Andy Weir: Artemis

This is my second time through Artemis. I read it before resurrecting this blog, so here I am, reading it again to review it.

Artemis by Andy Weir imagines a society on the moon. Jazz Bashara has lived in Artemis since she was six. She has a successful smuggling side hustle alongside a legitimate porter job. Artemis is full of all kinds of people, from the very wealthy to the very poor. As Jazz says, "I'm one of the little guys." That's all about to change when Trond Landvik, one of the very wealthy, offers her a million slugs to pull a job. All she has to do is sabotage the mining operations of the city's oxygen supplier, Sanchez Aluminum. After a botched job, and a double murder, Jazz finds herself far over her head and the next target of a powerful crime syndicate. Can Jazz outwit O Palacio and mend broken relationships to save Artemis?

This is a fun story. Jazz's narrative voice is hilarious. I love her personality and her depth. I love the amount of science and research that Andy Weir puts into his novels. This one feels as realistic as The Martian (coming up on my TBR list). The writing and pacing are engaging, and I love the depth of the characters.

One thing that really bugs me about this novel is that everyone makes Jazz out to be this player who sleeps around. It's fairly obvious as you get further into the novel that she hasn't done that in a long time. It bugs me that everyone makes such a big deal about it when it's not that important to the book. It felt like an unnecessary attempt to add depth the Jazz's character, which was achieved through other plot points.

I also felt that she got out of trouble at the very end far too easily. After she nearly killed everyone in Artemis, she gets off with a hefty fine and that's it. It bothered me the way she manipulated herself out of trouble, and that it seemed to happen so perfectly.

In all, I did enjoy this book. I rated it ⭐⭐⭐⭐

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