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achay91's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
edrasaa's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
gumby235's review
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
nacouffin's review
4.0
It was a great book with a lot of detail. I found the level of detail and research Andy Weir put into the book astonishing and even went so far as to further detail how Artemis' min economy worked.
The only gripe I have is with the way some of the expositional details were written seemed unnatural and broke up the flow of external and internal dialogues. This in turn made characters feel less authentic, although I feel like it pulled it back together by the end of the book.
The pacing and overall story was exciting and well written. I definitely enjoyed the read and would recommend the book to others.
The only gripe I have is with the way some of the expositional details were written seemed unnatural and broke up the flow of external and internal dialogues. This in turn made characters feel less authentic, although I feel like it pulled it back together by the end of the book.
The pacing and overall story was exciting and well written. I definitely enjoyed the read and would recommend the book to others.
tomasthanes's review
4.0
Artemis looks exactly like the old sci-fi books said a moon city should look like: a bunch of domes." Except that they're more like an iceberg than a surface dome. The dome is just the top of a structure that goes many floors deep into the lunar regolith and was built with thick aluminum walls locally mined and smelted.
Like a modern American city, there were different domes for different economic classes. Shepard dome for the truly affluent, Aldrin for the resorts to cater to the tourists coming to the moon on "meatships", Conrad for the small manufacturing shops
Lots of ethnic groups are represented who emigrated from earth to work a low paying job and, over time, lose so much calcium from their skeletons in the 1/6th gravity that they could never afford to return to Earth.
Mobile phones are called "gizmos" and serve as phones, cardkeys, and filters for the news feeds.
People living (permanently) in Artemis City aren't called "moonies" or "loonies"; they call themselves Artemisians.
They don't use dollars, euros, or renminbis; they use "slugs" (SLGs or "soft-landed grams". Value is measured in how much it costs to get it up the gravity well from Earth and over to the Moon.
Most of the moon rockets launched from one of the pads owned by the Kenya Space Corporation ("KSC") using Kenya's one abundant natural resource: the Equator.
Andy Weir has done some amazing world building in this novel and the above reflects just a fraction of it and we haven't even gotten to the story. There are a diverse set of characters, each with their own voice, and a good story.
And make sure that you're awake while reading the novel when you get to the chloroform.
I'm looking forward to reading his next novel, "Hail Mary".
Like a modern American city, there were different domes for different economic classes. Shepard dome for the truly affluent, Aldrin for the resorts to cater to the tourists coming to the moon on "meatships", Conrad for the small manufacturing shops
Lots of ethnic groups are represented who emigrated from earth to work a low paying job and, over time, lose so much calcium from their skeletons in the 1/6th gravity that they could never afford to return to Earth.
Mobile phones are called "gizmos" and serve as phones, cardkeys, and filters for the news feeds.
People living (permanently) in Artemis City aren't called "moonies" or "loonies"; they call themselves Artemisians.
They don't use dollars, euros, or renminbis; they use "slugs" (SLGs or "soft-landed grams". Value is measured in how much it costs to get it up the gravity well from Earth and over to the Moon.
Most of the moon rockets launched from one of the pads owned by the Kenya Space Corporation ("KSC") using Kenya's one abundant natural resource: the Equator.
Andy Weir has done some amazing world building in this novel and the above reflects just a fraction of it and we haven't even gotten to the story. There are a diverse set of characters, each with their own voice, and a good story.
And make sure that you're awake while reading the novel when you get to the chloroform.
I'm looking forward to reading his next novel, "Hail Mary".
abbyprinceatwood's review
2.0
2.5 stars. This was an interesting but super flawed read. The timeline of emails between Jazz and Kelvin was super confusing and didn’t line up with the rest of the book. Jazz explained some things to the reader very well (lunar gravity, how the harvesters work) but seemed to need a lot of things explained to her for someone who’s lived on the Moon for most of her life, which was frustrating as a reader. Just a poorly executed idea.
christinas11's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
funny
informative
inspiring
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
eBook. Here's the thing. I LOVE Andy Weir's other books SO much. I'm bias. I went into this one with lower expectations based on the reviews and comparison in the reviews to the other books. But I still loved it. I think the main character is one you either love or hate so I could see how not everyone would love her. But I loved her. And I loved this book. Andy Weir is 3 for 3 with me. ❤️
smcginness's review
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
science explanations were fantastic, main character is witty and intelligent but you can absolutely tell she was written by a man. Soooo much talk about porn and sex, i kind of ignored it because the plot was interesting enough. The world building is fantastic, there’s so much explanation for this little moon world and he answered all the questions i might have. Great vacation read though, got me through my days good enough.
bloopblop's review
adventurous
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
This book was a bit slow too start, but it started picking up about 1/3 of the way through. The storytelling format was not dissimilar from Project Hail Mary, but it's a successful formula where the backstory is withheld and slowly revealed over the course of the book.