I received a free advance copy of this for review from NetGalley.M-O-O-N. That spells Andy Weir’s new novel. (OK, if you haven’t read Stephen King’s The Stand that joke won’t make sense to you, but rather than think that’s a failure of my review I’m going to say that it’s your own fault for not having read The Stand. Serves you right.)It’s the near future, and there’s a city on the moon called Artemis. Jazz Bashara is a young woman who has grown up there, and knowing the place like the back of h...

Overall a decent read even though I had some issues with the book (listed below). And the rereading didn't unearth new plot holes (which it usually does!) The good and the ugly: We start at 0! (I wanted to make this one more challenging than I usually do)+ 1 star for the light-hearted banter: it actually made the readability factor go x2!- 1 star for stupid sex ennuendos, promiscuity bashing or whatever that was that was going on with all the + 1 star for the world-building+ 1 star for the read...

Apologies in advance. You're not gonna like what I have to say. This is not the review I was expecting to write, but this is not the book I was expecting to read.Andy Weir has successfully taken the one element I didn't like in THE MARTIAN and expanded on that until ARTEMIS is almost a chore to read. Major disappointment. Remember our hero, Mark, in The Martian? His jokey, sarcastic personality started to grate on my nerves towards the end of the book. It's like he never quit with the relentless...

Yay for my book winning 2017 GR award 😄This book freaking rocks!! No, seriously. The book does have science in it but it's not too bad. This is mostly about Jazz who has lived on the moon since she was 6 and now she's in her 20's. Her dad lives on the moon too but they had a falling out and she makes it on her own by doing. . . things. I love the character of Jazz. She's funny and does crazy things but never anything to hurt any one. AND SHE LIVES ON THE MOON! Jazz doesn't live in the good part

Jazz Bashara lives on Artemis, a moon colony with its own social structure and commerce. Estranged from her father, Jazz has been making ends meet functioning as a smuggler in black market trade. Most of her gigs involve hustling small-scale vice items. When a very rich man makes Jazz an unexpected offer, she cannot refuse.What follows is a story of girl trying to make up for past mistakes, while trying to survive the best she can, with a little corporate sabotage sprinkled on top.I really enjoy...

This book is awful. It's not just awful, it's offensive and immature and badly written. I wasn't expecting a masterpiece, but I'd enjoyed The Martian and hoped the followup would be fun in a similar way. It wasn't. There was nothing fun about this book. Let's start with Jazz: Jazz Bashara is a Saudi woman written the way a white guy who's never spoken to or met a single woman in his entire life would write her. She talks about her boobs and being naked and makes sexual innuendos about EVERYTHING...

When Artemis first came out I started seeing lots of one and two star reviews. Not wanting to spoil the book, I didn't read them very in depth. But, the star situation had me concerned as I was looking forward to this book as I enjoyed The Martian very much. Was I in for a big letdown?Lucky for me, the book was a 4 star experience!Thoughts on why others rated it so low - these are just guesses, I may be totally wrong:It is not The Martian - sometimes when people are a huge fan of a book they are...

This book was great. I admit to worrying that he wouldn't be able to keep up the quality from The Martian, and this is definitely a very different kind of tale from that, being half a heist novel but otherwise just a great adventure, but he pulls it off. Better than pulling it off, even. I love his characters and the feel of the moon city, Artemis, is vital and detailed.But you know what the best part is? I was thoroughly entertained during the entire read. The pacing is great, the reveals belie...

Click here to watch a video review of this book on my channel, From Beginning to Bookend. Artemis is a bit of a ruffian. It's a chemistry-centric novel that sees myriad genres marrying together into a hard-edged, unrefined heist novel with action, adventure and splashes of mystery. Gone is the seriousness and grand stakes of its predecessor, The Martian, and in its place is a book with significantly lower stakes and a slightly controversial protagonist. Jazz Bashara is a rogue, smart and capa...

Did a bunch of male redditor stereotypes get together and create a "sexy" protagonist and write this? Because that's what it felt like. It's a no from me. Video review will be up next week :DEdit/Note: I go on reddit every single day. I was making a joke that the protagonist felt like a cliche of what men want women to be like. It's not an awful book. I just had a few issues with the plot/pacing I'll talk about in my video review.

On sale today! 3.25 stars - sadly, I'm dropping down from my initial "soft" 4 star rating, on further reflection. Review first posted on Fantasy Literature:Life in Artemis, the only human city on the moon, is rough for Jasmine Bashara, a 26 year old delivery person, smuggler, and would-be tourist guide. She fails her EVA (extravehicular activity) Guild exam in, literally, breathtaking fashion; she’s somewhat estranged from her welder father, to whom she owes a huge personal debt; she’s living al...

The Moon... during the futuristic years , the 2080's, set on its only city Artemis ( ancient Greek goddess of the Moon), granted not much in comparison to Earth's urban centers, just 2,000 people living inside five crowded, connected spheres (bubbles), mostly underground, small living spaces, few parks, little hotels for the tourists, entertainment essentially non- existent... The views largely obstructed; outside a black night, as a gigantic half Earth above slowly transverse the sky ...shall w...

Better than The Martian--and I LOVED The Martian! Like Weir's last blockbuster novel, Artemis is essentially a science textbook hidden within an enthralling sci-fi adventure. Full of personality and geek-out moments, it may not be for everyone, but even if you're just 10% into science you're going to love this book.The whole cast of characters are brilliantly drawn and the imaginary moon city is so believable it barely reads as science fiction. The action starts right away and never lets up. Eas...