonald is a far superior author to Weir and Artemis pales in comparison in terms of storytelling, technology, culture and so many other themes that are important in sci-fi. It is very clear that despite his success with his first novel, Weir is still a beginner as an author.
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Alex G
November 4, 2022
The story really grips you and shows a lot of promise at the top, but was a real struggle to finish. All possible tension is immediately dissipated with a lucky solution. The protagonist just happens to have a skill to address any situation she encounters. The antagonists are so one dimensional they're forgettable. It's not Red Mars. Probably my fault for hoping it'd come close to KSR's masterpiece.
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About the author

ANDY WEIR built a career as a software engineer until the runaway success of his debut novel, THE MARTIAN, allowed him to pursue writing fulltime. He is a lifelong space nerd and a devoted hobbyist of subjects such as relativistic physics, orbital mechanics, and the history of manned spaceflight. He lives in California.

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