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miagic_tome's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
informative
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Once I got over the awe of the sciency-ness of space and world building, the repetitive reminders of moon gravity and air got old. The main character, Jazz, is also very obviously written by a man because no woman thinks or talks about herself like she does. The weird anti-union sentiments popping up every couple chapters were out of place. Only rating it as high as I am because I really did enjoy a good deal of the space talk and main character aside, there were a good handful of cool women in this story.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, and Violence
Moderate: Classism, Adult/minor relationship, and Blood
Minor: Vomit
leona's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
I don't have a whole lot to say about Artemis, I felt generally quite meh about it.
It definitely wasn't the best book I've ever read, and it definitely wasn't as good as The Martian and Project Hail Mary and I think that is because Weir didn't play to his strengths. I appreciate his attempts at trying to write a more diverse book and choosing to have a female led narrative, but I just don't think he is that good at writing women.
I didn't hate Jazz, I still kind of enjoyed her bravado and charisma and she did have her own character qualities and struggles but I do think Weir struggled to detach himself from Mark Watney and Jazz is pretty similar to him. She can also be kind of selfish, arrogant and stupid but generally I feel like she did grow as a character and had a pretty good arc. Jazz kind of does that weird character thing where they tell you what they're wearing and say stuff like 'I looked sexy in this', yeah... I'm pretty sure most women don't think like this. The side characters were average but were generally quite enjoyable.
Another thing that bothered me bit was that the swearing in this one was just excessive, and that's coming from someone who swears quite a lot. Generally I don't mind swearing if it is used sparingly to emphasize something. In The Martian the swears were justified as Watney's situation was so bleak but in Artemis it just felt a bit unnecessary.
The plot was pretty interesting, kind of had an unsatisfying ending in my opinion (it just felt too easy to me) but still relatively meh. I don't feel like there was a great deal of extensive care or thought put into this book, it just felt kind of rushed to me.
I think that's all I have to say but I rate this 3.5 stars.
It definitely wasn't the best book I've ever read, and it definitely wasn't as good as The Martian and Project Hail Mary and I think that is because Weir didn't play to his strengths. I appreciate his attempts at trying to write a more diverse book and choosing to have a female led narrative, but I just don't think he is that good at writing women.
I didn't hate Jazz, I still kind of enjoyed her bravado and charisma and she did have her own character qualities and struggles but I do think Weir struggled to detach himself from Mark Watney and Jazz is pretty similar to him. She can also be kind of selfish, arrogant and stupid but generally I feel like she did grow as a character and had a pretty good arc. Jazz kind of does that weird character thing where they tell you what they're wearing and say stuff like 'I looked sexy in this', yeah... I'm pretty sure most women don't think like this. The side characters were average but were generally quite enjoyable.
Another thing that bothered me bit was that the swearing in this one was just excessive, and that's coming from someone who swears quite a lot. Generally I don't mind swearing if it is used sparingly to emphasize something. In The Martian the swears were justified as Watney's situation was so bleak but in Artemis it just felt a bit unnecessary.
The plot was pretty interesting, kind of had an unsatisfying ending in my opinion (it just felt too easy to me) but still relatively meh. I don't feel like there was a great deal of extensive care or thought put into this book, it just felt kind of rushed to me.
I think that's all I have to say but I rate this 3.5 stars.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing
Moderate: Sexual content, Alcohol, Death, and Death of parent
Minor: Violence and Vomit
sophie42's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Death of parent, Alcohol, and Murder
Minor: Vomit
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